By Laura Nolan, with contributions from Glen D. Sanford, Jamie Scheinblum, and Chris Sullivan. Assessing conditions Slack experienced a major incident on February 22 this year, during which time many users were unable to connect to Slack, including the author…

Pixy is the perfect addition to your creative toolbox. With the simple tap of a button, Pixy hovers, orbits, reveals and follows wherever you lead. Learn more about Pixy.

Musical training influences visual working memory, researchers discovered. The study found regions of the brain may share a common component that influences both visual and musical working memory.

UPDATE Several years ago on my 68th birthday I wrote up 68 bits of advice for my adult children, and posted them here. The bits were extremely popular, and they were widely shared by others. I was encouraged to write … Continue reading →

MIT researchers created a portable desalination unit that can remove particles and salts simultaneously to generate drinking water. The user-friendly unit, which weighs less than 10 kilograms and does not require filters, can be powered by a small, portable…

A quick and objective measure of verbal creativity.

Knight Capital Group was an American global financial services firm engaging in market making, electronic execution, and institutional sal...

One scientist caused two environmental disasters and the deaths of millions. A part of this video is sponsored by Wren. Offset your carbon footprint on Wren: ​https://www.wren.co/start/veritasium. For the first 100 people who sign up, I will personally pay…

Software engineering is cursed with uncertainty.
When we’re solving big new problems with software, if the exact problem has been solved before, we could just reuse the solution that already exists. Frequently though, the exact problem (or combination of…

This is my summary and notes from A Philosophy of Software Design, 2nd Edition by John Ousterhout. Please use the link if you decide to…

Interactive article explaining how a mechanical watch works.

Google’s most popular font gets customizable with the launch of Roboto Flex. It has a huge range of weights, optical sizes, grades & parametric axes.

How to multiply Roman numerals: rules and examples.

Map your (least) favorite programming language to your favorite Planet Express crew member based on its characteristics.

The first open-source release of GPU kernel modules for the Linux community helps improve NVIDIA GPU driver quality and security.

The first images of the supermassive black hole at the heart of Sgr A reveal that this black hole is very different from the one at the heart of M87.