Life and Lies
Excellent quote from David Brooks, speaking with Ezra Klein, on the lies we are told about meaning in life. [video src="https://dariusdunlap.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2019/05/img_1110.m4v" ]
Celebrating the Public Domain
Today I’m in San Francisco at The Internet Archive, where they are hosting a “Grand Re-opening of the Public Domain.” The main stage program is being live-streamed on the YouTube Channel of the Internet Archive: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=IoATBk-3yn8 In this time of uncertainty, confusion, and division, it’s wonderful to be celebrating creativity and history here today.
Finding Optimism in the Tech Industry
Until a few years ago, the tech world, and especially the computer systems and software industries, were full of imagination and inspiration. A computer was a ‘bicycle for the mind’ 1, and the internet a ‘town square for the global village’ 2. Now, instead, we have growth at any cost and an advertising-driven business model…
Speak Up
I think of this as my personal theme for 2019: Speak Up. It applies to so many things, including writing more here and on the Square Peg Foundation website. But it also applies in daily life. In work life. In personal connections with friends and family. In public interactions with strangers and neighbors. By speaking…
A Visionary
Technology has changed our world so much in the last 100 years that it’s a bit of a cliché to say it. My grandparents grew up in Bodie, California, where three generations of Dolans, McDonnells and Bells lived for several decades. People who visit the mining ghost town of Bodie, a California State Park, today…
On Passwords
I find I’m repeating myself, but it is important. Use a Password Manager – I recommend 1Password. It will make your online life simpler and easier, and you get better security, too. It makes your life easier, because you will have your passwords with you whether you are on your computer, or your phone, or…
A Better Facebook
Simple Steps to get the shit out of your newsfeed I’ve done a bit of cleanup on Facebook in the last few days, and with great success. All I did was “Hide all from …” for a handful of pages on Facebook. In the iOS app, it’s two clicks: the … on the upper right…
Love as a Force for Social Justice | Stanford University
Link On this beautiful Christmas morning, I want to recommend a gift you can give to yourself, this course. My friend Anne Firth Murray teaches this course (and others) at Stanford University and now it’s available as an online course through Coursera. Although it officially starts today, I’m already well into it and can…
Hosting Conversations
For almost a year now, Joell and I have been hosting a series of events at our home to explore important ideas in a group conversation setting. We call it Salon. It’s been a great experience and we intend to do more of these events in the coming months. But we’re also experimenting with something…
Know-How
From Hobbies to Trade Skills to Artistic Expression, developed knowledge and improved craft is the mark of accomplishment — Coding is no different. – Darius Dunlap I wish schools still had Shop, and Band, and Art. I believe there is a kind of mental development that’s missing without them. And I believe that these kinds…