read, write, code
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26 Apr 2018
Read the eerie story — @caro_ohlivia‘s first for the Atlantic — of how a class of robots designed to carry stuff for soldiers mutated, one small modification at a time, into weapons: theatlantic.com/technology/a…
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5 Apr 2018
I wrote about the future of the scientific paper for @TheAtlantic theatlantic.com/science/arch…
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4 Oct 2017
Had fun talking with @longformwriting about my Village Voice story on archivists: mailchi.mp/fd09b2e0c819/the-…
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Jason Fagone's "The Woman Who Smashed Codes" offers the story of a fascinating woman in perilous times.
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26 Sep 2017
Started working on this story about why software fails, and how to fix it, two years ago—and now it's finally here! theatlantic.com/technology/a…
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James Somers retweeted
26 Sep 2017
This is a fucking crazy story, masterfully written & deeply researched. If u liked The Imitation Game u will ❤️THE WOMAN WHO SMASHED CODES. x.com/jfagone/status/9123611…
25 Sep 2017
I want to tell you a story. For 3 years I’ve been researching Elizebeth Smith Friedman, a puzzle-solving heroine of the world wars. 1/
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26 Sep 2017
Another excellent and very fun analysis from @todd_schneider toddwschneider.com/posts/tax…
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19 Sep 2017
A friend and I built a typewriter that sends its keystrokes in real time to a Google Doc: jsomers.net/blog/docwriter
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15 Jul 2017
what's more important: the American political scene, or the way book clubs are typically run? YOU DECIDE. my latest: jsomers.net/blog/book-clubs
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James Somers retweeted
22 Apr 2017
"Somewhere at Google there is a database containing 25 million books and nobody is allowed to read them.” @jsomers theatlantic.com/technology/a…
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20 Apr 2017
Excited to share this story I wrote for @TheAtlantic about Google's effort to build the greatest library in history theatlantic.com/technology/a…
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18 Apr 2017
You gotta read this essay by George Saunders, "The Braindead Megaphone," about media: as1020.pbworks.com/f/saunder…. Wowzer. via @JonnyWaldman
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18 Apr 2017
I wrote for the Atlantic about lessons learned building a Google Reader clone, e.g. the perils of media unbundling: theatlantic.com/technology/a…
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11 Apr 2016
just watched Spotlight. so neat that "Ruffalo ruffalo Ruffalo ruffalo ruffalo ruffalo ruffalo" is a grammatical English sentence
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26 Feb 2016
I just did @ehmorris's show - only one minute long. listen to the end.. he improvises everything. amazing briefs.fm/episodes/779
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James Somers retweeted
18 Dec 2015
“It’s all one book you write anyway. At night you dream six dreams. But ARE they six dreams?” —Philip Roth bit.ly/1wzlwsd
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