May of 2019, I was accepted to the Eli Whitney student program at Yale University. At 52, I am the oldest freshman in the class of 2023. Before I was accepted, I didn’t really know what to expect. I had seen the infamous YouTube video of students screaming at a faculty member. I had seen the news stories regarding the admissions scandal and that Yale was included in that unfortunate business. I had also heard the students at Yale referred to as “snowflakes” in various social media dumpsters and occasionally I’d seen references to Ivy League students as snowflakes in a few news sources.I...…May of 2019, I was accepted to the Eli Whitney student program at Yale University. At 52, I am the oldest freshman in the class of 2023. Before I was accepted, I didn’t really know what to expect. I had seen the infamous YouTube video of students screaming at a faculty member. I had seen the news stories regarding the admissions scandal and that Yale was included in that unfortunate business. I had also heard the students at Yale referred to as “snowflakes” in various social media dumpsters and occasionally I’d seen references to Ivy League students as snowflakes in a few news sources.I...WW…

Published inEvery web developer inevitably runs into situations where they need to make visual design decisions, whether they like it or not.Maybe the company you work for doesn’t have a full-time designer and you need to implement the UI for a new feature on your own. Or maybe you’re hacking on a side-project and you want it to look better than yet-another-Bootstrap-site.It’s easy to throw your hands up and say, “I’ll never be able to make this look good, I’m not an artist!” but it turns out there are a ton of tricks you can use to level up your work that don’t require a background in...…Published inEvery web developer inevitably runs into situations where they need to make visual design decisions, whether they like it or not.Maybe the company you work for doesn’t have a full-time designer and you need to implement the UI for a new feature on your own. Or maybe you’re hacking on a side-project and you want it to look better than yet-another-Bootstrap-site.It’s easy to throw your hands up and say, “I’ll never be able to make this look good, I’m not an artist!” but it turns out there are a ton of tricks you can use to level up your work that don’t require a background in...WW…

Published inHey, news industry, you’re doing it wrong.As part of a USC Annenberg class looking at how to create new journalism products, I asked some of my fellow USC students what got in the way of their news consumption today. It was a pretty open question, but they had some common answers. Here’s a selection of some themes:“Whenever I try to search for anything that’s not immediately breaking, like if I wanted to learn more about Betsy DeVos, it’s hard to find backlog articles or archived pieces.”“I don’t find it super appealing all the time to sit down and read a huge article online,...…Published inHey, news industry, you’re doing it wrong.As part of a USC Annenberg class looking at how to create new journalism products, I asked some of my fellow USC students what got in the way of their news consumption today. It was a pretty open question, but they had some common answers. Here’s a selection of some themes:“Whenever I try to search for anything that’s not immediately breaking, like if I wanted to learn more about Betsy DeVos, it’s hard to find backlog articles or archived pieces.”“I don’t find it super appealing all the time to sit down and read a huge article online,...WW…

Her name was Hanako Abe. Raised in Fukushima, Japan, she lived through the devastating 2011 tsunami and subsequent nuclear disaster and emigrated to America to attend university. After graduation in 2018, she settled in San Francisco and worked in commercial real estate. She posted a smiling selfie on Instagram Thursday, announcing her excitement for a new year she would not live to see. Shortly after 4 PM Thursday, she was struck and killed by a hit-and-run driver while walking in the SOMA district of San Francisco, just 27 years old. Another woman, Elizabeth Platt, 60, was killed...…Her name was Hanako Abe. Raised in Fukushima, Japan, she lived through the devastating 2011 tsunami and subsequent nuclear disaster and emigrated to America to attend university. After graduation in 2018, she settled in San Francisco and worked in commercial real estate. She posted a smiling selfie on Instagram Thursday, announcing her excitement for a new year she would not live to see. Shortly after 4 PM Thursday, she was struck and killed by a hit-and-run driver while walking in the SOMA district of San Francisco, just 27 years old. Another woman, Elizabeth Platt, 60, was killed...WW…

If you haven’t seen it, you should read this unusually thoughtful and honest account from a founder who built a company that was successful by most reasonable metrics, but not by venture capital ones.My experience founding with my sister was much more positive, but I felt some of the same things. We became a vehicle for many indie game creators to make a living, which I’m extremely proud of. In our case we also had a sale that was very profitable for the founders and early employees, and also profitable for our investors.But the weird thing is that if our venture investors had known at the...…If you haven’t seen it, you should read this unusually thoughtful and honest account from a founder who built a company that was successful by most reasonable metrics, but not by venture capital ones.My experience founding with my sister was much more positive, but I felt some of the same things. We became a vehicle for many indie game creators to make a living, which I’m extremely proud of. In our case we also had a sale that was very profitable for the founders and early employees, and also profitable for our investors.But the weird thing is that if our venture investors had known at the...WW…

Published inThe Hayabusa2 probe has sent back stunning images of the surface of Ryugu, giving researchers an up-close look at the asteroid’s rocky surface. February 21st, 2019, the Japanese space agency’s Hayabusa2 spacecraft touched down on the surface of the asteroid Ryugu — the orbit of which brings it between Earth and Mars — granting researchers at close-up look at the…Exploring the wonders of the Cosmos, one mystery at a timeininininininininFreelance science journalist. BSc Physics. Space. Astronomy. Astrophysics. Quantum Physics. SciComm. ABSW member. WCSJ Fellow 2019. IOP Fellow.…Published inThe Hayabusa2 probe has sent back stunning images of the surface of Ryugu, giving researchers an up-close look at the asteroid’s rocky surface. February 21st, 2019, the Japanese space agency’s Hayabusa2 spacecraft touched down on the surface of the asteroid Ryugu — the orbit of which brings it between Earth and Mars — granting researchers at close-up look at the…Exploring the wonders of the Cosmos, one mystery at a timeininininininininFreelance science journalist. BSc Physics. Space. Astronomy. Astrophysics. Quantum Physics. SciComm. ABSW member. WCSJ Fellow 2019. IOP Fellow.WW…

Hey Senator Graham, we should totally bang. I am a young, sprightly Republican boy. I have all the trappings of youth (smooth face, tight b-hole) with none of that pesky idealism to get in the way of letting you absolutely tear me apart like medicare.Senator Graham — can I call you Lindsey?Lindsey. I want to be the glass of milk to your Graham Cracker.You can call me “Big Government” in the bedroom because I’ll do all the work while you just lay there.I’m super discreet, like all the oil companies that finance your campaigns. And just like them, I’m always exploring. Exploring new ways to...…Hey Senator Graham, we should totally bang. I am a young, sprightly Republican boy. I have all the trappings of youth (smooth face, tight b-hole) with none of that pesky idealism to get in the way of letting you absolutely tear me apart like medicare.Senator Graham — can I call you Lindsey?Lindsey. I want to be the glass of milk to your Graham Cracker.You can call me “Big Government” in the bedroom because I’ll do all the work while you just lay there.I’m super discreet, like all the oil companies that finance your campaigns. And just like them, I’m always exploring. Exploring new ways to...WW…

Published inSALT LAKE CITY — Community foundations across the country are making an unprecedented effort to mobilize funding in light of the social and economic impact of COVID-19. As of July, more than $1 billion in charitable giving came from community foundations, according to data gathered by the .Utah is no exception.A publication about surviving and thriving.inininRhett has won 13 journalism awards over 5 years of applying for them. Formerly of B/R, Screen Rant and Patch. He’s also been a successful pro se litigant.…Published inSALT LAKE CITY — Community foundations across the country are making an unprecedented effort to mobilize funding in light of the social and economic impact of COVID-19. As of July, more than $1 billion in charitable giving came from community foundations, according to data gathered by the .Utah is no exception.A publication about surviving and thriving.inininRhett has won 13 journalism awards over 5 years of applying for them. Formerly of B/R, Screen Rant and Patch. He’s also been a successful pro se litigant.WW…

The metaphorical technical debt concept has become a buzzword in the business environment. This concept is one of the most common reasons for CTOs’ resignation from the most prominent tech companies.To properly understand the phenomena of technical debt, we would need to use the economic…inVerita is a software consulting company focusing on outsourcing and staff augmentation services based in Ukraine. https://inveritasoft.comLove podcasts or audiobooks? Learn on the go with our new app.ininininVerita is a software consulting company focusing on outsourcing and staff augmentation services...…The metaphorical technical debt concept has become a buzzword in the business environment. This concept is one of the most common reasons for CTOs’ resignation from the most prominent tech companies.To properly understand the phenomena of technical debt, we would need to use the economic…inVerita is a software consulting company focusing on outsourcing and staff augmentation services based in Ukraine. https://inveritasoft.comLove podcasts or audiobooks? Learn on the go with our new app.ininininVerita is a software consulting company focusing on outsourcing and staff augmentation services...WW…

*All statements are my own and do not necessarily reflect the opinons of my employer*Over the past year, I have been in conversations with other social workers and domestic violence advocates where we were able to discuss the nuances of State Question 805 and bring our varying experiences as advocates and as survivors to the table. I have also been mansplained by District Attorneys who told me on a statewide conference call that I must not know what I’m talking about if I support 805, listened to recordings of meetings where colleagues talked about me and said I was too close to criminal...…*All statements are my own and do not necessarily reflect the opinons of my employer*Over the past year, I have been in conversations with other social workers and domestic violence advocates where we were able to discuss the nuances of State Question 805 and bring our varying experiences as advocates and as survivors to the table. I have also been mansplained by District Attorneys who told me on a statewide conference call that I must not know what I’m talking about if I support 805, listened to recordings of meetings where colleagues talked about me and said I was too close to criminal...WW…