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I have worked on both government and volunteer Civic Tech projects. All the successful ones have these three things going for them:

• Strategy
• Proficiency
• Resources

If you are a Mac fan, General Magic was made for you. It tells the story of a company that spun off of Apple and built the world’s first smartphone, and that company’s failure. Many of the interviews are with characters that are familiar from the Steve Jobs movie. It is available for purchase on iTunes and Tubitv is streaming it for free.

• Disney released the trailer for If These Walls Could Sing which documents the history of Abbey Road Studios. I did not know there was a Star Wars tie-in here.
• You’ve Been Referred Here Because You’re Wrong About Web Scraping goes through the legal nuance of LinkedIn v. HiQ which was a major victory for web scrapers. TL;DR: there are still many ways to get sued for doing that.
• What’s Wrong with US Broadband goes through the issues The Verge and Consumer Reports uncovered studying 22,000 Internet bills.
• Designing for People with Dyscalculia and low numeracy has helpful tips for writers.
• Apple Plans New Encryption System to Ward off Hackers and Protect iCloud Data explains the new end-to-end encryption feature of iCloud. Finally your data can be truly secure in Apple’s ecosystem.

On Wednesday I went for my second COVID booster shot after a year. It has been three months since I have COVID, which I suffered through twice in 2022. The first time was not fun, but the second time was mild. My arm still hurts from the shot, but I am glad I was able to get it.

For a few years I have heard rumblings of a problem called buffer bloat. If you live a in household where lots of people are on video chat, you may have encountered it. After years of folks complaining about this issue online, Comcast funded research and implemented Active Queue Management in its routers to fix this problem.