I just marked “Jeff Atwood” as a favorite in Readability. http://www.readability.com/articles/qdqatl7v

(Originally published on App.net.)

I just marked “How We Scale VividCortex’s Backend Systems – High Scalability -” as a favorite in Readability. http://www.readability.com/articles/6wrftdxg

(Originally published on App.net.)

I just marked “Internal Memo: Zappos is offering severance to employees who aren’t all in with Holacracy” as a favorite in Readability. http://www.readability.com/articles/24okgkc5

(Originally published on App.net.)

Wondering if it’s time to boycott Amazon again:

theverge.com/2015/3/26/8280…

Good times at @timehop! http://t.co/jW8uAQb54c

Exactly 2 years ago today! via @timehop timehop.com/c/dkp:ad931ebc… http://t.co/59uR8AijUh

Nice work, Google: http://t.co/wAgRIqXbKA

http://t.co/wop7QS6HMb

I’m itching for Mac OS X 10.10.3 to be released, I am so done with iPhoto!

Pls RT: We’re launching v2 of our experiment NOW. Go 2 ow.ly/KfVA8 2 learn more + get involved. #MAYDAYUS thndr.it/1A5EPMs

http://t.co/SuTpblfCk4

Went looking for an overview of AWS’ DyamoDB, didn’t want to watch a video, ended up downloading a 732-page PDF. Oy.

aws.amazon.com/documentation/…

Made the train by the skin of my teeth after dashing up the stairs — I’ll still be late for my meeting, but I might not miss it entirely.

Exactly 2 years ago today! timehop.com/c/dkp:d062cc7d… http://t.co/x5MDxnF3X2

Exactly 1 year ago today! timehop.com/c/dkp:be78e7a8… http://t.co/hxQ3WYScIC

TIL: the iOS 8 Health app can create a “Medical ID” that’s then accessible from the iPhone unlock screen via the “emergency” button.

CSS tweak to hide the obnoxious Google+ shilling in an empty Gmail inbox view:

td.TC { display: none; }

I just marked “bliki: BeckDesignRules” as a favorite in Readability. http://www.readability.com/articles/jjoqqqw4

(Originally published on App.net.)

Does anyone else get nauseous trying to correctly pronounce “oeuvre”?

Writing my first @samzastream job!

Dan Simmons has a new novel out next month! goodreads.com/book/show/2396…

Results of a major trial published in NEJM show that eating peanuts greatly reduces the chance of an allergy.

kottke.org/15/02/eating-p…

267 contributors

635 releases

4,099 issues

7,435 commits

50K lines of code

…to make a “small command-line program”

github.com/rg3/youtube-dl

Solr now a standalone server; another sign that Java Web app containers are obsolete.

cwiki.apache.org/confluence/dis…

Also: 12factor.net/port-binding

“I’m… learning so much about tech stuff that my colleagues would never get in a decade. This community is awesome.”

news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9101148

“We will ship Pebble Time worldwide, with the exception of Cuba, Myanmar/Burma, Iran, Sudan, Syria, and Russia.”

kickstarter.com/projects/59750…

Go is about to be self-hosting: go-review.googlesource.com/#/c/5652/

Cool!

#golang

Today my kid used “soup” as a verb. #humblebrag

Wrote some Java 8 code — lambdas and streams are a big step forward; they really make a big difference.

“Sorry, we have a once a day policy for that particular episode of Sophia the First.”

Dammit, I wish I was at @strataconf today!

“HTTP/2 is Done” and will soon be an RFC: mnot.net/blog/2015/02/1…

For all its recurring glitches and annoyances, Internet video calling is still a fantastic technology.

I just marked “Fighting “tribal knowledge” and scaling the org side of a Series B startup” as a favorite in Readability. http://www.readability.com/articles/hediphsf

(Originally published on App.net.)

I just marked “The Problem with Job Titles” as a favorite in Readability. http://www.readability.com/articles/pynobjyz

(Originally published on App.net.)

One redeeming element of this era’s otherwise-dispiriting job search process is really connecting with a kindred spirit in an interview.

At this point I could add “improvising standing desks” to my résumé.

If you, like me, have been wondering how to speed up playback with QuickTime Player (Mac OS X), here you go: macworld.com/article/114319…

Just listened to the Invisibilia episode “How to Become Batman” — amazing, inspiring, heartbreaking.

npr.org/programs/invis…

Just started supporting someone via Patreon — first time for me. Very exciting!

It’s hard to work from home when I can hear kids yelling outside my door… actually, it’s not much different from an open-plan office.

I ❤️ both @Rdio + @simplenoteapp on my Mac, but I wish their icons weren’t so similar. Hard to ⌘-tab to one I want. 😐 http://t.co/rAXS9ySw3U

Google Hangouts is one of the most consistently frustrating products I’ve used. I’ve tried to be easygoing when it’s suggested, but no more.

Whelp, I found EVO on YouTube. Gonna have to cancel all my job interviews this week.

Glorious sounds in this one: youtu.be/4AJPt_qm5kY

We are not content creators nor content consumers. “Content” is bullshit. youtu.be/MeparJ4dyBI /via @waxpancake

Great connection by @mattblodgett in “The Open Plan Office and the Extrovert Ideal” mattblodgett.com/2015/02/the-op… /via @williamjohnbert

I just marked “Stream processing, Event sourcing, Reactive, CEP… and making sense of it all” as a favorite in Readability. http://www.readability.com/articles/gwuchums

(Originally published on App.net.)

At the @pivotallabs office in Flatiron: http://t.co/GW1r7fzPp8

After a few listens, the new @Sleater_Kinney album “No Cities To Love” is growing on me.

sleater-kinney.com

(Needs good speakers/cans)

The @simplenoteapp Mac app is 500% better now that it has adjustable font sizes.