Riley Strong
  • bliki: AlienatingAtmosphere

    martinfowler.com
    Aug 10, 2017
    We must all learn how to fight the ugly atmosphere that alienates women and other HDA groups in the software profession
  • London’s New Subway Symbolized the Future. Then Came Brexit.

    www.nytimes.com
    Aug 5, 2017
    Crossrail is a megaproject meant to bind London together. But in the wake of Britain's vote to leave the European Union, it may signal the end of an ambitious era.
  • How work changed to make us all passionate quitters – Ilana Gershon | Aeon Essays

    aeon.co
    Jul 30, 2017
    When employees are treated as short-term assets, they reinvent themselves as marketable goods, always ready to quit
  • Thanks to Venmo, We Now All Know How Cheap Our Friends Are

    www.nytimes.com
    Jul 24, 2017
    The app "changes friendships and makes them more transactional," one user said. "It's nickel-and-diming everything, literally."
  • Turn Off Your Push Notifications. All of Them

    www.wired.com
    Jul 24, 2017
    RIP my mentions.
  • How I lost my 25-year battle against corporate claptrap

    www.ft.com
    Jul 22, 2017
  • Why the most successful people just say no

    www.ft.com
    Jul 22, 2017
  • A Eulogy For CAPTCHA – The Awl

    theawl.com
    Jul 19, 2017
    How do we know we’re human?What is CAPTCHA? It’s demonic. It’s goofy. It’s at the center of a booming overseas cottage industry. It’s the most basic existential crisis. It looks cool in Russian. It’ ....
  • From 'Not in My Backyard' to 'Yes in My Backyard'

    www.theatlantic.com
    Jul 18, 2017
    Out of a desire for more-equitable housing policy, some city dwellers have started allying with developers instead of opposing them.
  • Extreme Wealth Is Bad for Everyone—Especially the Wealthy

    newrepublic.com
    Jul 18, 2017
    Billionaires: Reflections on the Upper Crust by Darrell M. West (Brookings)When I was fourteen I met a man with a talent for restoring a sense of fairness to a society with vast and growing inequaliti...
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Hello! This is mostly a collection of things I've read, but occasionally I write my own posts.