This post comes out of a discussion I had with some folk on IRC this past weekend and then further encouraged by the Apple event that happened on the 30th of October, 2018.
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Things I read in Week 43 of 2018
This week, I would like to especially recommend the article by Jason Schrier regarding the working culture inside Rockstar Games. Something to consider and reflect on for all of us that play video games.
Also, a special shoutout to Leah for the latest edition of the Leah Letter. A welcome and refreshing read as always. I recommend subscribing yourself.
- The iPhone XR by John Gruber
- Growing Up in the Library by Susan Orlean
- Inside Rockstar Games’ Culture Of Crunch by Jason Schreier
- Cities: Skylines by Sargoth
- Ethics in media consumption by Leah Finnegan
Things I read in Week 42 of 2018
Bunch of reviews to read this week, the Anandtech one is fairly long and detailed. Other than that, didn’t get much reading done as I’ve been sick through most of the week, blergh.
- 70+ different types of home routers(all together 100,000+) are being hijacked by GhostDNS by yegenshen
- Pixel 3 XL review—Google software deserves better than this hardware by Ron Amadeo
- The iPhone XS & XS Max Review: Unveiling the Silicon Secrets by Andrei Frumusanu
- Vivaldi 2.0 review: The modern Web browser does not have to be so bland by Scott Gilbertson
Things I read in Week 41 of 2018
Autumn is fully upon us. It is all rainy, cloudy and the leaves are turning orange and falling to the wet earth. Also, I tried a pumpkin spice latte for the first time this week, it was alright.
- macOS 10.14 Mojave: The Ars Technica review by Andrew Cunningham
- The Gorgon Group: Slithering Between Nation State and Cybercrime by Robert Falcone, David Fuertes, Josh Grunzweig and Kyle Wilhoit
- Why are Apple Watch faces such a mess? by Jason Snell
- Choosing to stay out of the community by Rachel
- One Year of #MeToo: What Women’s Speech Is Still Not Allowed to Do by Jia Tolentino
- Why American Democracy Was So Easy to Destroy by umair haque
Things I read in Week 40 of 2018
Only three links this week! Been distracted by Forza Horizon 4 all week, an excellent game. Now back to the English countryside!
- iPhone XS: Why It’s A Whole New Camera by Sebastiaan de With
- Inside the Magecart Breach of British Airways: How 22 Lines of Code Claimed 380,000 Victims by Yonathan Klijnsma
- Android 9 Pie, thoroughly reviewed by Ron Amadeo