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👓 The debt metaphor in software development | Andy Sylvester
In a new post, Ward Cunningham shares his thoughts on the “debt metaphor” in software development. One of the points he brings out is that programming can be thought of as making decisions now on the functionality of the program and deferring others to a later time (debt), with the understanding...
👓 Papadopoulos sentenced to 14 days in jail for lying to FBI in Mueller probe | NBC
"The president of the United States hindered this investigation more than George Papadopoulos ever could," a lawyer for Papadopoulos said.
👓 Twitter’s redesigning its website, and it’s really, really white | Mashable
Twitter's new website is on the way.
👓 A message from President Daniels to students on the humanities | Johns Hopkins
President Daniels: 'Hopkins believes in the essential value of humanistic inquiry and its capacity to aid you in realizing your aspirations and building lives you want to live and of which you will be proud'
👓 Newly Released Emails Show Brett Kavanaugh May Have Perjured Himself at Least Four Times | The Daily Beast
Formerly confidential emails have been released that show the Supreme Court nominee contradicting statements he made under oath to the Senate.
👓 So No One’s Going to Ask Brett Kavanaugh How He Got Into Massive Debt by Allegedly Buying Baseball Tickets? | Slate
One big personal issue has been absent from the potential Supreme Court justice's confirmation hearing.
👓 I Wrote Some of the Memos That Brett Kavanaugh Lied to the Senate About. He Should Be Impeached, Not Elevated. | Slate
Brett Kavanaugh procured his own confirmation to the federal bench by committing perjury.
👓 Nike’s online sales jumped 31% after company unveiled Kaepernick campaign, data show | MarketWatch
Talk of Nike Inc. sales taking a hit from the company’s decision to put ex-NFL player Colin Kaepernick at the center of its latest “Just Do It” campaign is looking overblown, based on data from a Silicon Valley digital commerce research company.
👓 Thinking about a one-sentence pitch for Micro.blog | Dan Cohen
Dan Cohen (social.dancohen.org)After listening to @manton on @monday with @macgenie, I think Micro.blog could use a clearer one-sentence pitch about what it is for potential new users. This is my first attempt, but it would be interesting to hear from others: “Micro.blog is an easy way to host and share your posts, photos, and even a podcast in a way that maximizes what’s great about social networks and minimizes what’s troubling about them.”
👓 I Am the Anonymous NYT Op-Ed Writer from the White House | Matt Gross
At last, the senior administration official comes clean.
Hilarious Matt!
👓 An Indieweb Web Directory | Brad Enslen
Brad Enslen (Brad Enslen)My random thought for the day. These can be dangerous. Hold my beer. What would happen if you combined a standard web directory script with Indieweb.org features like webmentions and such? I think you could end up with a very powerful tool for a directory. I have not the slightest idea how on...
📺 Booker: ‘I’m knowingly violating the rules’ and releasing documents | Washington Post
On the third day of Supreme Court nominee Brett M. Kavanaugh's confirmation hearing Sept. 6, Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) said he would break Senate rules and release confidential committee documents.
👓 I Am Part of the Resistance Inside the New York Times Opinion Desk | BuzzFeed
I work for the Gray Lady, but my loyalty is to the Take.
👓 Trump inauguration crowd photos were edited after he intervened | The Guardian
Exclusive: documents released to Guardian reveal government photographer cropped space ‘where crowd ended’