Quiet: Susan Cain
Fascinating read. The power of introverts in a world that can’t stop talking. One of my favourite quotes in the book was: “He who knows, does not speak, He who speaks, does not know”. Highly recommended.
Monthly Archives: May 2016
The Internet’s Own Boy: The Story of Aaron Swartz
A worthwhile documentary to watch. Summary from IMDB says it all: “The story of programming prodigy and information activist Aaron Swartz. From Swartz’s help in the development of the basic internet protocol RSS to his co-founding of Reddit, his fingerprints are all over the internet. But it was Swartz’s groundbreaking work in social justice and… Read More »
Deep Web: Alex Winter
This documentary touches on a lot of fundamental principles around the right to privacy and anonymity. It brings to life and joins some of the dots that Digital Gold talked about. Definitely worth a watch. Deep web at IMDB
Adding images to your comments in JIRA
Even though I’ve been training JIRA for years, I still learn new things all the time. The latest thing I came across was embedding images into the comments area from within a JIRA issue. The wiki markup to use is !my_image.png! Don’t try it with a word doc.
To build from source, binary or tarball?
It’s a lot quicker and less hassle to build from a tarball but lets face it, it’s just not as fun :). Let’s go through a simple sample process. There is an open source code call cpuminer that turns your computer into a bitcoin miner. Back in the days, this is how bitcoin mining all… Read More »