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fromA List Apart
1 week ago

Designing Amiable Web Spaces: Lessons from Vienna's Cafe Culture

Today's web is not always an amiable place. Sites greet you with a popover that demands assent to their cookie policy, and leave you with Taboola ads promising "One Weird Trick!" to cure your ailments. Social media sites are tuned for engagement, and few things are more engaging than a fight. Today it seems that people want to quarrel; I have seen flame wars among birders.
Philosophy
Software development
fromInfoQ
1 month ago

The Evolution of Code Review: From Bug-Finding to Team Building

Code review evolved from manual peer inspection to collaborative quality assurance and learning, requiring clarity about purpose and intent in review practices.
Digital life
fromTheregister
2 months ago

50 years ago, Gates and Allen made the first Microsoft deal

The MITS Altair 8800 marked a pivotal moment in the computer industry, leading to the rise of personal computing and Microsoft.
Women in technology
fromHackernoon
6 months ago

The Women Behind the Machines: Unsung Heroes of the AI Revolution | HackerNoon

Women pioneers have dramatically influenced the development of AI ethics.
Ada Lovelace laid the groundwork for computational thinking.
Fei-Fei Li revolutionized computer vision with ImageNet.
Timnit Gebru advocates for ethical AI and accountability.
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