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👓 Creating a CRUD Web App with Google Sheets | Jeffrey Everhart

Read Creating a CRUD Web App with Google Sheets by Jeff Everhart (Jeff Everhart)
In this post, I talk about how to build a fully-functioning web app with Google Sheets and publish it on Google servers using Vue.js and Google Apps Script.

👓 The scariest chart in Mary Meeker’s slide deck for newspapers has gotten even a wee bit scarier | Nieman Lab

Read The scariest chart in Mary Meeker’s slide deck for newspapers has gotten even a wee bit scarier (Nieman Lab)
Comparing 2010 and 2018 side by side makes it clear what a changed media universe we now live in.

👓 Do not track (an #OLCInnovate plea) – updated 4/30/18 | the red pincushion

Read Do not track (an #OLCInnovate plea) – updated 4/30/18 by Amy Collier (the red pincushion)
At the OLC Innovate conference—a conference where I was presenting with Adam Croom about the need to be more thoughtful and careful with student data—I ran into my own issues with unnecessary surveillance and invasions of privacy: Door keepers at the entrance to every session demandingly and som...

👓 The Soothing Promise of Our Own Artisanal Internet | WIRED

Read The Soothing Promise of Our Own Artisanal Internet by Nitasha TikuNitasha Tiku (WIRED)
As unease with Big Tech grows, some prescribe a slower, less viral online existence. "Eat independent sites, mostly not Facebook."
Great overview article on some of the bigger problems. It also has some excellent analogies of the web with the changes in the food movement over the past 30 years or so. Nothing new, but well written and with some great links to pull things together.

👓 My work is to take care of myself. | Kimberly Hirsh

Read My work is to take care of myself. by Kimberly HirshKimberly Hirsh (kimberlyhirsh.com)
I’m still on hiatus from social media activity and comments on my blog posts are still closing after only 1 day. But there are some things that I want to capture in this space immediately, rather than waiting until I “come back,” and there are some things that I think could benefit other peopl...
Sending my best wishes… keep your chin up and let us know if we can be of any help.
Also thanks for the reminder that we should take care of ourselves. Too often one can forget…

👓 We Have Never Been Social | Kathleen Fitzpatrick

Read We Have Never Been Social by Kathleen FitzpatrickKathleen Fitzpatrick (Kathleen Fitzpatrick)
Last week, I had the pleasure of chatting with Bryan Alexander on his Future Trends Forum. We were primarily focused on Generous Thinking, but by way of having me introduce myself, Bryan asked what I’m working on this year. I mentioned that I’m in the early research phases of what might turn out to be a new project — which is to say, I have a pretty inchoate idea and I’m doing a lot of reading this summer trying to figure out whether there’s a there there. Late in our conversation, however, the discussion turned back to that project idea, and given that I’ve now shared it on video (soon to be available on YouTube), I thought it might behoove me to commit a bit of that idea here.
Kathleen outlines her next project, something we definitely need.

👓 The cheater in the Oval Office should be banished from the tribe | LA Times

Read The cheater in the Oval Office should be banished from the tribe by Virginia Heffernan (LA Times)
Think Trump didn't know he was getting a shady assist at the ballot box. Read the Mueller report.

👓 Looking for this #IndieWeb Tool | Timothy Chambers

Read Looking for this #IndieWeb Tool by Timothy Chambers (timothychambers.net)
Looking for an #Indieweb tool for personal aggregation of social media. Maybe a bit like Feedly, a bit like Nuzzel, but more specifically a webtool that aggregates and does a pesonal curation and display of Twitter Lists, Facebook feeds, YouTube Subscriptions, and if possible FB Groups, and displays the content that I hand curated in one dashboard.

👓 Proposing a 'Declaration of Digital Independence' | WIRED | Larry Sanger

Read Proposing a 'Declaration of Digital Independence' by Larry Sanger (WIRED)
Opinion: Larry Sanger, the cofounder of Wikipedia and chief information officer of Everipedia, suggests how to spark a decentralized social media movement.
Read Maker Faire halts operations and lays off all staff (TechCrunch)
Financial troubles have forced Maker Media, the company behind crafting publication MAKE: magazine as well as the science and art festival Maker Faire, to lay off its entire staff of 22 and pause all operations. TechCrunch was tipped off to Maker Media’s unfortunate situation which was then c…