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Learning to code, 420 hours later: How to teach yourself Python, for free
A bit about 1 1/2 year ago, I started to teach myself programming with Python. Today I feel confident to formally complete my project. I am honestly a bit proud to be able to code on what I consider an...
View ArticleTwitter and Trump: A truly destructive relationship
Here you can read a German version of this article. There probably is no other company in the world that has maneuvered itself into such a complicated and even pitiful position such as Twitter. As the...
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Facebook bought tbh – but not the similar app with the same name that...
Facebook has acquired a smartphone app named tbh (which stands for “To be honest“). It allows its currently 2.5 million users in the U.S., to give compliments to each other. According to TechCrunch,...
View ArticleThe jobs of the future are already here – and some are really weird
Every discussion about the consequences of automation eventually has to lead to the same conclusion: Millions of human jobs are about to disappear because machines will be better and/or more efficient...
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The lost blog post about “World Leaders on Twitter”
Twitter just published a blog post justifying why the company isn’t banning Donald Trump for breaking the messaging service’s rules with his inflammatory tweets. However, it seems as if the wrong...
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Zuckerberg’s promise about fixing Facebook does not extend to Instagram
Instagram has just turned on a so called “activity status” for (at least some) users. It allows accounts you follow and people you message with to see when you were last active in Instagram apps. The...
View ArticleGreat times ahead for everyone in the business of audio content
Here is a German version of this post. The rise of smart speakers and wireless headphones leads to a likely increase of time available for audio consumption. Who benefits from this? Among others of...
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Universal Basic Income and human dignity
Convinced critics of an Universal Basic Income (UBI) often point to the importance of work for human dignity as a major argument against the UBI. The most recent example gave AI pioneer Andrew Ng in...
View ArticleHow Facebook and Google could collapse
What do Google and Facebook have in common, aside from that they are multi-billion dollar tech giants headquartered in Silicon Valley? Both companies currently experience massive internal tension. At...
View ArticleInsights and learnings after 10 years as a curator
After soon about 10 years as freelance curator (first part time, now basically full time for various projects) with focus on written content, I am going to share some insights and learnings. For those...
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