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clickbait and netflix

Compelling argument on Slate about Netflix heading the way of all social sites as they follow the way of all sites that are seeking to monetise attention.

Posted bycafedaveAugust 29, 2021Posted incommunication, linkLeave a comment on clickbait and netflix

average face

Noah Kalina has been taking a photo of his face every day for over 20 years. Here is a rolling average of these photos, shown at 2 months per second. It’s a bit of a confronting demonstration of the passage of time.

Posted bycafedaveJuly 16, 2021September 10, 2021Posted inlinkLeave a comment on average face

working from near home

Sydney is again in lock-down (or as we’re calling it, a stay-at-home order), so this article on working from near home by Cal Newport is a little further in the future. After over a year of working mostly outside the office, if anything, it has brought me greater appreciation of the workspaces that I’ve had …

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Posted bycafedaveJune 27, 2021Posted inlinkLeave a comment on working from near home

unlikely databases

There’s a search engine dedicated to death notices and obituaries in Australia – the Ryerson Index.

Posted bycafedaveJune 24, 2021Posted inlinkLeave a comment on unlikely databases

privacy online

A recent ad for some of the iPhone’s new privacy features is a reminder of how much your online activities are mined by various third parties to build online profiles of you. And yes, I recognise the problems with embedding this as a youtube video. Related is this Twitter thread on privacy, via Haoran(some swearing …

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Posted bycafedaveMay 26, 2021May 26, 2021Posted incommunicationLeave a comment on privacy online

Organisational cost of insufficient sleep

Working on the amount and quality of my sleep has been a personal project for at least a few years, but there’s plenty of research to suggest that organisations should also be thinking about employee sleep.

Posted bycafedaveApril 12, 2021July 19, 2021Posted inlinkLeave a comment on Organisational cost of insufficient sleep

explaining finances

I presented the treasurer’s report at our church congregational meeting. When I do one of these, I try to explain the standard documents so that people can read the reports and make sense of them. I’ve tried a couple of times now, and what I find works is to help people zoom out and see the …

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Posted bycafedaveMarch 28, 2021Posted incommunicationLeave a comment on explaining finances

how kids learn

An article came across my desk today about how children learn at different ages, citing work by Egan (1997); from somatic (age 2) to mythic (age 5-10) to romantic (age 10-15) to philosophical (15-20) to ironic (21+). I’ve really enjoyed the kind of reflective learning that my current course of study has put me through, …

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Posted bycafedaveMarch 11, 2021Posted inlinkLeave a comment on how kids learn

a lot of free books

A directory of 800 free eBooks of varying qualities. via Kamal Weerakoon.

Posted bycafedaveFebruary 3, 2021Posted inlinkLeave a comment on a lot of free books

Another year

I’m in the unusual situation of having some more time off at the start of the year than usual. It’s a season I’m spending investing in time with the kids, and preparing for the year. It’s my final year of study, and it’s going to be an intense one!

Posted bycafedaveJanuary 3, 2021Posted inshort ideaLeave a comment on Another year

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