July 12, 2019, midnight

🧶 ICYMI #4: July 12, 2019

🧶 ICYMI

Hi, howdy,

I had a particularly busy week, so this one is quite abbreviated. Between flying to California with my family to inter my grandfather and uncle, to doctors appointments still trying to find a diagnosis for chronic conditions I experience (so frustrating). Some weeks just make your head spin.
 

✏️ Writes

  • The New York Times published a piece about employee activism and unionization in the tech industry.
  • Jay Hoffman published another piece in his History of the Web project, on the significance of the year "1995 was the most important year for the web".
  • Charlotte Jee wrote a piece for the MIT technology review, "How "stalkerware" apps are letting abusive partners spy on their victims".

🔨 Projects

  • Mike Darche has an awesome Gatsby project, "Language Guide", a curation of essential words and phrases for navigating a new place.
  • Found this project with free SVG icons for popular brands.

💬 Twitter

  • 🐦 You're an adult, and  no, things will not slow down after this week.
  • 🐦 From now on, it's called "soccer" and "men's soccer".
  • 🐦 Stop glorifying what's unnecessarily complicated.

🦄 Random

  • A serious security vulnerability was exposed in Zoom. Webcam covers suddenly got more popular.

🌵 Personal

  • Kurt Kemple and I launched a Fullstack Health! A podcast on the intersection of tech and health. So far we've released a teaser and the first episode -- if it sounds interesting, please check it out and share!
  • I passed IAAP's Certified Professional in Accessibility Core Competency (CPACC) exam!
  • I also had the opportunity recently to chat on the TechJr podcast.

Have a lovely weekend! 💜,

Amberley

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