Month: April 2019
RSVP Innovate Pasadena: Eat, Pray, Startup: An Entrepreneur’s Global Search For Creativity & Innovation | Meetup.com
Fri, Apr 26, 2019, 8:15 AM
Entrepreneurship requires creativity and innovative thinking. Yet living and working in one location can feel like being trapped in an echo chamber, thereby limiting our creative potential.
In 2018, Jennifer Chang found herself at a crossroads. She had successfully sold a startup in 2017 and chased the rising tech pay into the job market, but felt her creativity was being stifled by job descriptions. After being fired from yet another job, she decided to embark on a six month journey around the world to revitalize her creative energy. Her trip took her across 5 continents, 20 countries, 35 flights, and 45,000 miles. Throughout her journey, she met with entrepreneurs, investors, and technologists, using a shared interest in startups as a way to connect with local people, places, and cultures.
In this presentation, Jennifer will share highlights from her journey, including the unique organizations and companies she came across as she travelled the globe, looking for entrepreneurial soulmates.
🎧 The Myth of Meritocracy | On the Media | WNYC Studios
"Meritocracy" was coined as satire; the messaging for and against Medicare for All; and Dutch economic historian Rutger Bregman.
A college admissions scandal has highlighted what people refer to as "the myth of meritocracy." But actually, meritocracy itself is a myth. This week, On the Media looks at the satirical origins of the word and what they tell us about why the US embraces it. Plus, the messaging for and against Medicare for All, as well as a historical look at why we don't have universal healthcare. And economic historian and Tucker Carlson antagonist Rutger Bregman.
1. John Patrick Leary [@JohnPatLeary], professor at Wayne State University, on the history of the satirical origins of the word "meritocracy". Listen.
2. Paul Waldman [@paulwaldman1] of The Washington Post on the messaging war over Medicare for All and what the media is getting wrong about the proposal. Listen.
3. Jill Quadagno of [@floridastate] on the history of why the U.S. has shunned universal healthcare. Listen.
4. Rutger Bregman [@rcbregman] on the myths about wealth and who creates it. Listen.
Loved hearing about the early origins of the meaning of meritocracy. Obviously we haven’t come close to helping level the playing field.
👓 Seven Steps to #ProSocialWeb | Greg McVerry
Greg McVerry (quickthoughts.jgregorymcverry.com)1. Begin with You Ghandi never said "Be the change..." still doesn't mean it ain't great advice. We need to be the web we want to see.1 In fact in my recent efforts into #OpenPedagogy (my approach to getting at #ProSocialWeb) I have focused on the words of another Yogi (correctly attributed) C...
This adds in a script that will nag you to run it until you do. Hopefully this will help educate people on the dangers of not passing Auth headers.
Manually testing this on my site generally seems okay, but I think it contains a logic error because it is returning what must be a false positive.
I see the message in the admin UI and can click on the test which returns the message “Alternate Header Found. You are good to go.” However, when attempting to actually log into Monocle, I get the same 403 error saying that it couldn’t find the bearer token, and it won’t let me log in. So obviously I’m not “good to go.”
From a UI perspective something like “Your headers are properly configured and accessible.” may be better than the “You are good to go” which may be a more difficult construction for non-English speakers. Additionally wrapping that message in an anchor that will redirect to their admin UI might be nice.
👓 My Roommate’s Tik Tok Fame Made My Life Hell | Flip.lease
The perils of moving in with an influencer.