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Author: Chris Aldrich
I'm a biomedical and electrical engineer with interests in information theory, complexity, evolution, genetics, signal processing, IndieWeb, theoretical mathematics, and big history.
I'm also a talent manager-producer-publisher in the entertainment industry with expertise in representation, distribution, finance, production, content delivery, and new media.
👓 Woman Convinces Husband She’s ‘Adopted’ A Coyote, Hilarity Ensues | Scary Mommy
A woman tricked her husband into thinking she “adopted” a coyote and it’s the best series of texts you’ll ever see.
Someone forced me to read this. It was funny.
Chris Aldrich is reading “Service Worker, what are you? – Mariko Kosaka”
In order to better define what a service worker is, Mariko analogizes it to an alien in the web browser universe.
I’ve been meaning to dig into these recently and just came across this delightful little definition of what they are.
The world officially has too much “stuff”
Chris Aldrich is reading “Moving Toward SSL”
We’re at a turning point: 2017 is going to be the year that we’re going to see features in WordPress which require hosts to have HTTPS available. Just as JavaScript is a near necessity for smoother…
🎞 Watching The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2
🎞 Watching The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1
Chris Aldrich is reading “Decentralisation considered harmful”
How are the decentralised technologies we're working on going to make people more vulnerable?
Chris Aldrich is reading “Trump’s Breezy Calls to World Leaders Leave Diplomats Aghast”
The president-elect’s unfiltered exchanges prompted the White House to urge him to seek the State Department’s expertise in his encounters with foreign leaders.
Chris Aldrich is reading “Trump and Carrier: How a Modern Economy Is Like a Parking Garage”
It’s a constant state of flux, with jobs being created or lost. The challenge is to have a business climate in which you have more of the former.
Chris Aldrich is reading “Twitter has a new head of product who barely uses the product”
Twitter’s ceaseless search for someone to tell the social network where to go and how to get there has come to a momentary pause. The company announced today, on Twitter of course, that it has hired startup founder Keith Coleman as vice president of product. Coleman, according to his Twitter bio, is the CEO of Yes Inc., a relatively unknown Bay Area startup responsible for two social apps called Frenzy and WZD. Frenzy offers a way to make quick plans with friends, while WZD is a blend Facebook and Snapchat that lets you share what you’re doing with friends by posting photos and videos layered with emoji and text. Because Yes is joining Twitter alongside Coleman, both apps are being shut down, according to a note posted to Yes’ website. Prior to Yes, Coleman was a product lead at Google overseeing services like Gmail and its chat companion.
Chris Aldrich is reading “I Am a Dangerous Professor”
My inclusion on a new ‘watchlist’ is intended to shame me into silence.
Chris Aldrich is reading “A Yale history professor’s powerful, 20-point guide to defending democracy under a Trump presidency”
Americans are no wiser than the Europeans who saw democracy yield to fascism, Nazism, or communism. Our one advantage is that we might learn from their experience. Now is a good time to do so. Here are twenty lessons from the twentieth century, adapted to the circumstances of today.
Chris Aldrich is reading “Donald Trump speaks with Taiwan’s president—a massive diplomatic reversal that will enrage China”
Trump is also interested in opening a hotel there.
Chris Aldrich is reading “Holiday gingerbread cookies have a dark and violent past”
From Indonesia's Spice Islands to your local craft store.