Hey folks, happy Monday. I’m back in DC after a few weeks in scenic Maine and excited for the Biden Era to begin. But before that happens I want to talk about a cheery subject that I’ve been intereste
I've worked at various tech companies: from "traditional" shops and consultancies, through an investment bank, to high-growth tech firms. I've also talked with software engineers working at startups,
New Logo and Identity (or is it?) for the CIA Noted Well, isn’t that SpeCIAl? before after Noted Jan. 5, 2021 by Armin No Comments on New Logo and Identity (or is it?) for the CIA Industry / Governmen
Content Moderation from the there's-a-point... dept When I started writing this post, it was about Facebook's decision to suspend Trump's account indefinitely , and at least until Joe Biden is inaugur
“Zerg vs. Protoss” by Zxoqwikl America is in a period of Cold Civil War. Yes, the backlash from the failed coup attempt of 1/6 caused most Republican leaders to denounce violent insurrection, and even
As we start a new decade, it’s a good time to reflect on expectations for the next 10 years. Tyler thinks the Great Stagnation could be ending . Caleb sees cracks . Noah expresses techno-optimism . In
This article was featured in One Great Story , New York ’s reading recommendation newsletter. Sign up here to get it nightly. Photo: Joe Raedle/Getty Images On Wednesday afternoon, as Trump supporters
Ross Barkan recently wrote an op-ed calling for a large expansion of public housing. He’s broadly right — this would be a good thing to do. But there are a number of significant obstacles that stand i
The U.S. vaccination drive is not going well. 23 days after the first vaccine was approved by the FDA, only 1.42% of the U.S. population has been vaccinated. The governor of New York is threatening cr
The United States of America has become a country with low and falling levels of social trust. This is in some ways a rational response to elite failures, in some ways an inevitable consequence of the
Last week, Missouri Senator and 2024 Presidential aspirant Josh Hawley interrupted the traditionally quiet week between Christmas and New Years with an announcement that he would challenge the certifi
I designed political organizing software for the Democrats in the 2020 election cycle, during which the COVID-19 pandemic turned campaigning upside-down. There’s not a lot written about designing in c
A Tapestry of Tools Published August 21, 2020 When a new designer joins Facebook, they go through several days of what’scalled “Design Camp”—a series of classes and conversations with seasonedFacebook
I’ve been deeply interested in personal knowledge management for almost 10 years now. V1 of my interest was a private wiki I created in college to help organize the notes I started taking from non-fic
(Photo by Scott Eisen/Getty Images) Hey folks, happy Wednesday. Going to talk about something a bit off the beaten path today. Andrew Yang has filed paperwork to run for mayor of New York City, and th
Give the man his due. Photographer: Wally McNamee/Corbis Historical/Getty Images Photographer: Wally McNamee/Corbis Historical/Getty Images In the U.S. and other developed countries, there are three b
Long before Snapchat and Instagram revolutionized social media with augmented reality face filters, Ryan Kimura opened a photo sticker studio in San Francisco's Japantown, the oldest Japanese enclave
“Qrath Empire” by Damian Kryzwonos Watching the Netflix documentary “Joshua: Teenager vs. Superpower” , I was left feeling a profound sense of futility and powerlessness. Teen activist Joshua Wong and
Politics The Resistance’s Breakup With the Media Is at Hand The White House spent four years vilifying journalists. What comes next? McKay Coppins 7:00 AM ET MANDEL NGAN / AFP / Getty The day after th
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(Cross-posted from my blog ) The other day I made an advice thread based on Jacobian’s from last year! If you know a source for one of these, shout and I’ll edit it in. Possessions 1 .If you want to f
Credit... Adam Ferriss A little-known start-up helps law enforcement match photos of unknown people to their online images — and “might lead to a dystopian future or something,” a backer says. Credit.
How I Got a Computer Science Degree in 3 Months for Less Than $5000 December 18, 2020 This is the story of how I prepared for a decade to graduate in 3 months. In 2012, I dropped out of college, where
December 18, 2020 AirPods Max: An Audiophile Review Surprising sound let down by serious comfort problems I’m conflicted about Apple’s latest foray into audio products, the AirPods Max over-ear headph
“Who says life is fair? ” asks one of my favorite actors in one of my favorite movies . And indeed, life — specifically America’s electoral system — isn’t fair for Democrats. Since the end of the Cold
The circus is gone. The presidency is ending. The mystery endures. Photo: Olivia Nuzzi On the afternoon of November 13, Mike Siravo was standing outside his family’s landscaping business in Northeast
You’ve heard me talk about crash-only programming , right? It’s a programming paradigm for critical infrastructure systems, where there is — by design — no graceful way to shut down. A program can onl
Back in 2013, my PhD advisor Miles Kimball wrote an article for Quartz suggesting that in order to outmatch China in terms of geopolitical clout, the U.S. needed to let in lots of immigrants. I hadn’t
One of my most deeply-held beliefs is that societies that believe and invest in their people succeed . Again and again, we’ve seen this idea borne out. Elitists believed that mass literacy would be us
It’s a rather motley crew. One is a nurse, another a lawyer, a third an investment adviser. There are three programmers, a soldier, and a data scientist. An entrepreneur, a consultant, and, I just fou
Almost every weekday for six years, Christie Smythe took the F train from Park Slope downtown to her desk at Brooklyn’s federal court, in a pressroom hidden on the far side of a snack bar. Smythe, who
Politics At Steve Bannon’s Election Night party, bravado reigned. But reality quickly caught up with the Trumpism diehards. McKay Coppins November 7, 2020 The Atlantic Updated on November 7, 2020 at 1
At the core of narrative design is the concept of pacing. Interesting things need to happen pretty frequently, and at a brisk enough tempo to hold our attention. New elements need to be introduced ove