Life
Getting tired of the weather…looking forward to a week off at Easter which will hopefully be snow free.
Media
SMILF is pretty damn funny. Save Me is still the best thing on TV at the moment.
Links
- Stack Overflow Developer Survey 2018
Get insights on the world’s developers from the largest and most comprehensive survey ever. Demographics. Technologies. Salaries. Career satisfaction.
Love reading this every year. Still shocking how male dominated the industry is. - twitter.comPowerful message from Dunblane.
- Holy mountains haloed by drone lightGreat pics thanks to a drone
- Leaving the “Series 0” Apple Watch Behind – MacStoriesMine is really struggling with battery life. Hoping to eek it out until new models later in the year.
- Make your own map background – Alvar CartoNice wallpaper generator.
- Teacher who used a chalkboard in a computer class with no computers, stars at Microsoft’s Education Exchange – Asia News CenterThe chalk screen mockups are amazing. Well done MS.
- Marvel Studios’ Avengers: Infinity War – Official Trailer – YouTubeTickets booked, looking forward to this as the trailers give nothing much away.
- CGI In MoviesSo much CGI in movies nowadays but if used well it doesn’t get in the way. However for every good example there’s a Superman lip horror. Hopefully Thanos in Avengers isn’t a step too far.
- iOS 11 bugs are so common they now appear in Apple ads | The VergeCan’t believe the adverts showed a bug. Wow.
- Stephen Hawking Dies at 76; His Mind Roamed the Cosmos – The New York TimesMassive loss. Impact he made will be felt for generations.
- ‘I made Steve Bannon’s psychological warfare tool’: meet the data war whistleblower | News | The Guardian
Christopher Wylie goes on the record to discuss his role in hijacking the profiles of millions of Facebook users in order to target the US electorate
Facebook won’t come out of this well. - Tim Berners-Lee: we must regulate tech firms to prevent ‘weaponised’ web | Technology | The GuardianMight be one way of curbing their power. Hard to do.
- This Is What Happens When Bitcoin Miners Take Over Your Town – POLITICO MagazineComing to conclusion that Bitcoin is a fad.
- Why Equitable Maps Are More Accurate and Humane – CityLabLove a good maps story.