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August 28, 2015

187: Tribal bureaucrats

Hello.

Githug
“a practical way of learning git. It has a series of levels, each requiring you to use git commands to arrive at a correct answer”
github.com/Gazler/githug

Showgoers
(Chrome extension for watching Netflix remotely with other people)
showgoers.tv

Interview: Government digital chief Mike Bracken – why I quit
"We need to say, as public administrators, that we need to work differently and more collaboratively in a system that is not set up to do that. Whitehall was described to me when I started as a warring band of tribal bureaucrats held together by a common pension scheme…"
computerweekly.com/news/4500251662/Interview-Government-digital-chief-Mike-Bracken-why-I-quit

Rev Dan Catt’s new .plan bot
medium.com/@revdancatt/dot-plan–4c10e2f368b4

CEOs are often the last to know
(DHH is on good form these days. Here is is on Jeff Bezos)
signalvnoise.com/posts/3917-ceos-are-often-the-last-to-know

Stephen Fry on the power of words
(How we talk about people, especially people who are different to us, is really important)
youtube.com/watch?v=ohrtFuxUzZE

On a Plate
(A heartbreaking cartoon. Don’t be that guy)
thewireless.co.nz/articles/the-pencilsword-on-a-plate

MacTaggart Memorial Lecture: Armando Iannucci
(A thoroughly entertaining and thought provoking hour)
“if you’re not prepared to hear why I think politicians have got the British television industry completely wrong because they peer at it through a filter of their own prejudices, and that’s a fact, then get out now.”
youtube.com/watch?v=IEjdaijLPuM&t=5m30s
 

Yours sincerely
Roo

Roo Reynolds
@rooreynolds
http://tinyletter.com/rooreynolds

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