The platform has shifted from an open publication platform to a closed magazine with editors and curators. That is hard to swallow if you like the open web, but on the other hand I have to agree with Ben. It is great to pay for good stories and you will not be bombarded with advertisements. Unfortunately with trackers. Subsequently, the writers receive a payment for their work. Is it actually known how that allowance is structured?
Month: December 2019
The solution town planners frequently pursued was to separate vehicles and pedestrians by placing them on different levels. Different schools disagreed on whether the cars or the pedestrians should be elevated. Nevertheless, the idea gave rise to utopian futuristic visions of what an urban area could be.
I enjoyed your reflection on planning and pedestrians Duncan. It reminds me of my first experience of walking around Sydney. I pride myself on my sense of direction, however the chaos of the breakup of pedestrian and cars totally threw me.
According to the article, the only hitch is “the system”: “The challenge for A.I.-aided learning, some people say, is not the technology, but bureaucratic barriers that protect the status quo.” “The gatekeepers.” The teachers. The schools themselves. These should be bypassed, the article concludes, and parents should let the Internet educate their children.
How utterly irresponsible. But there you go.
Rather than sticking to strictly messaging-app-like activities, ToTok reportedly intended to use that access to surveil its users. And by blocking other chat apps in the country, the U.A.E. practically ensured the app’s success.
“You don’t need to hack people to spy on them if you can get people to willingly download this app to their phone,” Wardle told the New York Times. “By uploading contacts, video chats, location, what more intelligence do you need?”
I have accepted many scholarships and awards and I still wonder why people see the ATAR as a measure of merit.
It seems more of a flimsy contrast to justify the myth of meritocracy in an inequitable society. ATAR results measure socialisation or lack thereof, sorting young people by privilege or underprivilege.
Blood Meridian, Cormac McCarthy’s fifth book, was first published in 1985 to lukewarm critical and commercial reception. It’s gone on, of course, to become recognized as McCarthy’s masterpiece and among the greatest American novels of all-time.
All the while, it’s been the source of one tr…
Todd Gilchrist turned to Stacey Peebles, Noah Gallagher Shannon and Mark Pellegrino to discuss the challenge of bringing Cormac McCarthy’s class text, Blood Meridian, to the big screen. They reflect upon the narrative, casting and violence.
Peebles: I honestly believe that with the right spin, it’s got potentially huge appeal — because of McCarthy. You have one of the greatest living American authors. He’s won a Pulitzer, and this is arguably his master work. It also has this history of failed adaptations, which lends another cachet, like it’s so amazing that it’s never been brought to the screen! Plus, today’s political context doesn’t have to be a burden either. It can be an advantage.
This reminds me of the long running sage associated with filming Patrick White’s novel Voss.
It’s not often a writer can throw a dart into the future and hit treble 20. Here are six who did.
From H.G. Wells to Sinclair Lewis, George Bass discusses six predictions for the future.
I remember finding my step-father’s copy of Atom Heart Mother while growing up. It was one of those uncanny albums that challenged many of my assumptions. Makes sense why now.
The Form/Sheet architecture is more dynamic than you may think, once you crack open the lid on Google Scripts. I’ve long seen the creative things Martin Hawksey and Tom Woodward (and plenty o…
I really like your WP Posts to CSV plugin Alan. However, considering I usually export the file and then upload the Google Sheets, I wonder if I could use the WP API to simply extract the data straight there.
Also on: Read Write Collect
On average, Australians are willing to chip in an extra $200 a year to prevent climate change. It turns out that money could go a long way.
Responding to the findings of the Australia Talks National Survey, Nick Kilvert and the team at the ABC speak with a number of specialists to identify what they would do now in response to the climate debate. Some of the suggestions provided include investing in research, subsidising electric vehicles and installing solar panels.
A useful strategic trick to get to a deeper understanding of your research question is to write up a mini-essay that presents all of your information and frames what it is you’re trying to figure out. I’m 99% convinced that having to write something down (and have that writeup make sense) is a great method to making sure that all of your ducks are in a row. If you’re being honest with yourself, you’ll pick up all KINDS of mistakes in your reasoning and data.
Dan Russell shares some strategies to support the searching for information. The most interesting one was the idea of collating the ideas and information in the form of an essay. I guess blogging fits this mould.
Recorded in Melbourne in October
It would seem that the ‘unplugged’ not only offers a medium to reimagine music, but to bring others along for the journey. Barnett includes a number of guests, including Paul Kelly for a cover of Charcoal Lane.
Colin Levy recently finished a sci-fi short that he’s been working on for several years called Skywatch. And spoiler alert: Jude L
Polish video editor nama hecc very cleverly isolated every sample musically employed by the Beastie Boys on their sample rich 1989 album Paul’s Boutique.
via Ian O’Byrne
john (johnjohnston.info)If you use Flickr and don’t have a pro account you can get 25% off with the code 25in2019.
Maybe I should 🤔
Chris Aldrich (boffosocko.com)Helen mentions her one word projects and it reminds me that I should ask Aaron Davis how his 2019 word has been going. I should spend some time thinking this week and next to see if I can’t pick a word for 2020. I’m sort of thinking that “memory” may be an apropos one.
My focus on flânography has been an interesting enterprise that I feel has been as much about doing as it has been about the actual intent. As we draw to the end of the year, I have been thinking about my learnings and will try and find some time to out it all together.
My suggested replacement is not quite equivalent in ease of use and share-ability, but at the same time it opens the door to a powerful tool for not only understanding what lives below the web page, but tinkering with it learn CSS modification trickery.
Thank you Alan for sharing your write-up. It is kind of sad to see X-Ray and Thimble go, but at least there are alternatives.
Something you might also be interested in is ‘document.designMode‘.
Greg McVerry (quickthoughts.jgregorymcverry.com)Chris’s post and my recent experience with WikiTribune got me thinking about an IndieWeb version. The presmise would have to be publishing what you read or is worthwile reading from your own site. Some folks may use a bookmark, like, or even experimental post types such as a “read” post.
You would then opt-in to “what to read” using your domain. Then you would be asked to enter the url to your feed. Microcast.club work like this already.
All of your posts in the feed would be parsed and then added to a firehose chronological feed. There would also be one generated using th frequency of links and webmentions. So if an article gets shared by n+1 people it gets a bump, if a post getsd a webmention it gets a bump. The feed could then refresh at specific times of the days.
I love this idea Greg. I really like what Nuzzel offers in regards to capturing links and feel that this is something that would be really useful as the community grows. I also wonder where this fits with reimagining readings and recommendations captured in spaces like Goodreads?
Shall I repeat myself? Yes:
Problems of output are problems of input.
No input, no output.
If you want to be a writer, you have to be a reader first.
What is telling is the list of blogs that have refereed traffic to my blog are all written by men. I am not sure what – or if – there is anything to make out of that fact, but anytime I see a list of people that is exclusively male it does make me pause and go hmmmm.
As another white male sending traffic back to your blog, I am left thinking.