Month: March 2020
Sunday, March 15, 2020
I spent the weekend hiking and baking bread. I encourage you to stay away from screens as much as possible these days. Yes, there’s plenty to worry about, but there always has been. Wash your hands. Check in on loved ones. The world is still a beautiful place.
Italians in Lockdown and Lessons in Resiliency
What a great Twitter thread. Video after video
Italians in lockdown all over Italy are keeping each other company by singing, dancing and playing music from the balconies. A thread to celebrate the resilience of ordinary people.
Inside my 2011 Apple Macbook Air
AP Style Guide for Writing About Coronavirus
The Associated Press’s guidance for writing about coronavirus is a useful tool for journalists, technologists and other professional communicators.
Fourteen Years Ago I Celebrated One Year of Podcast Listening
Two of the four podcasts I wrote about in 2006 remain in production and are still available on my iPod iPhone.
Monday, March 2, 2020
- No, Facebook is not telling you everything.
- Twitter and Facebook have pulled out out of SXSW citing coronavirus concerns. It befuddles me that conference organizers have not yet canceled the event, which will bring tens of thousands of people into confined areas throughout Austin.
- Firefox turns new encryption on by default in the U.S., making it more difficult for ISPs to monitor customers’ online activity.
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