Category Archives: Blog
The golden age of YouTube is over
Julia Alexander op The Verge: YouTube’s pitch decks to advertisers increasingly seem to feature videos from household celebrity names, not creative amateurs. And the creators who have found the most success playing into the platform’s algorithms have all demonstrated profound errors in judgment, turning themselves into cultural villains instead of YouTube’s most cherished assets. En: […]
CRISIS!
Het is waar, want het stond in de gazet: ’t Is weer crisis in ’t onderwijs. Zowat de enige staatsbevoegdheid waar het alle hens aan dek is als blijkt dat het niet zo denderend loopt. Iets waar menig treinkiezende pendelaar immens jaloers op kan zijn. Nu, ja, men spreekt altijd over “het onderwijs” of “de […]
Fear that far-right terrorists will stage attacks if Brexit is canceled
Cory Doctorow op Boing Boing: Now, with the future of Brexit in doubt, there’s reason to worry that these terror cells will exact vengeance on the UK. Yesterday, a video surfaced of British soldiers using a picture of Jeremy Corbyn — who could well be the next Prime Minister of Britain — for target practice.
What seven years at Airbnb taught me about building a company
Altijd interessant, zo’n artikels zoals deze van Lenny Rachitsky: Since leaving a few weeks ago, before I get too deep into starting my own thing again, I‘ve been jotting down my biggest lessons from these experiences. I quickly realized I should share these lessons with anyone else working to build their own company.
Why we need to reinvent democracy for the long-term
Filosoof Roman Krznaric: We treat the future like a distant colonial outpost devoid of people, where we can freely dump ecological degradation, technological risk, nuclear waste and public debt, and that we feel at liberty to plunder as we please.
Silicon Valley isn’t just a technostate – it’s something much bigger
Interessant opiniestuk van Navneet Alang in het Canadese The Globe and Mail: A concentration of powerful companies is nothing new. The idea of petro-states is firmly in our political-science lexicon, and multinational companies in industries such as aerospace, pharma and telecom have long lobbied governments for sweetheart deals. But with Big Tech, the scale is […]
Apple Watch’s ECG App and Irregular Rhythm Notification Expand Across the Globe
MacStories: Countries that now support the ECG app: Belgium…
Waarom de verderfelijke teksten van de Christchurch-terrorist helaas niet te negeren zijn
Dimitri Tokmetzis op De Correspondent: Wie zich verdiept in online media weet allang: de ideologische voedingsbodem is er al. En het uitspitten van dit manifest kan helpen om grip op deze extreme denkbeelden te krijgen, om ze te leren herkennen.