👓 Google, Facebook, Microsoft and Twitter unite to simplify data transfers | Engadget

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The open-source Data Transfer Project should make it easier to switch services.

👓 My IndieWeb story, Part 1: Jumping in the Deep End | Eddie Hinkle

Read My IndieWeb story, Part 1: Jumping in the Deep End by Eddie HinkleEddie Hinkle (eddiehinkle.com)
This is part 1 of at least a 4 part series about the IndieWeb and my involvement with it so far. I hope it presents both some technical aspects of the IndieWeb but more so introduces how the IndieWeb experience is personal and is shaped by each individual. Over the last year and a half I’ve worked...
An interesting history from Eddie. It’s always great to see people’s thought processes and documentation of how they ended up with the website they’ve got and where they’re headed with it.

Reminds me a little of Alan Levine’s recent Interview Your Domain piece.

🔖 CNS*2018 Workshop on Methods of Information Theory in Computational Neuroscience

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Methods originally developed in Information Theory have found wide applicability in computational neuroscience. Beyond these original methods there is a need to develop novel tools and approaches that are driven by problems arising in neuroscience. A number of researchers in computational/systems neuroscience and in information/communication theory are investigating problems of information representation and processing. While the goals are often the same, these researchers bring different perspectives and points of view to a common set of neuroscience problems. Often they participate in different fora and their interaction is limited. The goal of the workshop is to bring some of these researchers together to discuss challenges posed by neuroscience and to exchange ideas and present their latest work. The workshop is targeted towards computational and systems neuroscientists with interest in methods of information theory as well as information/communication theorists with interest in neuroscience.

👓 Exclusive: Randi Zuckerberg responds to her brother’s Holocaust comments | CNN

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Randi Zuckerberg says, "I don't think living in a sterile, stepford-like online community where we simply press the delete button on the ugly reality of how people feel is helpful."

👓 A Democratic Blue Wave? Don’t Forget the Republicans’ Big Hill | New York Times

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One seems like an unstoppable force, but a G.O.P. structural advantage may represent an immovable object.

👓 New York Times, NBC, and ‘60 Minutes’ Bigwigs Hired These Media Assassins to Fight #MeToo Stories | The Daily Beast

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Clare Locke boasts about ‘killing stories’ and some of America’s most prominent journalists have worked with them.

👓 This Bot Tweets Photos and Names of People Who Bought 'Drugs' on Venmo | Motherboard | Vice

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Venmo transaction data is public by default. But a programmer has taken that data stream and is tweeting the username and photos of users who buy 'drugs'.

👓 The Barbell Method of Reading | Zettelkasten Method

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Our reading habit is one of the corner stones of our knowledge work habits. Reading is the most efficient way to create an influx of information that can transform into knowledge. Therefore, we should devote some thought and energy in the optimization of our reading habits. One decision we have to make is whether to read fast or thorough. Yes, this is a decision. There are a couple of techniques that could enhance your reading speed and don’t decrease comprehension. But most of the so-called “speed reading” techniques either decrease comprehension for the sake of speed or even involve skipping large parts of the text.

👓 Instagram issues | NextScripts

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Instagram made some very big changes to authentication process. About 70% of our users are affected by them. Before the changes the process was quite simple: Sometimes Instagram decided that login from SNAP is “unusual” and asked for confirmation. You just had to open Instagram on your phone and...

👓 NextScripts API for Facebook Configuration | NextScripts

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Setup/Installation: Facebook - Social Networks AutoPoster (NextScripts API) NextScripts API for Facebook Configuration NextScripts API for Facebook could be used instead of official native Facebook API. NextScripts API for Facebook could post: 1. Facebook Profile. 2. Facebook Pages (all kinds). 3. P...

👓 Alternative Facebook API Library | NextScripts

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NextScripts Autoposting API for Facebook allows you to share your texts, images and links to Facebook Profiles, Pages and Groups. New API library from NextScripts can automatically share texts, images and links to Facebook.

👓 What happened with Facebook | NextScripts

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Facebook made changes to it’s API access policy on May 1st, 2018. As the result we introduced our own Premium API for Facebook.  We feel that we need to explain how exactly those changes affected SNAP. Since the beginning Facebook native API was unrestricted. Anyone w...

👓 I'm Bill Browder. Putin Made a Big Mistake When Trying to Get Access to Me Through Trump | Time

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Even though the U.S. President called it "an incredible offer"