[SC 2.4.4] Big feelings about technology
I wrote about how success on a design system can be invisible. I'm struggling to think about a way to quantify this sort of work in order to better create understanding of its value.
I also front-loaded the links with big feelings about technology, because I guess that's the vibe for this week.
We Need To Rewild The Internet
"Internet infrastructure is a degraded ecosystem, but it’s also a built environment, like a city. Its complexity and unpredictability make it generative, worthwhile and deeply human."
DNS over Wikipedia
Speaking of rewilding and resiliency.
iOS404
And speaking of the opposite 😬
web without women
"A collection of innovations by women in the fields of computer science and technology."
How many bathrooms have Neanderthals in the tile?
"This naturally raises a broader question: How many other people have installed travertine with hominin fossils inside?"
The Rise And Fall Of The LAN Party
This definitely had some nostalgia unlocking for me. As social platforms and communities continue to collapse I find myself missing the physicality of LAN parties. I don't, however, miss the smell.
Dark Matter
And speaking of nostalgia.
Watch Beavers Parachute From Planes in Footage From 1948
There's a metaphor here, I can feel it.
Engineers Pinpoint Cause of Voyager 1 Issue, Are Working on Solution
Some perspective to remember the next time you are getting angry at a bug.
You Are What You Read, Even If You Don’t Always Remember It
Yes, exactly this.
The DiskMantler violently shakes hard drives for better rare-earth recovery
Man, I wish I could get a job violently shaking computers for profit.
Scientist discovers likely source of antibiotics from bat guano
Good job, bats!
I Hate Technology
"Technology is certainly disruptive. In many instances, it makes the fundamental aspects of my life more arduous."
Color Story: “Terminal Green”
"Terminal green is for those of us who want to dress like a system behind a system."
Ocean Desert
You can hover the logo in the top lefthand corner of the screen and use the left and right arrow links to get wonderfully lost for a bit.
California exceeds 100% of energy demand with renewables over a record 30 days
Woah!
A Dungeons & Dragons actual play show is going to sell out Madison Square Garden
This is absolutely wild to me, as a founding member of my highschool D&D club 🤓
The big new way to get rich
It's grifts all the way down.
The Supreme Court effectively abolishes the right to mass protest in three US states
Terrifying. Absolutely horrible.
12 Map Happenings that Rocked our World: Part 9: A Curious Phenomenon Called ‘Etak’
Whoa, I had no idea.
Google Workers Protest Cloud Contract With Israel's Government
Oh.
Do you have a fake email job?
"Getting paid to hang out at home and send a few emails might seem like a dream job, and sometimes it is."