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A budget phone that stands out.

Building a search engine is hard.

An irregularly-scheduled roundup of Brett’s favorite web discoveries.

Announcement of an Open Science Network. NodeBB joins the fediverse.

One of my favorite kinds of apps is simple utilities that solve a common problem and are straightforward to use. That’s exactly what Greg Pierce has created with Simple Scan, a scanning app for the iPhone and iPad that simplifies the process of one-off document scans. Simple Scan is entering a crowded scanning market. Many

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I can’t imagine a scenario in which I could afford a Gunther Werks Turbo, but after driving it, I’ll tell you this: If I had the money for any car at this price point, this is what I would want.

Charles Broskoski tells the history of Are.na, a platform for doing research online, so far—why and how it began, questions that guided its development, and how it promotes life-long education using today's internet with access to almost infinite information.

Starting today you can share your custom made preset with anybody anywhere with just a simple link.

Mona, the Mastodon client for iOS, iPadOS, and Mac from Junyu Kuang, is out today with a significant version 6 update. Mona is my choice for using Mastodon primarily due to what John referred to in his review as its ‘epic level of customization.’ Everything from how the taskbar at the bottom of the screen

A comprehensive dictionary is being compiled to showcase the impact Black Americans have had on the development of the English language. The Oxford Dictionar

Not a weighty meandering 300 page Zen dialogue on Motorcycle Maintenance. Merely a meandering blog post in which one contemplates /Quality/ of software products.

This episode wraps up the System/360 trilogy by taking things back to where they started for me. We will be looking at System/360 clones, how they could exist, why they existed, and why IBM didn't crush them. We close with a discussion of how these earlier clones impact our understanding of the IBM PC story. The truth is, by 1981 IBM was no stranger to clones. This is the culmination of a wild story, so prepare!   Selected Sources:   - ICL: A Business and Technical History   - Impact Report by INPUT  

With The Iconfactory launching Project Tapestry this week, I was reminded of an indie app that I first started testing a few months ago. feeeed – that’s with four ‘e’s – by Nate Parrott is a feed reader app unlike any other I’ve seen on iOS. Today, with our favorite content scattered across social media

VICE may be over, but Cyber is still here at the end of it all. Matthew, Emily, Anna Merlan, Tim Marchman and Mack Lamoureux are here to eulogize the company and explain what the fuck just happened.Thanks for listening over the years. And don't worry--we're not logging off for good. Matthew and Emily will be back sometime soon with a new podcast project. Stay tuned.[Vice's New Owners Prepare to Slash What's Left of Its Work Force](https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/22/business/vice-media-layoffs.html)

The arc of collaboration is long and it bends in the direction of functional workflows. Why Slack is an Else Statement, there is no distinction between productivity and collaboration, and why the Slack of Gaming may be Discord but the Discord for Enterprise is not Slack. Disclaimer: I currently use every product mentioned in this … Continue reading The Arc of Collaboration →

What is slack doing? The process was in the background when this happened. I wasn't even interacting with it - I was in a meeting. I only noticed because my laptop fans were whurring when I got back. Restarting slack seemed to fix it for now. But that's not abnormal

Pat Gelsinger, current chief executive officer at Intel and formerly the head of its Data Center Group as well as its chief technology officer, famously

Struggling with C++ dependencies and intricate build scripts? The landscape of C++ package managers has evolved significantly, offering powerful tools to streamline your workflow. Dive deeper in this comprehensive roundup! Explore popular options like vcpkg, Conan, Spack, and others, highlighting their strengths, weaknesses, and ideal use cases. Emerging contenders discover innovative tools like Xrepo and Tipi.Build. Learn how to select the best package manager for your specific project needs.

What the **** does that mean?

Why didn’t I think of this?

Containing more data than the entire Internet can transmit in a second