Month: November 2016

The Washington Post sounds like a Dickensian Mill to work at. Or worse, an Amazon warehouse.

The Washington Post sounds like a Dickensian Mill to work at. Or worse, an Amazon warehouse.

We also have this tool called Websked, which is now in the newsroom, where basically now for the first time there is a central command where the editors can see what’s being worked on across the newsroom—in video and photography and blogs.

You need to input a time to end—when do you think that story you’re writing is going to be ready? As your time draws near, the desk will send a reminder: Hey, your story is due in an hour. We see you haven’t yet finished the third paragraph. You see the curve every day of how many pieces of content were published by hour.

Marty sets a curve that he wants. He wants 30 percent of it at 9 am. We own the URL America’s First Read. We want to move that curve. There is the culture, then there are the tools that enable that culture to flourish.

http://www.cjr.org/q_and_a/washington_post_bezos_amazon_revolution.php

“Empathy” apparently is what distinguishes well-heeled liberals from well-heeled conservatives.

“Empathy” apparently is what distinguishes well-heeled liberals from well-heeled conservatives. There was a lot of talk about empathy during the election.

Personally, I don’t think it’s a very useful way to look at it. Rather than ask a bunch of heartless corporations to have empathy for the most vulnerable of our society, I’d much prefer to see them regulated the fuck out of and pinned down under the weight of onerous taxes.

http://www.newyorker.com/business/currency/silicon-valley-has-an-empathy-vacuum

Via Andres Soolo​

Via Andres Soolo​

This is great. You can do quite a bit with little machines.

Originally shared by Danie van der Merwe

Meet the Pinebook, a $89 ARM Laptop That Runs Ubuntu

If you’re looking for a dirt cheap low-power portable Linux laptop you’ll want to keep an eye on this, the Pinebook.

Created by Pine64, the Pinebook is built around the company’s crowdfunded single-board computer, the Pine A64, which sells from just $15.

The 2GB PineA64 is in use in the Pinebook is described as a ‘high-performance’ analog to the Raspberry Pi, and comes with the following specs:

– 64-Bit Quad-Core ARM Cortex A53¹ @ 1.2 Ghz

– 2 GB LPDDR3 RAM

– Dual Core Mali 400 MP2 Graphics

– 16 GB eMMC

– Wi-Fi & Bluetooth

– 1.3MP webcam

– 10,000 mAh LiPo battery

The Pinebook pitches up as 2 separate models, differentiated solely by screen size: an 11.6-inch version priced at $89, or a $99 model with a 14 inch screen.

It’s not intended to compete with a $499 laptop but for many this will provide all their basic computing needs.

See http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2016/11/pinebook-arm-laptop-runs-ubuntu

http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2016/11/pinebook-arm-laptop-runs-ubuntu