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Last week I cobbled together eight books, some of which publishers had sent me more than a year ago, in an effort to write a “Better Late Than Never” installment of “Book Briefs,” something I had done back in April 2018 with Book Briefs #35. But, sensing I would not be able to absorb the books […]
Episode 120 (The Prairie Chicken in Wisconsin: Highlights of a Study of Counts, Behavior, Turnover, Movement, and Habitat) The Memory Palace is a proud member of Radiotopia, from PRX, a curated network of extraordinary, story-driven shows. Music We move between three different pieces from Camille Saint-Saens’: Suite, Op. 90: II Menuet, and two from Carnival of… Source […]
We’re working on improving our API offering. In order to do that, a few changes are coming: We need to revoke access for some of you with inactive apps. We’ve reached out directly to those who will be affected via email and we’re working to mitigate impact where we can. We need to do this […]
The Venture Deals course is free and starts on June 20, 2023. This is the fourth time we are running the new version of the course (v2!) that was co-created with Techstars and Kauffman Fellows. If interested, sign up now. I hope to see you in one of the AMAs we will host for anyone who takes the […]
If you landed at this article then it’s possible that you’re dealing with one of the most annoying things you can face as a developer: having to investigate an issue reported by your users that nobody seems to be able to reproduce internally. The topic of investigating crashes you can’t reproduce is something I’ve already […]
JUNIOR KANNAH/AFP via Getty Images JUNIOR KANNAH/AFP via Getty Images It’s hot. A mother works outside, a baby strapped to her back. The two of them breathe in toxic dust, day after day. And they’re just two of thousands, cramped so close together it’s hard to move, all facing down the mountain of cobalt stone. […]
Bisky enjoying the dog beach at a campground Sam and Riley are a married couple living in Winnipeg, Manitoba in Canada along with their dog Bisky and two cats, Theodore and Greta. Sam works as a plasterer and Riley is a social worker at a local college. The couple, both age 36, hope to have […]
Out of all the cliché, overused tennis coaching the instruction to “finish your follow through!” is one of the worst. Find out why and what you should be doing instead in this special episode of the Essential Tennis Podcast. You’ll learn how a long, smooth, full follow through can actually happen automatically, without you thinking […]
Two weeks ago I was in Venice for the Biennale, covering the 18th International Architecture Exhibition curated by Lesley Lokko for World-Architects. It was my first trip back to Venice since the 2018 Biennale, which was the 16th edition and was curated by Yvonne Farrell and Shelley McNamara of Grafton Architects. Like other writers outside […]
On this week’s episode of the Android Central Podcast, Shruti Shekar, Jerry Hildenbrand, Andrew Myrick, and Derrek Lee discuss Netflix cracking down on password-sharing Microsoft Copilot, the problem with the Pixel Tablet, Google paying $40m for location tracking, the Huawei Watch 4’s unusual health feature, review the TicWatch Pro 5, and more! Links: Microsoft Copilot […]