The Every Podcast
• Dan Shipper
I filled out the Podcast Ideas page I started as a placeholder on Nov 30. If you have a friend who works on a podcast client, please send them a pointer to this piece, or link to it from your social web accounts on Mastodon, Bluesky, Threads or via your blog. Let's nurture and feed new features to the open podcast world, ones that helps creators and influencers build new networks that can only work outside of the silos. It's time to start moving the market again, it's been stagnant for far too long.
WP Tavern
• Nathan Wrigley
So on the podcast today we have Stephen Dumba, a Ugandan teacher and WordPress community leader. We discuss Uganda's ICT curriculum, which now makes computer education compulsory for 17-18 year olds, and the efforts to equip schools with computer labs. Stephen shares his transition to WordPress, highlighting its ease of use and community support. He discusses his initiatives to train teachers and students, organising Meetups, and his vision for large-scale WordPress events in Uganda, despite financial constraints. Stephen’s dedication aims to empower Ugandan youth with essential web development skills. If you’re curious about how WordPress is shaping communities and education in Uganda, and the broader implications of ICT education in different regions, this episode is for you.
Woke up to a whole bunch of good (though not positive) feedback. Going to be a busy day!
In this episode of Remarkable People, join host Guy Kawasaki for an important conversation with Bill Burke, founder of the Optimism Institute and host of the Blue Sky Podcast. Together, they explore the vital role of optimism in today's world, challenging common misconceptions about positivity and its impact on social change. Burke shares powerful insights from his journey through media leadership at The Weather Channel and TBS Superstation to becoming a champion of practical optimism. Discover how to maintain hope while staying grounded in reality, and learn practical strategies for cultivating optimism in an increasingly complex world.
The Daily
• The New York Times
Donald Trump’s administration is already shaping up as a Murderer’s Row of Billionaires. By one count, he’s already picked eight billionaires for top positions. He has now chosen a ninth billionaire to serve as Deputy Defense Secretary, and this one enjoys lucrative contracts with the Pentagon. We talked to Noah Bookbinder, the executive director of Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, about how unprecedented it is to have so many billionaires in the government—and whether there are any post-Watergate safeguards left that can withstand the oligarchic corruption that’s about to hit us.
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Platformer
• Casey Newton
An election interference case in Europe sounds oddly familiar to America's story in 2016. How seriously should we take it?
I’ve been trying to trim down my business-related expenses. It’s mostly going well. I do sometimes miss ChatGPT Plus.
Joost.blog
• Joost de Valk
AVIF and WebP are efficient image storage formats. They are smaller than their predecessors, PNG, JPG, and GIF. This leads to smaller images, which means faster
After 49 years in Austin, you’d think I’d know every little neighborhood. But places change with time. Searching for a house this last year, we’re discovering all these hidden gems. Old properties that have been dusted off. Neighborhoods whose time has come again.
Post Reports
• The Washington Post
Last month I coded up an OpenAI-powered note dictation experiment. I’m still not convinced Siri dictation is going to improve significantly in the next 2-3 years. (Example today: “in Austin” became “and awesome”, which made no sense in context.) Apple models are too limited until we have more RAM.
Didn’t realize this was missing but now that I’ve implemented it, I love it. Post to your blog, someone replies in Bluesky. The reply appears on your blog. If you reply back on Bluesky, that reply is included in the conversation on your blog too.
That wide-eyed look of discovery and wonder in a little kid’s face when they see something new for the first time… How much of our life as adults is just trying to recapture that feeling again?
Today's song: Where is the love?
Paul Kafasis blogs about cutting back on news consumption for our mental health:
…in Donald Trump’s first term as America’s commander in chief, I was unnecessarily tuned in to each and every horrid aspect of his presidency. I don’t intend to repeat that mistake when we take this wretched ride for a second time.
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The Brian Lehrer Show
• WNYC
Ellen Blain, former chief of Civil Rights for the Southern District of New York, talks about the impact the next Trump administration could have on civil rights law.
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The Brian Lehrer Show
• WNYC
Shop Listener is back for the 2024 holiday season. Listeners call in to shout out their online shops ahead of the holidays, for a Brian Lehrer Show listener-sourced gift guide.
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