Advice for Outsiders
It’s college graduation season, so there’s been a lot of advice circulating for young designers/coders etc. on how to get a first job and how to succeed at it. A lot of this advice is really good. I...
View ArticleI Am Here to Crush Your Dreams
Let’s say you want to work in tech but you also want a civil, respectful working environment. You want to transcend professional mediocrity, but you also want family-friendly policies or sane working...
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Hello, Hello
Last week, the Editorially team announced that they were closing up shop and began the process of an orderly shut-down. The loss has been difficult primarily because I loved the tool and the team, and...
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Thinking About Mozilla
“Red Fox inspecting an archaeological excavation at Kukak Bay, Alaska, 1965″ by John Atherton Like many people inside and outside Mozilla, I was quite startled last week to discover that the board of...
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Three Minutes That Might Change Your World
Pietro Vesconti’s world map from 1321 On August 16th at midnight, applications close for the 2015 Knight-Mozilla Fellowships. The Fellowships offer a chance for a handful of curious, code-friendly...
View ArticleWhy You Want a Code of Conduct & How We Made One
The day I drafted the code of conduct for OpenNews’ first conference, SRCCON, I mentioned it on Twitter and got some puzzled replies. Why would a conference need such a thing? Why not just say “don’t...
View ArticleTalking & Listening about Conduct
I’ve written previously about why I think codes of conduct are important, and how we made one for SRCCON, and I’ve linked there to some of my favorite resources on the subject. I’m so heartened by the...
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Hard Reset
Buffy vs. Twitter Our pop culture mostly presents telepathy as a curse: The power arrives, the cascade of thoughts overwhelms the telepath, temple-grabbing and visual effects ensue. In our narratives,...
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Be More Careful on Facebook
Here’s the short version of what I’m about to say: Immigrants and visitors to the US—along with anyone participating in protests or visible resistance to the current administration—are the targets of...
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Working and Learning from Home with Young Children
My partner and I both work from home, and here are the most important things I’ve learned as we’ve attempted to balance two careers and an inquisitive, extremely energetic child with much less than...
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