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Think globally, microblog locally
Mon, 19 Feb 2018

The Facebook armageddon: The social network's increasing threat to journalism - Columbia Journalism Review https://www.cjr.org/special_report/facebook-media-buzzfeed.php

A Clojure learning journey - Robert Stuttaford https://www.stuttaford.me/2018/02/18/a-clojure-learning-journey/

Browse without baggage in Firefox: Set Tracking Protection to always on - The Firefox Frontier blog https://blog.mozilla.org/firefox/tracking-protection-always-on/

twitter-api for Clojure by Adam Wynne https://github.com/adamwynne/twitter-api

Sun, 18 Feb 2018

The Micro text editor showcases the power of Go as a cross-platform programming language. It really seems to be write once, compile and then run everywhere. Maybe I should consider Go for console app development. Can Go easily do GUIs? https://micro-editor.github.io/

Don Marti's blog strikes me as very important reading. He is a former Linux Journal editor who is now an open-source strategist at Mozilla. Lots of good information on Internet privacy and ad shenanigans. https://blog.zgp.org/

So you want a console text editor for Windows https://virtuallyfun.com/2018/02/15/wanted-console-text-editor-for-windows/

Thu, 15 Feb 2018

Why is Salesforce taking over skyscrapers around America? - The Ringer https://www.theringer.com/tech/2018/2/8/16990236/salesforce-skyscraper-san-francisco-skyline

Peter Thiel, retreating from Silicon Valley's tech scene, is moving to L.A. - LA Times http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-peter-thiel-20180215-story.html

Classroom desk replaced by IKEA couches, beanbags and rocking chairs. Will it help students learn? - LA Times http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-school-seating-20180215-story.html

Why Silicon Valley billionaires are prepping for the apocalypse in New Zealand - The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/news/2018/feb/15/why-silicon-valley-billionaires-are-prepping-for-the-apocalypse-in-new-zealand

Why ad companies love google’s ad blocker, but hate Apple’s privacy features - How-to Geek https://www.howtogeek.com/342297/why-ad-companies-love-googles-ad-blocker-but-hate-apples-privacy-features/