ppe SPFL league reconstruction plans scrapped - leaving Hearts and Partick Thistle facing relegation By www.glasgowtimes.co.uk Published On :: Fri, 08 May 2020 17:54:13 +0100 PLANS for league reconstruction have been scrapped after Ladbrokes Premiership clubs indicated there isn't enough support for the proposed changes at this time. Full Article
ppe Coronavirus: Sneaker Laundry donates PPE Stock to Glasgow Royal Infirmary By www.glasgowtimes.co.uk Published On :: Fri, 03 Apr 2020 05:00:00 +0100 SNEAKER LAUNDRY in Trongate has donated remaining stock to the Glasgow Royal Infirmary due to the coronavirus crisis. Full Article
ppe Sample Size: Adele, Chance the Rapper & Colin Stetson By www.kosu.org Published On :: Fri, 17 Feb 2017 14:40:00 +0000 This is Sample Size, our weekly new music feature with KOSU's Ryan LaCroix and LOOKatOKC music critic Matt Carney. Today, Matt explains the results of the Grammys and focuses on two winners—Adele and Chance the Rapper. Plus, a new song from Colin Stetson . Follow Matt & Ryan on Twitter at @mdotcarney & @KOSUryan . Full Article
ppe Kim Jong Un's Public Disappearance By www.iowapublicradio.org Published On :: Wed, 29 Apr 2020 22:47:15 +0000 The new Gross Domestic Product (GPD) figures show the economy’s sharp decline with the situation expected to get much worse. On this edition of River to River , host Ben Kieffer is joined by political scientists Jonathan Hassid and Jeff Taylor to get an analysis on a new poll indicating half of the country is being economically affected by the coronavirus, the Republican primary in Iowa’s 4 th district and worries about North Korea’s stability. Guests: Jonathan Hassid , associate professor of political science at ISU Jeff Taylor , professor of political science at Dordt University Full Article
ppe Kicked from Apple Podcasts? What Happens When You Keyword-Stuff Podcast Tags – TAP334 By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Fri, 09 Nov 2018 23:09:16 +0000 Apple is cracking down on keyword-stuffing in podcast tags. Here's information from testing and experience to help you protect your podcast! Full Article Audio Apple Podcasts itunes podcast feed RSS SEO spam titles
ppe Dropped and dismissed: Child sex abuse lost in the system (rebroadcast) By reveal.prx.org Published On :: Sat, 10 Feb 2018 05:05:57 -0000 The scandal around USA Gymnastics and former Olympic team doctor Larry Nassar is shining a spotlight on the sexual abuse of young athletes. This week, Reveal revisits the story of a woman who decides to confront the coach she says abused her decades earlier. Reporter Tennessee Watson was abused by her gymnastics coach when she was a kid in the 1980s. Over 25 years later, when she learned he still was coaching children, she called the police. Her inside account of the arduous process of seeking justice in her own case exposes discrepancies in prosecutors’ responses to reports of child sexual abuse and highlights a lack of accountability. — Head over to revealnews.org for more of our reporting. Follow us on Facebook at fb.com/ThisIsReveal and on Twitter @reveal. And to see some of what you’re hearing, we’re also on Instagram @revealnews. Full Article Athletics Child Sexual Abuse Court Criminal Documentary Explicit or Mature Content Gymnast Gymnastics Health Justice Larry Nassar Law Legal Michigan State News & Politics Olympics Parviz Youssefi Podcast Prosecution Scandal Sexual Abuse Team USA Tennessee Watson The Heart True Crime USA Gymnastics USOC Youth Sports adfree crime
ppe Ripped Apart: Families Separated at the Border By beta.prx.org Published On :: Sat, 23 Jun 2018 07:00:45 -0000 President Donald Trump said he was ending family separation at the border this week. But we’ve stayed on the story, investigating the issues that remain: children being drugged at migrant shelters, asylum-seekers being denied at ports of entry and the problems with Trump’s new detention plan. Don’t miss out on the next big story. Get the Weekly Reveal newsletter today. Full Article Asylum Central America Children Concentration Camps Congress Department of Justice Detention Detention Center Donald Trump Drugging Executive Order Family Separation Guatemala Hispanic Honduras Immigrants Immigration Immigration Policy Investigation Jeff Sessions Kids Latin America Latina Latino Latinx Mexico News & Politics Obama President Public Policy Stephen Miller Trump kirstjen nielsen
ppe Trapped: Abuse and Neglect in Private Care By beta.prx.org Published On :: Sat, 04 Aug 2018 07:00:00 -0000 Deep in the backroads of central Florida, hidden between trees dripping with Spanish moss, sits the campus of an infamous center for the developmentally disabled. Its story shows what can happen when families have nowhere else to find care for their loved ones. After years of complaints, Carlton Palms is finally being shut down. But its parent company, Bellwether Behavioral Health, is still running group homes across the country, where new allegations have arisen. WNYC reporter Audrey Quinn investigates the company and speaks to a family whose son was abused at two of Bellwether’s New Jersey facilities. She discovers that, with national spending on autism services expected to increase 70 percent by 2025, the company is owned by a private equity firm. Then, reporter Elly Yu investigates the death of a DACA recipient while at an Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention center in rural Georgia. Don’t miss out on the next big story. Get the Weekly Reveal newsletter today. Full Article Al Letson CIR Center for Investigative Reporting Health Care Mental Care Mental Illness News & Politics Reveal news story
ppe Issues Of The Environment: What Happens Next With The Gelman 1,4 Dioxane Plume By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Wed, 29 Jan 2020 11:40:44 +0000 The 1,4 dioxane plume emanating from the old Gelman Sciences facility on Wagner Road in Scio Township continues to expand through groundwater in the greater Ann Arbor area. At a recent public forum, the federal Environmental Protection Agency said it would take decades to get the contamination designated as a Superfund site and clean-up could take decades beyond that. In this week's "Issues of the Environment," WEMU's David Fair talks to Washtenaw County Board of Commissioners chair Jason Morgan about what is happening now to better address the environmental threat. Full Article
ppe Issues Of The Environment: Properly Disposing Of PPEs And Other Waste During COVID-19 Pandemic By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Wed, 15 Apr 2020 11:41:25 +0000 The Centers for Disease Control continues to recommend wearing gloves and masks while in public. More and more people are following recommended guidelines. However, getting rid of those personal protective equipment (PPE) items is often being done improperly. In this week's "Issues of the Environment," WEMU's David Fair talks with Washtenaw County Public Works manager Theo Eggermont about proper disposal to protect public health and the environment. Full Article
ppe Trump’s Abandonment of the Kurds Appeases Erdoğan and Infuriates Republicans By www.wnyc.org Published On :: Fri, 11 Oct 2019 12:00:00 -0400 Last Sunday, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan informed President Trump of his intention to launch a military offensive in northeastern Syria, in an effort to eradicate the Kurdish militias there. Trump agreed to draw down American troops to clear the way for the Turkish army. Though Erdoğan regards those militias as terrorist groups, the Kurds have been close American allies in the battle against ISIS. Trump’s decision was met with harsh criticism by high-ranking Republicans, U.S. military officials, and others. Dexter Filkins joins Dorothy Wickenden to discuss how the incursion into Syria is affecting one of the most volatile regions in the world, and what it could mean for Trump’s Presidency. Full Article donald_trump history politics recep_tayyip_erdogan syria turkey
ppe Issues Of The Environment: What Happens Next With The Gelman 1,4 Dioxane Plume By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Wed, 29 Jan 2020 11:40:44 +0000 The 1,4 dioxane plume emanating from the old Gelman Sciences facility on Wagner Road in Scio Township continues to expand through groundwater in the greater Ann Arbor area. At a recent public forum, the federal Environmental Protection Agency said it would take decades to get the contamination designated as a Superfund site and clean-up could take decades beyond that. In this week's "Issues of the Environment," WEMU's David Fair talks to Washtenaw County Board of Commissioners chair Jason Morgan about what is happening now to better address the environmental threat. Full Article
ppe Issues Of The Environment: Properly Disposing Of PPEs And Other Waste During COVID-19 Pandemic By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Wed, 15 Apr 2020 11:41:25 +0000 The Centers for Disease Control continues to recommend wearing gloves and masks while in public. More and more people are following recommended guidelines. However, getting rid of those personal protective equipment (PPE) items is often being done improperly. In this week's "Issues of the Environment," WEMU's David Fair talks with Washtenaw County Public Works manager Theo Eggermont about proper disposal to protect public health and the environment. Full Article
ppe What Happened Today: Health Care System Crumbles, Testing Questions By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Sat, 09 May 2020 00:12:00 +0000 Marc Lipsitch, a professor of epidemiology at the Harvard School of Public Health, answers questions about access to testing for COVID-19, false-negative results and the challenges of mass testing. Full Article
ppe Grasshopper: Tips, Tricks, and Techniques By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Thu, 07 May 2020 00:00:00 GMT Since its inception, the Grasshopper plugin for Rhino 3D has consistently grown in popularity with designers. This graphical algorithm editor boasts capabilities that make the process of creating complex 3D models less tedious and more efficient. In this series, instructor Walter Zesk shows you how to work even smarter with this powerful plugin. Get techniques that can help you resolve common challenges in Grasshopper and make the most out of its capabilities. Tune in every week for a new tip.Note: Because this is an ongoing series, viewers will not receive a certificate of completion. Full Article
ppe 03 - crows happen - vampire deer by pyramid termite By music.metafilter.com Published On :: Thu, 09 Apr 2020 17:32:16 -0800 my daughter has a treefull of crows outside her window and she's convinced they're as interested in her as she is in them she's sure they are her friends i've tried to tell her that i'm not sure they're really all that interested in her, but i don't really think that's getting through to her - and i don't know whether she really understands the current situation - why she has to stay home, why her dad had to stay in quarantine for 14 days just because he was a little sick, why her dad was worried about what was going to happen i guess this song is about all that i can't tell you if the crows like you even though you believe they talk to you they were created for another world but maybe we pretend that it's not our world too fly around and looking for a meal fly around and looking for a summer deal but it's april and where we live everything takes so long to happen well, it's not much fun, wondering if i'll be gone i can't even go for a walk on the lawn the days all count to the last fade away but then again, it's always really been that way do you think the crows don't think about all that? somehow i think they do - the way they gather at their friend lying there, complaining everything more or less has to happen but with any luck, it will warm up a little and i think my hourglass isn't ready to settle we can go out and watch the crows once again and you can tell me that they are your friends one day we'll get to walk out and feel free and not think about the things that could be we can be like crows and bluff our way through all the things, good and bad, that happen and the secret to life, so i've been told is you keep lucking out and then you find yourself old and you wonder, what the hell did i do with all that time? and it didn't make much sense, and it didn't even rhyme and if i gave you a ring for surety some crow would go and grab it and hide it in a tree and forget about it - that crow and you and me just more of those things that happen Full Article mefimusicchallenge psychedelic quarantine rpmaprilchallenge2020 solskifte vampiredeer
ppe Europe's Economy Was Hit Hard Too, But Jobs Didn't Disappear Like In The U.S. By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Thu, 23 Apr 2020 09:01:00 +0000 When the British economy ground to a halt a few weeks ago, Reda Maher suddenly found himself among the ranks of the unemployed, alongside untold millions of other people around the world. But unlike many others, Maher can rest easy, knowing that money will keep flowing into his bank account until he's called back to work. "I woke up a couple of hours later than I normally would. I won't lie," Maher said one afternoon earlier this month. "I took a nice long masked and gloved walk. I've got a remote personal training like fitness session in about 20 minutes." The United Kingdom recently began paying 80% of the salaries of workers laid off because of the coronavirus pandemic. The government caps the pay at about $3,000 a month, but many employers, including the London-based video streaming service where Maher works, add to what the government hands out. Maher also doesn't need to worry about being left without health care coverage, thanks to Britain's National Health Service. Across Full Article
ppe What Happened Today: Health Care System Crumbles, Testing Questions By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Sat, 09 May 2020 00:12:00 +0000 Marc Lipsitch, a professor of epidemiology at the Harvard School of Public Health, answers questions about access to testing for COVID-19, false-negative results and the challenges of mass testing. Full Article
ppe Union legt deutlich zu – Grüne nur noch in einer Altersgruppe vor CDU/CSU By www.welt.de Published On :: Sat, 09 May 2020 12:08:43 GMT Die Corona-Krise scheint das Zutrauen in die Unionsparteien zu steigern: In einer neuen Umfrage kommen CDU und CSU erstmals seit Jahren wieder auf 40 Prozent. Die SPD hingegen verliert deutlich. Die Grünen liegen nur noch in einer Altersgruppe vor der Union. Full Article Deutschland
ppe What Happened Today: Health Care System Crumbles, Testing Questions By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Sat, 09 May 2020 00:12:00 +0000 Marc Lipsitch, a professor of epidemiology at the Harvard School of Public Health, answers questions about access to testing for COVID-19, false-negative results and the challenges of mass testing. Full Article
ppe Denver Rapper & Songwriter BVNK Releases New Single “SITUATIONS’ By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Fri, 24 Apr 2020 22:56:43 PDT STREAM HERE: https://open.spotify.com/track/0ZuUEeXuSvg4uupbGRqzxu?si=YTak2s4-SaafSkR1vG0b4w Exciting new rapper, singer and songwriter BVNK is a musical product of his environment, having been born in Nigeria, raised in the UK, and now residing in North America – his music is a melting pot of lush R&B, heavy-hitting hip hop, and melodic rap/sung, flavoured with indie music sensibilities, with his life experiences across three different continents informing his storytelling and songwriting. After dipping his toes into the waters last year with two mixtapes including fan-favourite ‘Promises’, Bvnk is set to take 2020 by the scruff of its neck, starting with his brand new single titled ‘SITUATIONS’. Produced by burgeoning LA-based musician and beatsmith Twelve 92, and taken from his forthcoming debut EP titled XX/XX (pronounced 20/20), Bvnk’s ‘Situations’ sees the Denver rapper-singer taking responsibility for failures in his past relationship, as he croons, “I did something to you, I never said sorry to you”, before kicking off his rap verse with, “tell me what I did to make you feel like I was breaking you”. The track is led by dreamy R&B guitar licks, minimalist drum arrangements, groovy melodies, and an infectious bassline, over which Bvnk showcases his dual singing and rapping talents, and undeniable songwriting dexterities. Speaking about the inspiration behind the ‘Situations’ track, Bvnk says, “In a time where the world is full of one sided stories, and men thinking that taking responsibility is weak for some reason or the other, with women left having to deal with their toxic masculine energy, I wanted to take the truthful route on ‘Situations’. The song is about me looking into the mirror, taking responsibility, and apologising for the hurt I had caused. Amidst it all, ‘two wrongs don’t make a right’ is the perfect quote that explains ‘Situations’, because I’m ultimately asking for a second chance”. STREAM HERE: https://open.spotify.com/track/0ZuUEeXuSvg4uupbGRqzxu?si=YTak2s4-SaafSkR1vG0b4w CONNECT WITH BVNK Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/bvnk_official Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/bvnk_official Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/bvnk_official The post Denver Rapper & Songwriter BVNK Releases New Single “SITUATIONS’ appeared first on Singersroom.com. Full Article Music News R&B Music R&B News
ppe It’s Happening Now! Pope Summons World Leaders to Rome By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Tue, 15 Oct 2019 00:00:00 GMT This is simply stunning! The Vatican has just made an unprecedented, audacious overture for religious unity. Full Article
ppe 0x44: Oracle v. Google Federal Appeals Court Decision By faif.us Published On :: Tue, 13 May 2014 10:33:00 -0400 Bradley and Karen explain why they've been gone for so long, and then discuss the recent Oracle v. Google Federal Appeals Court Decision. Show Notes: Segment 0 (00:00:31) Karen is now Executive Director of Conservancy and Bradley is President and Distinguished Technologist. (03:01) Bradley will be working extensively on the NPO Accounting Project. (03:40) Segment 1 (00:09:37) Karen says the Oracle v. Google Federal Appeals Court Decision is not an engaging read, but the lower court decision was. (09:50) Karen said: You're out of your element, Donny! (12:38) Karen mentioned a tweet from the EFF (15:23) Bradley mentioned his older blog post about the previous decision (16:48) Karen incorrectly said we never recorded a show on the previous decision, but we did indeed discuss the previous Oracle v. Google decision in , which Bradley and Karen discussed in Episode 0x35 (18:53) Karen and Bradley explained what an affirmative defense, arguments in the alternative, and merger doctrine. (21:03) Bradley mentioned the Apache Software Foundation is now publicly more against copyleft software than proprietary software, and that such position is unreasonable, unlike the OpenBSD position that copyleft and proprietary software are equally bad: a position Bradley disagrees with but agrees is consistent, reasonable moral stance. (38:40) Bradley mentioned his discussions with Mark J. Wielaard of the Classpath project (52:20) Bradley and Karen ask people to doante to Conservancy. Send feedback and comments on the cast to <oggcast@faif.us>. You can keep in touch with Free as in Freedom on our IRC channel, #faif on irc.freenode.net, and by following Conservancy on on Twitter and and FaiF on Twitter. Free as in Freedom is produced by Dan Lynch of danlynch.org. Theme music written and performed by Mike Tarantino with Charlie Paxson on drums. The content of this audcast, and the accompanying show notes and music are licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike 4.0 license (CC BY-SA 4.0). Full Article Technology
ppe 0x53: Can Plagiarism Happen Under Copyleft? By faif.us Published On :: Tue, 30 Dec 2014 09:55:00 -0500 Bradley and Karen discuss what plagiarism is (or isn't) and how it interacts with copyleft licenses. Show Notes: Segment 0 (00:00:37) Please donate to to send Dan to a conference. There's a progress bar on faif.us now. You can also donate to support Software Freedom Conservancy, where Bradley and Karen work, by becoming a supporter. Karen mentioned her blog post about the supporter program. (00:08:30) Bradley mentioned his blog post about the supporter program as well. (00:09:30) Segment 1 (00:16:16) Bradley and Karen pick up on a topic original discussed in Segment 1 of FaiF 0x02. (00:16:50) Bradley discussed the Laurie Stearns' article from the California Law Review, entitled Copy Wrong: Plagiarism, Process, Property, and the Law (00:23:50) Bradley mentioned The GNOME Foundation Copyright Assignment Guidelines that he co-authored. (00:28:05) Bradley mentioned the Doris Kearns Goodwin Plagiarism controversy, and how it would have been simply redressed if the material she reused had been copylefted. (00:29:26) Karen mentioned that Flickr made different policies for CC-BY-SA'd works when selling printed versions. (32:30) Bradley mentioned that even software freedom advocates just comply with the copyleft licenses and don't work collaboratively, particularly during hostile forks, using Conservancy's Kallithea project as an example. (00:35:25) Bradley reiterated a point he made in FaiF 0x08, where he discussed that Linus Torvalds switched to GPL for Linux because he realized non-commercial restrictions weren't appropriate. (00:37:50) Bradley mentioned the hostile fork of GCC called egcs. The H-Online years later wrote a long article that discussed the egcs fork egcs fork. (00:39:46) Bradley mentioned that plagiarism is ultimately about attribution, and modern DVCS systems makes attribution easy and renders plagiarism impossible (if DVCS logs are accurate). (00:44:15) Bradley mentioned that he continually has learned the lesson that if you let your employer keep copyright, you lose everything you had when you switch employers (if the work isn't copylefted). (00:47:00) Bradley discussed the methods of attribution required in GPLv3. (00:50:05) Bradley mentioned that copyright notices are the primary method of attribution in copyleft licenses, and even non-copyleft ones too. (00:53:19) Karen discussed the attribution requirements in text of CC-BY-SA 4.0. (00:53:49) Bradley wants to do a whole FaiF show about how CC-BY-SA may not be a true copyleft since it has no source code requirement (00:54:40) Bradley mentioned the “fake name” that film directors use when they wish to disavow a work they aren't happy with. The name is, in fact, Alan Smithee, and indeed the 1984 film Dune lists Smithee as a director even though David Lynch is known publicly to be the director. (00:58:40) Bradley mentioned the unfair accusations against Red Hat when they stopped publishing their internal Linux Git repository and instead released a more standard ChangeLog. (01:05:30) Send feedback and comments on the cast to <oggcast@faif.us>. You can keep in touch with Free as in Freedom on our IRC channel, #faif on irc.freenode.net, and by following Conservancy on on Twitter and and FaiF on Twitter. Free as in Freedom is produced by Dan Lynch of danlynch.org. Theme music written and performed by Mike Tarantino with Charlie Paxson on drums. The content of this audcast, and the accompanying show notes and music are licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike 4.0 license (CC BY-SA 4.0). Full Article Technology
ppe Charity: Janet Poppendieck (Ep. 8) By kutpodcasts.org Published On :: Thu, 17 Dec 2015 18:54:10 +0000 In this edition of The Secret Ingredient, we talk with Janet Poppendieck, Professor of Sociology at Hunter College, City University of New York and author of Sweet Charity? Emergency Food and the End of Entitlement (Penguin, 1999), about the complexities of food charities, governmental food programs, and the overall condition of our economy, our nations... Full Article The Secret Ingredient
ppe Hot Peppers: Gary Nabhan (Ep. 10) By kutpodcasts.org Published On :: Sun, 24 Jan 2016 00:24:28 +0000 In this edition of The Secret Ingredient we talk with Gary Nabhan, author of: Chasing Chiles – Hot Spots Along the Pepper Trail; Why Some Like It Hot: Food, Genes and Cultural Diversity; and Cumin, Camels, and Caravans: A Spice Odyssey. Nabhan is an internationally-celebrated nature writer, food and farming activist, and proponent of conserving... Full Article The Secret Ingredient Chili Peppers climate change Cultivation Drought food Food Politics Gary Nabhan Hot Peppers Raj Patel Rebecca McInroy refugees Seeds Syria Tom Philpott
ppe This Song: Eric Earley & Brian Koch of Blitzen Trapper By kutx.org Published On :: Wed, 28 Sep 2016 16:20:00 +0000 Blitzen Trapper’s Eric Early describes how his musical trajectory was permanently altered by R.E.M. and their breakout album “Out Of Time.” Then bandmate/drummer/actor Brian Koch tells a tale of his family who did very little to encourage his music and how he was inspired by hidden radios, friends with guitars and a young singer-songwriter with whom he now shares a stage. Full Article This Song Blitzen Trapper Eric Early Michael Stipe music
ppe This Song: Blitzen Trapper — Rerun! By kutx.org Published On :: Wed, 27 Dec 2017 16:05:09 +0000 Portland rockers Blitzen Trapper just released a new record called Wild and Reckless. They’re also headlining the first show in KUTX’s 5th Birthday Concert Series at Antones on February 22nd. In this rerun singer, songwriter and guitar player Eric Early describes how the darker realms of R.E.M.’s music inspired him as a teenager. Then drummer Brian […] Full Article This Song Austin Music Experience Blitzen Trapper KUTX
ppe Venezuela Military Cooperation with U.S. Stopped By www.washingtonpost.com Published On :: Sun, 8 May 2005 19:03:50 GMT By Pascal Fletcher CARACAS, Venezuela (Reuters) - Venezuela is ending militaryoperations and exchanges with the United States, President HugoChavez said on Sunday, and he ordered out U.S. instructors hesaid were trying to foment unrest in the barracks against him. Full Article
ppe Eurogruppe macht ESM-Krisenhilfen startklar By www.tagesschau.de Published On :: Vor einem Monat hatten die Finanzminister der Eurozone ein Milliarden-Rettungsprogramm in der Corona-Krise vereinbart, nun sind auch letzte Details geklärt: Strikte Auflagen für ESM-Kredite wird es nicht geben. Full Article Wirtschaft
ppe In roughly 24 hours coronavirus makes sports, a longtime sanctuary in times of crisis, disappear By www.seattletimes.com Published On :: Thu, 12 Mar 2020 16:15:04 -0700 Sports has always been the escape during times of crisis and collective stress. But now the very act of conducting sports threatens to add exponentially to perpetuating the coronavirus pandemic and growing the stress. Full Article College Basketball College Sports Cougar Basketball Cougars Gonzaga Huskies Husky Basketball Mariners MLB NBA NCAA Tournament Pac-12 Seahawks Seattle University Soccer Sounders Sports XFL Dragons
ppe How The Internet Happened: From Netscape to the iPhone By www.seobook.com Published On :: 2019-04-08T03:13:01+00:00 Brian McCullough, who runs Internet History Podcast, also wrote a book named How The Internet Happened: From Netscape to the iPhone which did a fantastic job of capturing the ethos of the early web and telling the backstory of so many people & projects behind it's evolution. I think the quote which best the magic of the early web is Jim Clark came from the world of machines and hardware, where development schedules were measured in years—even decades—and where “doing a startup” meant factories, manufacturing, inventory, shipping schedules and the like. But the Mosaic team had stumbled upon something simpler. They had discovered that you could dream up a product, code it, release it to the ether and change the world overnight. Thanks to the Internet, users could download your product, give you feedback on it, and you could release an update, all in the same day. In the web world, development schedules could be measured in weeks. The part I bolded in the above quote from the book really captures the magic of the Internet & what pulled so many people toward the early web. The current web - dominated by never-ending feeds & a variety of closed silos - is a big shift from the early days of web comics & other underground cool stuff people created & shared because they thought it was neat. Many established players missed the actual direction of the web by trying to create something more akin to the web of today before the infrastructure could support it. Many of the "big things" driving web adoption relied heavily on chance luck - combined with a lot of hard work & a willingness to be responsive to feedback & data. Even when Marc Andreessen moved to the valley he thought he was late and he had "missed the whole thing," but he saw the relentless growth of the web & decided making another web browser was the play that made sense at the time. Tim Berners-Lee was dismayed when Andreessen's web browser enabled embedded image support in web documents. Early Amazon review features were originally for editorial content from Amazon itself. Bezos originally wanted to launch a broad-based Amazon like it is today, but realized it would be too capital intensive & focused on books off the start so he could sell a known commodity with a long tail. Amazon was initially built off leveraging 2 book distributors ( Ingram and Baker & Taylor) & R. R. Bowker's Books In Print catalog. They also did clever hacks to meet minimum order requirements like ordering out of stock books as part of their order, so they could only order what customers had purchased. Amazon employees:2018 647,5002017 566,0002016 341,4002015 230,8002014 154,1002013 117,3002012 88,4002011 56,2002010 33,7002009 24,3002008 20,7002007 17,0002006 13,9002005 12,0002004 90002003 78002002 75002001 78002000 90001999 76001998 21001997 6141996 158— Jon Erlichman (@JonErlichman) April 8, 2019 eBay began as an /aw/ subfolder on the eBay domain name which was hosted on a residential internet connection. Pierre Omidyar coded the auction service over labor day weekend in 1995. The domain had other sections focused on topics like ebola. It was switched from AuctionWeb to a stand alone site only after the ISP started charging for a business line. It had no formal Paypal integration or anything like that, rather when listings started to charge a commission, merchants would mail physical checks in to pay for the platform share of their sales. Beanie Babies also helped skyrocket platform usage. The reason AOL carpet bombed the United States with CDs - at their peak half of all CDs produced were AOL CDs - was their initial response rate was around 10%, a crazy number for untargeted direct mail. Priceline was lucky to have survived the bubble as their idea was to spread broadly across other categories beyond travel & they were losing about $30 per airline ticket sold. The broader web bubble left behind valuable infrastructure like unused fiber to fuel continued growth long after the bubble popped. The dot com bubble was possible in part because there was a secular bull market in bonds stemming back to the early 1980s & falling debt service payments increased financial leverage and company valuations. TED members hissed at Bill Gross when he unveiled GoTo.com, which ranked "search" results based on advertiser bids. Excite turned down offering the Google founders $1.6 million for the PageRank technology in part because Larry Page insisted to Excite CEO George Bell ‘If we come to work for Excite, you need to rip out all the Excite technology and replace it with [our] search.’ And, ultimately, that’s—in my recollection—where the deal fell apart.” Steve Jobs initially disliked the multi-touch technology that mobile would rely on, one of the early iPhone prototypes had the iPod clickwheel, and Apple was against offering an app store in any form. Steve Jobs so loathed his interactions with the record labels that he did not want to build a phone & first licensed iTunes to Motorola, where they made the horrible ROKR phone. He only ended up building a phone after Cingular / AT&T begged him to. Wikipedia was originally launched as a back up feeder site that was to feed into Nupedia. Even after Facebook had strong traction, Marc Zuckerberg kept working on other projects like a file sharing service. Facebook's news feed was publicly hated based on the complaints, but it almost instantly led to a doubling of usage of the site so they never dumped it. After spreading from college to college Facebook struggled to expand ad other businesses & opening registration up to all was a hail mary move to see if it would rekindle growth instead of selling to Yahoo! for a billion dollars. The book offers a lot of color to many important web related companies. And many companies which were only briefly mentioned also ran into the same sort of lucky breaks the above companies did. Paypal was heavily reliant on eBay for initial distribution, but even that was something they initially tried to block until it became so obvious they stopped fighting it: “At some point I sort of quit trying to stop the EBay users and mostly focused on figuring out how to not lose money,” Levchin recalls. ... In the late 2000s, almost a decade after it first went public, PayPal was drifting toward obsolescence and consistently alienating the small businesses that paid it to handle their online checkout. Much of the company’s code was being written offshore to cut costs, and the best programmers and designers had fled the company. ... PayPal’s conversion rate is lights-out: Eighty-nine percent of the time a customer gets to its checkout page, he makes the purchase. For other online credit and debit card transactions, that number sits at about 50 percent. Here is a podcast interview of Brian McCullough by Chris Dixon. How The Internet Happened: From Netscape to the iPhone is a great book well worth a read for anyone interested in the web. Full Article
ppe In roughly 24 hours coronavirus makes sports, a longtime sanctuary in times of crisis, disappear By www.seattletimes.com Published On :: Thu, 12 Mar 2020 16:15:04 -0700 Sports has always been the escape during times of crisis and collective stress. But now the very act of conducting sports threatens to add exponentially to perpetuating the coronavirus pandemic and growing the stress. Full Article College Basketball College Sports Cougar Basketball Cougars Gonzaga Huskies Husky Basketball Mariners MLB NBA NCAA Tournament Pac-12 Seahawks Seattle University Soccer Sounders Sports XFL Dragons
ppe Red Jump bikes will temporarily disappear from Seattle streets as Lime takes over By www.seattletimes.com Published On :: Fri, 08 May 2020 06:00:16 -0700 Lime has expressed interest in bringing rentable electric scooters to Seattle, but the rollout of a scooter program is awaiting a decision from the city hearing examiner. Full Article Local News Puget Sound Traffic Lab
ppe Costco to require masks for shoppers to protect against coronavirus By www.seattletimes.com Published On :: Wed, 29 Apr 2020 06:45:08 -0700 Costco will require shoppers to wear masks that cover their mouth and nose while in the store starting Monday, the company says. Full Article Business Eastside Health Local Business Local News Nation Nation & World Retail
ppe Whole Foods to provide face masks for shoppers to prevent spread of coronavirus in stores By www.seattletimes.com Published On :: Sun, 03 May 2020 14:45:43 -0700 Amazon-owned Whole Foods will provide grocery shoppers with free single-use masks at all its stores beginning this week, in keeping with the chain's "request" that all shoppers wear masks. Full Article Amazon Business Health Local News Retail
ppe Analysis: Are UW Huskies finished without Quade Green? And what happened to Isaiah Stewart? By www.seattletimes.com Published On :: Fri, 10 Jan 2020 05:00:55 -0800 Coach Mike Hopkins faces his first serious adversity during his three-year tenure and his handling of the point-guard situation will likely determine the course of the season. Full Article Huskies Husky Basketball Pac-12 Sports Video
ppe Yakima County’s ban on pot retailers upheld by appellate court By www.seattletimes.com Published On :: Wed, 15 Apr 2020 07:59:14 -0700 The three-member appellate court panel ruled Tuesday that the county has legal authority to ban recreational marijuana businesses from unincorporated areas. Full Article Local Business Local News Marijuana Northwest Retail
ppe Tom Delucchi, Hanford welding engineer who never stopped tinkering, dies of coronavirus By www.seattletimes.com Published On :: Tue, 05 May 2020 15:55:58 -0700 Editor’s note: The impact of the coronavirus pandemic is generally expressed in numbers of cases and deaths. But each data point represents a human life whose loss is felt by countless other people. We are chronicling some of them in an obituary series called Lives Remembered. If you know someone who has died of COVID-19, […] Full Article Health Local News Obituaries
ppe Coronavirus wallops Seattle-area housing market; see what’s happening in your neighborhood By www.seattletimes.com Published On :: Wed, 06 May 2020 19:08:36 -0700 Typically, housing market activity strengthens through the spring before peaking in May. But last month, nearly every metric of housing market activity fell by double digits. Full Article Business Real Estate
ppe Rant & Rave: Reader encourages shoppers to wear masks By www.seattletimes.com Published On :: Fri, 08 May 2020 06:00:45 -0700 RAVE to the Washington State Employment Security Department. I had never submitted an unemployment claim before and wasn’t sure what to expect, particularly as I am self-employed. The process was explained clearly and took about 25 minutes. The money was in my account in two days. I am so grateful that I plan to contribute […] Full Article Life Lifestyle
ppe It’s not necessarily nosy if you just happen to eavesdrop on this Nextdoor ‘conversation’ By www.seattletimes.com Published On :: Sun, 29 Sep 2019 07:00:00 -0700 Ron Judd re-creates a ‘typical’ exchange, where the case of a missing monkey quickly devolves into less-than-neighborly snark. Full Article Life Lifestyle Pacific NW Magazine
ppe Whole Foods to provide face masks for shoppers to prevent spread of coronavirus in stores By www.seattletimes.com Published On :: Sun, 03 May 2020 14:45:43 -0700 Amazon-owned Whole Foods will provide grocery shoppers with free single-use masks at all its stores beginning this week, in keeping with the chain's "request" that all shoppers wear masks. Full Article Amazon Business Health Local News Retail
ppe Costco to require masks for shoppers to protect against coronavirus By www.seattletimes.com Published On :: Wed, 29 Apr 2020 06:45:08 -0700 Costco will require shoppers to wear masks that cover their mouth and nose while in the store starting Monday, the company says. Full Article Business Eastside Health Local Business Local News Nation Nation & World Retail
ppe In roughly 24 hours coronavirus makes sports, a longtime sanctuary in times of crisis, disappear By www.seattletimes.com Published On :: Thu, 12 Mar 2020 16:15:04 -0700 Sports has always been the escape during times of crisis and collective stress. But now the very act of conducting sports threatens to add exponentially to perpetuating the coronavirus pandemic and growing the stress. Full Article College Basketball College Sports Cougar Basketball Cougars Gonzaga Huskies Husky Basketball Mariners MLB NBA NCAA Tournament Pac-12 Seahawks Seattle University Soccer Sounders Sports XFL Dragons
ppe Here’s why Marshawn Lynch’s possible return to the Seahawks shouldn’t happen this time By www.seattletimes.com Published On :: Tue, 05 May 2020 16:46:33 -0700 You could dream about Lynch coming back to the Seahawks, as he revealed Monday that the two sides are discussing, and this time leading them back to the Super Bowl. Or, you could make the case I’m going to make: Leave well enough alone. Full Article NFL Seahawks Sports
ppe Headline contest: What do you think will happen in 2017? By www.seattletimes.com Published On :: Mon, 28 Nov 2016 12:30:04 -0800 THE new year is a little over a month away. Much happened in 2016 that is worth reflection as we look forward and think about what could happen next year. What do you hope to see happen in 2017? Will the state fully fund basic education? Which campaign promises will President-elect Donald Trump keep or […] Full Article Opinion
ppe What happened? Tracking the last minutes of the doomed Destination By www.seattletimes.com Published On :: Wed, 13 Feb 2019 06:00:22 -0800 At 6:13 a.m., the Destination’s emergency beacon sent out a distress signal. At 6:14, the transponder quit transmitting. The boat was sinking to the bottom of the Bering Sea. Read Chapter 7 of No Return: The final voyage of the Destination. Full Article Business Local News Northwest Special Reports
ppe Whole Foods to provide face masks for shoppers to prevent spread of coronavirus in stores By www.seattletimes.com Published On :: Sun, 03 May 2020 14:45:43 -0700 Amazon-owned Whole Foods will provide grocery shoppers with free single-use masks at all its stores beginning this week, in keeping with the chain's "request" that all shoppers wear masks. Full Article Amazon Business Health Local News Retail
ppe The Backstory: The more we’re indoors, the more powerful the appeal, and the hope, of the great outdoors By www.seattletimes.com Published On :: Sun, 03 May 2020 07:00:22 -0700 THE DEEPER WE got into our isolation, the more I missed the old routines and simplicities of daily life. I didn’t realize how much I enjoyed making the kids’ lunches in the morning, or quiet time in a coffee shop to work alone, or watching baseball, or hands that didn’t crack and bleed from frequent […] Full Article Pacific NW Magazine