September, 2018 | Chris Aldrich

👓 undo | IndieWeb

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undo is a common action you can take (often a button or menu item) to reverse the effects of the previous action, as if the action had never occurred; on the indieweb, you may want to undo a post, a deletion, or an update.

📺 IndieWebCamp NYC Demos | YouTube

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I saw a lot more interesting things at IndieWebCamp New York in the last two days than ultimately ended up in the demos, but I’m sure that continued work will bring a lot more awesomeness to the web to fruition.

Congratulations to everyone who attended! Special thanks to Greg McVerry, David Shanske, Marty McGuire, and all of the sponsors who helped put it all together! And special thanks to all the rest of the community (both in person and remotely) that came together to make it what it was–you all know who you are, so I won’t person tag/@mention/webmention everyone individually.

For those who missed it, there’s a wealth of information on the wiki, on the YouTube channel, and in the chat logs.

👓 How Some Men Fake an 80-Hour Workweek, and Why It Matters | The New York Times

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A look at how the professional world differs for men and women, and an implicit critique of a corporate culture that values long hours above all.

📑 How Some Men Fake an 80-Hour Workweek, and Why It Matters | New York Times

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The result of this is easy to see: Those specifically requesting a lighter workload, who were disproportionately women, suffered in their performance reviews; those who took a lighter workload more discreetly didn’t suffer. The maxim of “ask forgiveness, not permission” seemed to apply. ❧

🎧 ‘The Daily’: 10 Years After the Financial Crisis | New York Times

Listened to ‘The Daily’: 10 Years After the Financial Crisis by Michael Barbaro from New York Times

A look at how the economic collapse exposed profound problems underlying the American dream.

What a great overview. So little has changed… I’m starting to think that our financial system is even more fragile than I had expected it might be.

🎧 ‘The Daily’: The Blasey-Kavanaugh Hearing | New York Times

Listened to ‘The Daily’: The Blasey-Kavanaugh Hearing by Michael Barbaro from New York Times

In an extraordinary day of testimony, Christine Blasey Ford and Brett Kavanaugh came to embody a fractured nation.