Note archive: September, 2018

Reading New York 2140 by Kim Stanley Robinson.

Oh, that was so cool—right after the ISS fly over, the HTV-7 resupply ship followed!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kounotori_7

The capsule capture happens tomorrow:

https://twitter.com/Space_Station/status/1045037632848367618

Brightonians: it’s a crystal clear evening, and the International Space Station will fly overhead at 8:45pm. Let’s go outside and watch it.

Reading The Power by Naomi Alderman.

In meetings, in Slack, in emails, and any other discussions, I’m making a conscious effort to use the word “tracking” instead of “analytics.”

A small Lakoffian intervention to remind myself of what these scripts mean for the user.

Too many businesses treat analytics and tracking scripts as victimless technologies—they only see the benefits (in data acquisation) without understanding the costs (in performance).

Reading Programmed Inequality by Marie Hicks.

I think I might need to make a doctor’s appointment to treat my neck from all the vigorous nodding I did while reading this brilliant piece by @slightlylate:

https://infrequently.org/2018/09/the-developer-experience-bait-and-switch/

Nostalgically listening back to a panel discussion from 11 years ago, and it’s fascinating to hear the hot topics of the day that we now take for granted (like wishing CSS had multiple background images)…

https://adactio.com/articles/1333

Conquerers live in dread of the day when they are shown to be, not superior, but simply lucky.

— The Stone Sky

Cookin’ up some chili…

https://principiagastronomica.com/post/5

Surely William Blake’s Jerusalem is one of the earliest recorded examples of Betteridge’s law of headlines.