Andrew Conn

@andrewconn
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AI UX @ Salesforce. Former advisor to White House Presidential Innovation Fellows and Gates Foundation.

I think every designer should write a love letter to a font at least once in their lifetime.

This is mine: A 150-year-old font you have likely never heard of, and one you probably saw earlier today.

https://aresluna.org/the-hardest-working-font-in-manhattan/

The hardest working font in Manhattan

A story of a 150-year-old font you have never heard of – and one you probably saw earlier today.

404 Media Is Partnering With Wired

Wired is going to co-publish two of our articles a month.

404 Media

“Apple has lost its way”

Sit down, man.

I want a state privacy law that requires automatic damages and legal fee for the leak of PII that they didn't have affirmative permission to store.

You may have heard that @Flipboard brought 250 publishers to the Fediverse this week. Here are just a few news outlets you might want to follow:

@AssociatedPress

@abc

@CBSNews

@cbcnews

@globeandmail

@newyorktimes

@WashPost

You can follow their entire profile, or just follow the topical Magazines that you're interested in. For example, if you want world news, follow @world-news-CBSNews. Or if you want Canadian news, follow @canada-cbcnews

#FollowFriday #News #Media #Flipboard #Journalism #Fediverse

GREAT change is approaching. NIST will standardise prohibition of requirement of composing passwords from various character styles, and requirement for periodic password changes. These are harmful and obsolete rules. Now they will be treated as a cybersecurity weakness https://pages.nist.gov/800-63-4/sp800-63b.html
NIST Special Publication 800-63B

NIST Special Publication 800-63B

SF Chronicle columnist has had enough of the New York Times. He's not alone.

https://www.sfgate.com/sf-culture/article/new-york-times-washed-19780600.php

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Psst…You want to know about the NASA website that spells out your name in Landsat imagery.

https://science.nasa.gov/specials/your-name-in-landsat/