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My Favorite Things This Week (2019 #9)

Keenen Charles

Mar 4, 2019 — 1 min read

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Slack has decided to somehow make its icon even duller and less notable
I really didn't mind the new Slack logo. It's fine. But why would they replace the iconic purple with white? Why not just use a different shade or an interesting color to improve the contrast? It just looks completely generic now.

China bans 23m from buying travel tickets as part of 'social credit' system
China's social credit system seems to be as scary as it sounded. Could a system like this not lead to a dystopian society? I don't think so.

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Every new Pokemon games gives me a spark of nostalgia. Maybe I'll get back into it this time. But I never do. This trailer has me feeling a lot more than a spark though. A fully 3d world with modern(enough) graphics? Now I'm convinced I should get a Switch.

Music

I've been meaning to check out AMA's music since I saw her music being shared by Matty Healy. Turns out I really like it.

Meta is Getting AR Right

It seems that major tech companies are placing two major bets on the "next platform:" Artificial Intelligence and Augmented/Virtual Reality. Meta has dabbled in AI, but it's poured a ton of money into AR and VR in the past decade. They've been tackling

AI is Not a Friend

The following tweet might easily be one of the most unintentionally dystopian posts I've seen. At first, it seems fine. Changes to APIs on iOS can harm the app ecosystem and what's possible for developers. But this part sticks out. Have you seen it yet? a

People Power

For a long stretch of human history, meritocracy would have been a foreign concept. People were born into positions and no one expected to be in a different position at the end of their lives. The promise of meritocracy must have been intoxicating for the masses when it became a

Dark Mode Sucks

There I've said it. The decision by major tech companies to add native dark mode support to their operating systems is the biggest mistake in the last decade. Does it look like you're doing some cool hacks with Angelina Jolie? I guess. But does it look