Topic

COVID-19

Mentioned in 30 issues, from Feb 2020 to Oct 2023.

Issues

  1. Weekly Thing 265 / Magic, Copilot, Shortery

    iPhone 15 Pro Max camera, AI for business authors, Steve Jobs on our industry, hybrid strategy, face-scanning search engines, tokenized PokΓ©mon cards.

    12 links 2.7k words πŸ’¬ Chat →

  2. Weekly Thing #243 / Montaigne, Ordinals, Salsa + Ukraine Fundraiser!

    Social media teen girls, LED lights killing you, cargo cult Agile, Apple glucose testing, cloud exit savings, ChatGPT explained.

    25 links 4.2k words πŸ’¬ Chat →

  3. Weekly Thing #231 / UNIX Pipe, Slow Roads, Personal Brand

    Sprint estimation, UNIX Pipe Card Game, Google email privacy, plastic recycling myth, macOS Ventura review, personal brand burnout, Focus Is Saying No.

    26 links 2.4k words πŸ’¬ Chat →

  4. Weekly Thing #212 / Words, Mermaid, Beats

    Factorio mindset, RSS feeds, Mermaid diagrams in Markdown, Medieval Fantasy City Generator, Swatch Internet Time, technical debt, opposing Russia.

    26 links 3.7k words πŸ’¬ Chat →

  5. Weekly Thing #209 / PGP, Soulbound, Mosey

    PGP origins, cracking a crypto wallet, Google FLoC replacement, covidtests.gov architecture, Roblox outage, personal velocity.

    22 links 2.3k words πŸ’¬ Chat →

  6. Weekly Thing #205 / Hurl, Faster, Web3

    Hype-free Web3 observations, ConstitutionDAO crypto bid, beartype Python type-checking, reMarkable notebook, Knowledge Graphs, Data Governance branding.

    30 links 3.7k words πŸ’¬ Chat →

  7. Weekly Thing #195 / Privacy, Loot, Minus

    NSO Group iMessage exploit, Facebook secret elite exemptions, endemic COVID risk, Pfizer for kids 5-11, America's debt cycle and Bitcoin.

    25 links 3.5k words πŸ’¬ Chat →

  8. Weekly Thing #192 / Endemic, Solidify, Zsync

    Bitcoin bubbles, Nassim Taleb, swallowed AirPods, Brave Search, smart contract security, Python future, data brokers, Leica smartphone.

    34 links 3.9k words πŸ’¬ Chat →

  9. Weekly Thing #183 / Visidata, FTP, Amazon

    Everything Easy is Hard Again, Bitcoin Energy Consumption, FTP is 50 years old, high quality audio, AirTag Review, PHP in 2021.

    20 links 2.8k words πŸ’¬ Chat →

  10. Weekly Thing #177 / NFTs, Roblox, HEY World, Exchange

    HEY World blogging, poisoning Big Tech data, Microsoft email hack, Roblox Microverse, Zig programming, Kings of Leon NFT album.

    30 links 4.7k words πŸ’¬ Chat →

  11. Weekly Thing #166 / Chess, Disruption, M1 Macs, Five Hindrances

    M1 Macs, Intel's disruption, macOS Big Sur, iPhone 12 Pro Max, OpenStreetMap, personal data warehouses, Fairness Doctrine social networks.

    26 links 3.3k words πŸ’¬ Chat →

  12. Weekly Thing #165 / Sessions, Friluftsliv, Everlong

    Apple M1 Macs, iPhone 12 Mini and Pro Max, macOS Big Sur review, COVID vaccine 90% protection, Let's Encrypt independent, digital gardens.

    27 links 2.7k words πŸ’¬ Chat →

  13. Weekly Thing #164 / Raspberry Pi 400, Time Blocking, Platform

    Raspberry Pi 400, Little Snitch 5, iOS 14.2 Emoji, eero 6 mesh wifi, time blocking, quitting Twitter, aerosol transmission.

    24 links 2.9k words πŸ’¬ Chat →

  14. Weekly Thing #162 / iPhone 12, Lidar, Quibi

    Quibi shutting down, iPhone 12 Pro camera, Apple Lidar history, Gowalla returning, Covid-19 global data, consensus protocols, flight offsets.

    17 links 2k words πŸ’¬ Chat →

  15. Weekly Thing #160 / Unlived Life, Disinformation, Snowflake ❄️

    Unlived Life, hacking Apple, 100000 Stars, Snowflake value, QAnon ban, mail-in voter fraud disinformation, aerosol spread of Covid-19.

    20 links 2.9k words πŸ’¬ Chat →

  16. Weekly Thing #158 / Blacklight, Whistleblower, Fly Fishing

    Fly-fishing rods, silencing conspiracy theories, QAnon nightmare, Facebook political manipulation, Let's Encrypt certificates, GitHub master to main.

    22 links 2.5k words πŸ’¬ Chat →

  17. Weekly Thing #157 / Superpower, Dune, Three Year Rule

    Snowflake IPO, Apple One subscriptions, App Sprawl, Dune trailer, Ugh fields, Underwater datacenters, Brandi Carlile, Wikipedia Widgets.

    18 links 3k words πŸ’¬ Chat →

  18. Weekly Thing #153 / Values Oasis, Bison, Masks

    Trapped in a Values Oasis, Bison in the Badlands, Masks Masquerade, Patagonia Provisions, Irrational Exuberance, Incerto.

    22 links 2.4k words πŸ’¬ Chat →

  19. Weekly Thing #151 / George Floyd, I Can’t Breathe, Black Lives Matter

    Racial injustice confessions, white supremacy culture, 8 Can't Wait, Minneapolis police use of force, coronavirus vascular disease, ACLU sues Clearview AI.

    25 links 4.7k words πŸ’¬ Chat →

  20. Weekly Thing #148 / What Day Is It?, Written Communication, Lisp

    Lisp programming language, COVID-19 risks, iA Writer Micro.blog, Pi-hole v5, Zoom acquires Keybase, Minnesota COVID-19 model, Dave Grohl rock show.

    24 links 3.6k words πŸ’¬ Chat →

  21. Weekly Thing #147 / Do The Work, Good Writing, Bye Amazon

    Facebook SDK iOS crashes, Tim Bray leaves Amazon, Airbnb layoffs, virtual WWDC June 22, murder hornets, Bill Gates on COVID-19 vaccine.

    30 links 4.1k words πŸ’¬ Chat →

  22. Weekly Thing #145 / Permanent, Coronavirus, Zoom Fatigue

    Zoom fatigue theory, effective reproduction number, silently killing coronavirus patients, 36000 missing deaths, reopen domain surge, SaaS efficient growth.

    23 links 2.5k words πŸ’¬ Chat →

  23. Weekly Thing #144 / Contact Tracing, Stockdale Paradox, John Prine, Goat 2 Meeting

    COVID-19 tracing tool, Zoom brand, John Conway dies, iPhone SE, NextDNS, Stockdale Paradox, cold-brew coffee chemistry, COBOL training.

    31 links 3.8k words πŸ’¬ Chat →

  24. Weekly Thing #143 / Archetypes, Wear a Mask, Zoom

    Zoom encryption flaws, wear a mask, reopen the nation, COBOL falling apart, Bill Gates vaccine factories, John Prine dead at 73, Tesla ventilator.

    25 links 2.2k words πŸ’¬ Chat →

  25. Weekly Thing #142 / Signaling, Zoom, Bill Gates, Decision Journal

    Bill Gates coronavirus response, corporate socialism, government bailouts, signaling as a service, bailing out investors, managers not you.

    22 links 2.2k words πŸ’¬ Chat →

  26. Weekly Thing #141 / We provided 147,360 meals for those in need!

    COVID-19 grief, coronavirus treatments, iPad cursor, iOS 13.4, Amazon delivery delays, Netflix relief fund, hammer and dance.

    24 links 3k words πŸ’¬ Chat →

  27. Weekly Thing #140 / Conversations, Leadership, Remote, iPad

    iPad Pro trackpad, new keyboard cover, flatten the curve, pandemic history, managing remotely, skill stacking, virus startup strategy.

    27 links 3.2k words πŸ’¬ Chat →

  28. Weekly Thing #139 / Control, Energy

    Brave Browser, Facebook's negative impact, Things Apple Watch app, history of the URL, low carb diet brain effects, brain's nightly rinse cycle.

    11 links 2.3k words πŸ’¬ Chat →

  29. Weekly Thing #138 / Covid-19, Credibility, Clearview AI, Hair Freezing

    Clearview AI facial recognition, stopping Facebook, First Amendment social media, OmniFocus floating time zones, Ulysses writing assistant.

    19 links 2.8k words πŸ’¬ Chat →

  30. Weekly Thing #134 / Platform & Product, Corporate Athlete, Mindfulness

    Platform-product fit, corporate athlete, full engagement, Amazon Dating, smart notes, paid membership, iOS 13.4, LEGO Masters, Luminary Loppet, mindfulness.

    16 links 1.9k words πŸ’¬ Chat →