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October 24, 2014

171: a threat

Hello.
 

Neil Williams on sketchnoting
"Sketchnoting made me feel like a participant not a spectator”
medium.com/@neillyneil/confessions-of-a-first-time-sketchnoter-ca5007a65ad4

Edd Sowden on coding in the open
"As I made the code for my project open it has enabled other people to build on it, to make better displays and products, than my original"
edds.me/2014/10/22/open-better.html

Mike Bracken on policy and delivery
"the Internet has a 100% track record of success making industries simpler to users while forcing organisations to fundamentally change how they’re structured"
mikebracken.com/blog/on-policy-and-delivery

Clay Shirky on 12 volts
“When the power goes, the loss of things that really need 120 volts – your refrigerator, your TV – are a drag, but the loss of things that only need 12 volts is a threat.”
ello.co/cshirky/post/ttJkjWFIlhiU1P06OXapEw

Chris Kluwe on gamergate
“you are ruining something I enjoy”
medium.com/the-cauldron/why-gamergaters-piss-me-the-f-off-a7e4c7f6d8a6

Felicia Day on gamergate
“for the first time maybe in my life, on that Saturday afternoon, I walked towards that pair of gamers and I didn’t smile"
thisfeliciaday.tumblr.com/post/100700417809/the-only-thing-i-have-to-say-about-gamer-gate

Jesse Singal on gamergate
“I don’t think this is really about corruption as much as it’s about discomfort with feminism … With you guys, any bad thing that happens is, by definition, not the work of A True GamerGater.”
reddit.com/r/KotakuInAction/comments/2h36ue/another_poorlyresearched_hitpiece_from_the_boston/cldrqeu

ClickHole on gamergate
"It is important to remember that the members of Gamergate, only some of whom threaten to rape and murder women, are simply fighting for ethics in gaming journalism."
clickhole.com/article/summary-gamergate-movement-we-will-immediately-cha-1241

xkcd on Kerbal Space Program
xkcd.com/1356


Yours sincerely
Roo

Roo Reynolds
@rooreynolds
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