July 2019 – mssv

The Cultures Ep 300: Slack for the Family

July 28, 2019

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1–2 minutes

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Listen to episode 300 of my weekly podcast with Andrea Phillips and Naomi Alderman: The Slackification of the American Home (The Atlantic)
Apple Rules*, Flat vs. Threaded Discussions

July 22, 2019

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6–8 minutes

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I spotted this ad on the tube recently, and it made me think about Apple’s unappreciated dominance over the lives of hundreds of millions of people: 600 free prints a year – what a deal! Clearly there must be a catch, and sure enough, there is a tiny asterisk next to “App!” I wasn’t able…
The Cultures Ep 299: Andrea’s Oil Tank & Who Pays for the Environment?

July 21, 2019

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1–2 minutes

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Listen to episode 299 of my weekly podcast with Andrea Phillips and Naomi Alderman: As Floods Keep Coming, Cities Pay Residents to MoveAs Floods Keep Coming, Cities Pay Residents to Move (NY Times)
The Cultures Ep 298: Resettling Hong Kong in Northern Ireland

July 14, 2019

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1–2 minutes

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Listen to episode 298 of my weekly podcast with Andrea Phillips and Naomi Alderman: UK officials discussed resettling 5.5m Hong Kong Chinese in Northern Ireland (The Guardian) The Yiddish Policemen’s Union by Michael Chabon
The Once and Future Metafilter

July 11, 2019

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5–7 minutes

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Issue 10 of my newsletter – subscribe here Metafilter is a weblog that anyone can contribute a link or a comment to. A typical weblog is one person posting their thoughts on the unique things they find on the web. This website exists to break down the barriers between people, to extend a weblog beyond just…
The Beatles, Unanticipated Uses of AR

July 7, 2019

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5–7 minutes

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Despite growing up near Liverpool, I never visited any Beatles attractions other than popping into the Cavern a couple of times. It’s like living in London and never visiting The Tower: there’s always something more exciting going on. I broke the habit of a lifetime by finally going to The Beatles Story, a museum on…
The Cultures Ep 297: Technology Illiteracy

July 7, 2019

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1–2 minutes

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Listen to episode 297 of my weekly podcast with Andrea Phillips and Naomi Alderman: What the Space Age taught us: Earth is the best of all possible worlds The Soul of a New Machine by Tracy Kidder Dealers of Lightning by Michael Hiltzik Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology (UK) Office of Technology Assessment (US)