Dwayne Phillips ' Day Book

Items I happen to view each day. Science, Techonology, Management, Culture, and of course Writing

This is my day book for this week. I have modeled this after science fiction and computer writer Jerry Pournelle's view, or as he calls it, his Day Book. I encourage you to see Jerry Pournelle's site and subscribe to his services.

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This week: 3-9 April, 2017

Summary of this week:

Monday - Tuesday - Wednesday - Thursday - Friday - Saturday - Sunday

Monday April 3, 2017

The techie men at Facebook are requiring the lawyers at Facebook to hire more women.

Uber tries science and junk science to improve the experience of its drivers. Being nice to them would be a good first step.

A group of rich people want to restore trust in news reporting. First big mistake—they go to New York City. Middle America doesn't trust big-media, east coast cities.

In contrast to the tax-payer-paid very expensive official photographer of the previous President, the current Presidency is running on smratphone pix. Funny how the social worker from the midwest burned through tax payer money with luxuries and the rich guy from New York doesn't.

The rising cost of housing in San Francisco has hit the limit. The young professionals are eager to leave.

The big tech companies are bidding to buy Toshiba's memory building unit.

A look at how reusable space launchers work at SpaceX and Blue Origin.

Super WiFi is coming to the US. Rural areas will benefit the most. Whatever happened to those billion$ from Obama for rural broadband???

The new television collides with the Writers Guild of America. Exclusivity clauses, short seasons, low pay—strike.

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Tuesday April 4, 2017

Verizon + Yahoo + AOL = Oath. What's in a name? And Marissa Mayer will not be part of the new Oath.

Some musings on the possible affects of self-driving and electric cars. The regulation hurdle will slow this.

Our President takes a few small steps regarding H-1B visas and employment of Americans.

A matter of time...Android is the most-used system to access the Internet surpassing MS Windows.

Amazon Cash: yet another way Amazon has for us to buy more stuff from them.

Tesla, self-driving cars, human drivers, and privacy. We are in the early stages and no one know where we are going.

The cool brands according to Google research.

According to people who figure these things, Tesla is now worth more than Ford.

This is an excellent post about research and history at Xerox Parc. Not succeeding at one thing is the cost of succeeding at many other things.

Machine learning: Google hopes this technology will keep objectionable material away from desired advertisers.

Google now has a certification program for mobile site developers.

The Arctic World Archive: the ultimate spot to keep your backup thumb drive (and other stuff, too).

For fun, different ways and costs to cross the US. The bus is cheap. A horse and carriage, not.

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Wednesday April 5, 2017

Curtailed viewing time this morning.

Apple rumors from Apple itself: a Pro line of iMacs coming later this year.

Apple refreshes the Mac Pro lineup with lower prices and newer components.

Technology?? Microsoft Sprinkles photo play toy for mobile devices.

Amazon and the NFL: Thursday night games stream live to Prime customers.

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Thursday April 6, 2017

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Friday April 7, 2017

Must see video: an app that moves where the person's eyes in the photo are looking.

Microsoft reveals its new Scorpio game console. This used to be called a supercomputer.

YouTube changes the legal terms for its partner program in an effort to reduce theft of content.

Twitter enters a legal battle with our Federal government over the password to an account.

Google introduces Federated Learning: bringing machine learning to your mobile device.

Apple releases the Clips app. Record images and video and then spruce them up a bit. Technology?

Nvidia releases yet another world's most power graphics card.

Employee burnout—it is a problem caused by bad managers.

Our IRS has been seizing money from citizens with no proof of crime. Our IRS's own investigators confirm this.

Western Digital releases its first portable SSD. They cost much more than the spinning disks.

Taser offers free body cameras to every policeman in the US. There goes that excuse.

A suit against Uber claims the company's software cheats both riders and drivers.

Survey says: Microsoft's tablets are better than Apple's. The younger adults especially prefer them. The world has turn upside down again.

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Saturday April 8, 2017

Google has contracts with our government. That means the Labor Dept looks at the books and has found gender pay bias big time.

A judge rules that Uber cannot operate in Italy.

The Cambridge face memory test. Something to try if you have some time on your hands.

Your baby only falls asleep in the car? Ford has a baby crib for you.

A possibility for housing the homeless inexpensively and with some dignity.

Photos of the Kowloon Walled City. This is not a sci fi movie set.

Google makes Sonnet—a higher-level deep learning application—open source. Now its easier to use TensorFlow.

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Sunday April 9, 2017

Chuwi: a real PC company with inexpensive laptops that aren't "cheap."

Nvidia releases new GPU drivers for MacOS even though there aren't any Mac computers that can use them.

Several companies are building hoverbikes. We have a long way to go especially with power.

Staples finds a new use for all that unprofitable floor space: make them into co-working spaces.

Hacking and the (non)secure Internet of Things world: hacker blazes 156 air-raid sirens.

Choosing to do what matters to you.

Not enough time? We all have the time. We all have the choices. Some people decide poorly.

Things are the way they are because they got that way. Or we can choose the future.

Creating a timeline for your novel. If I don't do this, I am lost and end up with a 22-year-old grandmother.

I like this post about organizing thoughts for writing a memoir. It contains ORGANIZATION!!! yet still has lots of room for creative flow.

How one writer overcame the fear of writing.

Distractions and why and how they distract us.

The work of writing.

Some writers write all the time their entire lives. The rest of us, not so much.

Show up and work—no excuses. Well, almost none.

Nutrition and health for the writer.

The role that background music can have in your writing. While writing this in a Starbucks, they are playing a wonderful soundtrack of great American music from "It had to be Moon Glow" to "Somewhere" by Tony Bennet and other people who could actually sing.

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