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.
Reads
Reading list of books, magazines, newspaper articles, other physical documents, or online posts
👓 Instagram issues | NextScripts
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
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
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
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
Even though the U.S. President called it "an incredible offer"
👓 Instapaper is going independent | Instapaper
Today, we’re announcing that Pinterest has entered into an agreement to transfer ownership of Instapaper to Instant Paper, Inc., a new company owned and operated by the...
👓 Instapaper buys itself back from Pinterest | Engadget
Instapaper will now belong to the same people who've been working on it the past five years.
👓 Who needs comment threads? Quartz now lets readers annotate articles, paragraph-by-paragraph | The Next Web
The Atlantic's Quartz publication has unveiled a new feature that allows readers to annotate any part of an article.
👓 Trump Putin summit: John McCain and Republicans attack Donald Trump for trusting Putin, ignoring FBI | Quartz
"Our president failed to defend all that makes us who we are—a republic of free people dedicated to the cause of liberty at home and abroad."
👓 ds106: Will Work for Feed Syndication Framework | bavatuesdays
Note: I spent a bit of time this morning editing and cleaning up this post because upon re-reading it—which as usual was well after I published it—I thought there were a few things I co…
A tough problem in teaching. Perhaps an advanced version of a planet or using OPML subscription would help out? I also suspect that microsub may be a potential solution.
👓 A Blogroll Solution | Brad Enslen
Brad Enslen (Brad Enslen)After much discussion I came up with a new blogroll. Ta da! Not perfect but a bit easier to maintain. I used the Links Shortcode plugin to resurrect the “Links” function in WordPress and let me put the links on a Page rather than a Widget. I still have not fully figured out the formatting fo...
👓 Dashboard Makeover Removes Incoming Links Widget | WordPress Tavern
When the dashboard redesign is officially added to WordPress core, it looks like it will be missing a widget that’s been with the software since 2005 when the Dashboard feature was introduced…
I can think of some interesting uses for this… perhaps worth tinkering?
👓 Yacht rock | Wikipedia
Yacht rock (originally known as the West Coast Sound or adult-oriented rock) is a broad music style and aesthetic identified with soft rock. It was one of the commercially successful genres of its era, existing between the late 1970s and early 1980s. Drawing on sources such as smooth soul, smooth jazz, R&B, funk, and disco, common stylistic traits include high-quality production, clean vocals, and a focus on light, catchy melodies. Its name, coined in the 2000s by the makers of the online video series Yacht Rock, was derived from its association with the popular Southern Californian leisure activity of sailing.
👓 Quarterly Updates | Q2 2018 — WordPress
To keep everyone aware of big projects and efforts across WordPress contributor teams, I’ve reached out to each team’s listed representatives. I asked each of them to share their Top Priority (and when they hope for it to be completed), as well as their biggest Wins and Worries. Have questions? I’ve included a link to each team’s site in the headings.
Always interesting to read high level quarterly updates of organizations like this to see where they’re at and what they’re having trouble with.