Don’t expect Trump to go quietly
Ted Koppel in The Washington Post: It is all but inevitable that whoever succeeds Trump in the White House will be perceived by 30 to 40 percent of the voting public as illegitimate — and that the former president will enthusiastically encourage them in this perception. Whatever his failings, Trump is a brilliant self-promoter and provocateur. […]
Brexit: What could happen next?
De BBC, dat staat gewoonweg voor kwaliteit. Op TV, maar ook op het web.
Inside Facebook’s ‘cult-like’ workplace, where dissent is discouraged and employees pretend to be happy all the time
CNBC over het HR-beleid van FB: The former employee described “a bubble” at the company in which employees are dissuaded from giving managers critical feedback or challenging decisions. Hmm.
New Light Sculpture By Design Bridge And Gali May Lucas Highlights Our Obsession With Staring At Screen
Kunst in Amsterdam:
35 years ago, Isaac Asimov was asked by the Star to predict the world of 2019. Here is what he wrote
Geweldig interessante herpublicatie van zijn ideeën.
Hot Trump. Cool @aoc.
Jeff Jarvis: Trump and his allies don’t know how to tweet but Ocasio-Cortez does — and that’s what so disturbs and confounds the GOP about @aoc. They think it should be so simple: just tweet your press releases — your “social media statements,” as their leader recently said — plus your best lines from speeches that get the loudest, hottest applause […]
Mitt Romney: The president shapes the public character of the nation. Trump’s character falls short.
De oud-presidentskandidaat en recent senator in The Washington Post: A president should demonstrate the essential qualities of honesty and integrity, and elevate the national discourse with comity and mutual respect. As a nation, we have been blessed with presidents who have called on the greatness of the American spirit. With the nation so divided, resentful […]
How Millennials Became The Burnout Generation
Anne Helen Petersen op BuzzFeed: This is why the fundamental criticism of millennials — that we’re lazy and entitled — is so frustrating: We hustle so hard that we’ve figured out how to avoid wasting time eating meals and are called entitled for asking for fair compensation and benefits (…) We’re called whiny for talking […]
Mac-tip: ToothFairy
Geniale kleine tool om automatisch te verbinden met een Bluetooth hoofdtelefoon of ander toestel in de menubalk van je Mac, voor maar 3 dollar (of inbegrepen bij een SetApp-abonnement): AirPods are great, but they don’t work quite as smoothly with Macs as they do iPhones. You can’t tell at a glance whether audio will play […]