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  1. Learning through problem-solving

    Maybe this was a symptom of my upraising, but I am a believer in learning through figuring out how things work. I was a technologist when people struggled with new tech. VCRs, radio alarms, computers, microwaves, dishwashers, etc. I usually ended up getting tasked with knowing and operating them on behalf of my parents, teachers, etc. My process was "scientific." Make a hypothesis. Make a plan to confirm it. Execute the plan. Observe the result. If it worked, celebrate, but if it failed, […]

    polymathparent.wordpress.com/2

  2. #PBS and, by extension the #CPB, helped to make me the nerdy #musician - #actor - #technologist I am today, and I could not be more appreciative.

    While it’s difficult to comprehend that the U.S. Congress no longer believes in the amazing, beneficial work of the CPB and PBS, I’m hopeful that, one day, U.S. citizens will again understand the great societal good that comes from commercial-free, public, data-based, educational programming » youtube.com/watch?v=fKy7ljRr0AA

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  3. ‘Big Balls’ No Longer Works for the US Government

    The technologist Edward #Coristine , a key operative in Elon #Musk 's so-called Department of Government Efficiency who's gone by the name "Big Balls" online, has resigned, the White House tells WIRED.
    > giving #bigballs the fancy job title of #technologist does not make him a rational human being
    #doge #takeover

    wired.com/story/big-balls-cori

  4. Data privacy, open source software, decentralization of power, and media ownership are the means to digital self-determinism and democracy in the Information Age. And mainstream platforms offer none of those features. #tech #philosophy #technologist #futurist

  5. It’s been a few years since I first joined #mastodon so doing a new #introduction since many things have changed.

    I am a #technologist, #singer, and #podcaster. I used to work for a large company (when I worked there I may have said tech company, but let’s get real they became a finance driving company a long time ago).

    I like to #swim, #act, and write #apps in #swift and #swiftui

    My podcast is @gamesatwork_biz and my personal blog is michaelrowe01.com

  6. A friend was explaining all the reasons he thinks hes getting #fired at any given time. He's actually a brilliant #technologist but the GIF is fun nonetheless

  7.  
    #Technologist & #Mastodon admin James Smith (@Floppy) delivers his most terrifying talk.

    Quoting US Senator Marco Rubio, Republican, to Fox News:
    "We have things flying over military installations, over military exercise and other places, and we don't know what it is and it isn't ours … and in many cases exhibits attributes of … the kinds of technology we haven't seen before." 16 Jul 2020

    🔗 youtube.com/watch?v=TQpw24Dog5 (21:00) 31 Aug 2024
    🔗 mastodon.me.uk/@Floppy/1130636 01 Sep 2024

    #UFO #UAP

  8. Episode 5.3: Solarpunk, Lunarpunk, Crypto, & Web3 with Stephen Reid

    Disclaimer: Neither Christina, Ariel, nor the Solarpunk Presents podcast agree with nor support the use of cryptocurrencies or web3. For sound critiques (as well as explanations) of these technologies, check out the videos Line Goes Up - The Problem With NFTs from @FoldingIdeas (youtube.com/watch?v=YQ_xWvX1n9) and Web3.0: A Libertarian Dystopia from @Munecat (youtube.com/watch?v=u-sNSjS8cq) as well as the website web3isgoinggreat.com/.

    In Season 5 Episode 3 of Solarpunk Presents, Christina chats with transdisciplinary technologist Stephen Reid about the relationship that solarpunk and lunarpunk have to crypto and web3. If lunarpunk is what solarpunk gets up to in the shadows of a moonlit night, that suggests that lunarpunk is inherently more interested in privacy, security, and anonymity, especially from the watchful eye of the state. Further, that means that where solarpunk is interested in renewable energy, sustainability, appropriate technology, and social justice, lunarpunk is interested in the tools, like cryptography, cryptocurrencies, and web3, that safeguard our privacy and anonymity and potentially protect us from tyranny. Do we need lunarpunk’s fixation with using tech to protect our privacy to counterbalance solarpunk’s sunny optimism that everything will all be fine to break through to a better world?

    To learn more about Stephen, his philosophies, and his work, check out stephenreid.net/

    youtu.be/c0pDT5f2R9E

    #Episode #Season5 #YouTube #SolarpunkPresentsPodcast #podcast #solarpunk @web3isgreat #lunarpunk #cryptocurrency #privacy #technology #StephenReid #technologist #futurism #Web3 #cooption #controversy #aesthetic #cryptography #anonymity

  9. Episode 5.3: Solarpunk, Lunarpunk, Crypto, & Web3 with Stephen Reid

    Disclaimer: Neither Christina, Ariel, nor the Solarpunk Presents podcast agree with nor support the use of cryptocurrencies or web3. For sound critiques (as well as explanations) of these technologies, check out the videos Line Goes Up - The Problem With NFTs from @FoldingIdeas (youtube.com/watch?v=YQ_xWvX1n9) and Web3.0: A Libertarian Dystopia from @Munecat (youtube.com/watch?v=u-sNSjS8cq) as well as the website web3isgoinggreat.com/.

    In Season 5 Episode 3 of Solarpunk Presents, Christina chats with transdisciplinary technologist Stephen Reid about the relationship that solarpunk and lunarpunk have to crypto and web3. If lunarpunk is what solarpunk gets up to in the shadows of a moonlit night, that suggests that lunarpunk is inherently more interested in privacy, security, and anonymity, especially from the watchful eye of the state. Further, that means that where solarpunk is interested in renewable energy, sustainability, appropriate technology, and social justice, lunarpunk is interested in the tools, like cryptography, cryptocurrencies, and web3, that safeguard our privacy and anonymity and potentially protect us from tyranny. Do we need lunarpunk’s fixation with using tech to protect our privacy to counterbalance solarpunk’s sunny optimism that everything will all be fine to break through to a better world?

    To learn more about Stephen, his philosophies, and his work, check out stephenreid.net/

    youtu.be/c0pDT5f2R9E

    #Episode #Season5 #YouTube #SolarpunkPresentsPodcast #podcast #solarpunk @web3isgreat #lunarpunk #cryptocurrency #privacy #technology #StephenReid #technologist #futurism #Web3 #cooption #controversy #aesthetic #cryptography #anonymity

  10. Episode 5.3: Solarpunk, Lunarpunk, Crypto, & Web3 with Stephen Reid

    Disclaimer: Neither Christina, Ariel, nor the Solarpunk Presents podcast agree with nor support the use of cryptocurrencies or web3. For sound critiques (as well as explanations) of these technologies, check out the videos Line Goes Up - The Problem With NFTs from @FoldingIdeas (youtube.com/watch?v=YQ_xWvX1n9) and Web3.0: A Libertarian Dystopia from @Munecat (youtube.com/watch?v=u-sNSjS8cq) as well as the website web3isgoinggreat.com/.

    In Season 5 Episode 3 of Solarpunk Presents, Christina chats with transdisciplinary technologist Stephen Reid about the relationship that solarpunk and lunarpunk have to crypto and web3. If lunarpunk is what solarpunk gets up to in the shadows of a moonlit night, that suggests that lunarpunk is inherently more interested in privacy, security, and anonymity, especially from the watchful eye of the state. Further, that means that where solarpunk is interested in renewable energy, sustainability, appropriate technology, and social justice, lunarpunk is interested in the tools, like cryptography, cryptocurrencies, and web3, that safeguard our privacy and anonymity and potentially protect us from tyranny. Do we need lunarpunk’s fixation with using tech to protect our privacy to counterbalance solarpunk’s sunny optimism that everything will all be fine to break through to a better world?

    To learn more about Stephen, his philosophies, and his work, check out stephenreid.net/

    youtu.be/c0pDT5f2R9E

    #Episode #Season5 #YouTube #SolarpunkPresentsPodcast #podcast #solarpunk @web3isgreat #lunarpunk #cryptocurrency #privacy #technology #StephenReid #technologist #futurism #Web3 #cooption #controversy #aesthetic #cryptography #anonymity

  11. Episode 5.3: Solarpunk, Lunarpunk, Crypto, & Web3 with Stephen Reid

    Disclaimer: Neither Christina, Ariel, nor the Solarpunk Presents podcast agree with nor support the use of cryptocurrencies or web3. For sound critiques (as well as explanations) of these technologies, check out the videos Line Goes Up - The Problem With NFTs from @FoldingIdeas (youtube.com/watch?v=YQ_xWvX1n9) and Web3.0: A Libertarian Dystopia from @Munecat (youtube.com/watch?v=u-sNSjS8cq) as well as the website web3isgoinggreat.com/.

    In Season 5 Episode 3 of Solarpunk Presents, Christina chats with transdisciplinary technologist Stephen Reid about the relationship that solarpunk and lunarpunk have to crypto and web3. If lunarpunk is what solarpunk gets up to in the shadows of a moonlit night, that suggests that lunarpunk is inherently more interested in privacy, security, and anonymity, especially from the watchful eye of the state. Further, that means that where solarpunk is interested in renewable energy, sustainability, appropriate technology, and social justice, lunarpunk is interested in the tools, like cryptography, cryptocurrencies, and web3, that safeguard our privacy and anonymity and potentially protect us from tyranny. Do we need lunarpunk’s fixation with using tech to protect our privacy to counterbalance solarpunk’s sunny optimism that everything will all be fine to break through to a better world?

    To learn more about Stephen, his philosophies, and his work, check out stephenreid.net/

    youtu.be/c0pDT5f2R9E

    #Episode #Season5 #YouTube #SolarpunkPresentsPodcast #podcast #solarpunk @web3isgreat #lunarpunk #cryptocurrency #privacy #technology #StephenReid #technologist #futurism #Web3 #cooption #controversy #aesthetic #cryptography #anonymity

  12. Episode 5.3: Solarpunk, Lunarpunk, Crypto, & Web3 with Stephen Reid

    Disclaimer: Neither Christina, Ariel, nor the Solarpunk Presents podcast agree with nor support the use of cryptocurrencies or web3. For sound critiques (as well as explanations) of these technologies, check out the videos Line Goes Up - The Problem With NFTs from @FoldingIdeas (youtube.com/watch?v=YQ_xWvX1n9) and Web3.0: A Libertarian Dystopia from @Munecat (youtube.com/watch?v=u-sNSjS8cq) as well as the website web3isgoinggreat.com/.

    In Season 5 Episode 3 of Solarpunk Presents, Christina chats with transdisciplinary technologist Stephen Reid about the relationship that solarpunk and lunarpunk have to crypto and web3. If lunarpunk is what solarpunk gets up to in the shadows of a moonlit night, that suggests that lunarpunk is inherently more interested in privacy, security, and anonymity, especially from the watchful eye of the state. Further, that means that where solarpunk is interested in renewable energy, sustainability, appropriate technology, and social justice, lunarpunk is interested in the tools, like cryptography, cryptocurrencies, and web3, that safeguard our privacy and anonymity and potentially protect us from tyranny. Do we need lunarpunk’s fixation with using tech to protect our privacy to counterbalance solarpunk’s sunny optimism that everything will all be fine to break through to a better world?

    To learn more about Stephen, his philosophies, and his work, check out stephenreid.net/

    youtu.be/c0pDT5f2R9E

    #Episode #Season5 #YouTube #SolarpunkPresentsPodcast #podcast #solarpunk @web3isgreat #lunarpunk #cryptocurrency #privacy #technology #StephenReid #technologist #futurism #Web3 #cooption #controversy #aesthetic #cryptography #anonymity

  13. Finding synergy between being a technologist and a word weaver

    In technology, there's a dichotomy between those who are "computer people" and those who don't consider themselves technologically inclined. Among the authors I speak with, this usually leads to their brushing away opportunities or systems for

    eponaauthorsolutions.com/findi

    #AuthorTechnologist #WritingLife #CreativePerson #creativity #TechVa #technologist

  14. I couldn't skip a 2024 #technology and #society prediction panel!
    You guessed it: it is about #GenAI 🤣

    Is the Future Generative, #Utopic, #Dystopic, and #Robotic?
    Join us for 'Not Your Usual Next Year #Predictions #Panel.

    A Reflection on Generative #AI in 2024 | A Conversation Hosted By Marco Ciappelli on the Redefining Society Podcast

    Guests:

    Diana Kelley
    #CISO | Board Member | Volunteer | Executive Advisor

    Dr. Rebecca Wynn, The Soulful CXO
    #CISO | #Cybersecurity Strategist | #DataPrivacy & #riskmanagement Advisor | Board Member | Soulful CXO Show Host | Author | Keynote Speaker

    Nigel Cannings
    #CTO, Intelligent Voice | RDSBL Industrial Fellow @ University of East London | JSaRC Industry Secondee UK Home Office | NLP and Speech AI Expert | Innovator | #MentalHealth Advocate | Passionate #Entrepreneur | Speaker

    Kevin Macnish, PhD, CIPP/E
    Managing ethics and sustainability risk in the private and public sectors

    Justin "Hutch" Hutchens
    Award-Winning Speaker | Author | #Podcaster | Teacher | #Technologist | #Security Researcher | #DataScientist | #fullstackdeveloper

    Len Noe
    CyberArk Technical Evangelist/ White Hat #Hacker / #BioHacker

    Sean Martin
    Analyst, Writer, Journalist, Podcaster, Professor, Photographer | Co-Founder of ITSPmagazine Podcast Network: At the Intersection of #Technology, #CyberSecurity & #Society

    Episode Introduction

    Welcome to a peek into the yet-unfolded chapter of our digital future!

    Join us on this Redefining Society episode - a compelling 'GEN AI 2024 Prediction Panel’. If you do not know what to expect from this panel, you are not alone; we didn’t either. This episode is like a canvas where we invite technology enthusiasts, visionaries, and experts to paint their predictions for what Generative AI, simply known as GEN AI, will look like in 2024 and beyond. The goal: unearthing thought-provoking views, sparking meaningful conversations around AI, and above all, bridging the gap between imagination and the potential reality.

    I can, with certainty, affirm that we nailed it! Whatever that means.

    Listen to this panel to get an insightful, riveting, and unique perspective on how AI is shifting gears and changing the landscape of the AI journey, with a little sprinkle of prophecy.

    (Yeah, this was written mostly by #chatgpt 🤖 )

    Share, subscribe, be merry!

    📻 Audio
    redefining-society-podcast.sim

    📺 Video
    youtu.be/3k8tb0uGrK8?feature=s

  15. 🗞 New episode of Changelog News!

    🫠 Leaked prompts of GPTs
    🦊 @BryceWrayTX: Firefox on the 2% brink
    😶 @robin on Chimeralogists
    🪳 Ami Lai: the weirdest bug she's seen yet
    🏃 @facundoolano: code is run more than read
    🎙 hosted by @jerod

    #tech #software #news #podcast #newsletter #chatgpt #infosec #technologist #debugging #engineering

    🎧 changelog.com/news/73

  16. Senior #Technologist / Senior #PolicyAnalyst / Senior #Counsel, Elections & #Democracy - Center for Democracy & Technology

    WE'RE HIRING:
    * Senior Technologist / Senior Policy Analyst / Senior Counsel, Elections & Democracy
    * Programme Director, #HumanRights, #Security & #Surveillance Program, @cdteu
    * Programme Dir, Equity & Data, @cdteu
    Interested? Know someone? RT PLS:
    #jobs #thegoodfight

    cdt.org/job/senior-technologis

  17. New paint on an old instance; time for an #introduction.

    Hi there! I'm a #verbose #millennial #technologist from #texas.

    I'm #political, value internal consistency in #ideology, been involved in #activism most of my life, and have been criticized as an #idealist and #optimist.

    Beyond what's in the profile, my jams are:
    - #games (#VideoGame, #BoardGame or #TTRPG)
    - #teaching, #learning, #neurology, #language
    - #web0, #FOSS, #cybersecurity
    - #music, #modular

  18. New paint on an old instance; time for an #introduction.

    Hi there! I'm a #verbose #millennial #technologist from #texas.

    I'm #political, value internal consistency in #ideology, been involved in #activism most of my life, and have been criticized as an #idealist and #optimist.

    Beyond what's in the profile, my jams are:
    - #games (#VideoGame, #BoardGame or #TTRPG)
    - #teaching, #learning, #neurology, #language
    - #web0, #FOSS, #cybersecurity
    - #music, #modular

  19. New paint on an old instance; time for an #introduction.

    Hi there! I'm a #verbose #millennial #technologist from #texas.

    I'm #political, value internal consistency in #ideology, been involved in #activism most of my life, and have been criticized as an #idealist and #optimist.

    Beyond what's in the profile, my jams are:
    - #games (#VideoGame, #BoardGame or #TTRPG)
    - #teaching, #learning, #neurology, #language
    - #web0, #FOSS, #cybersecurity
    - #music, #modular

  20. New paint on an old instance; time for an #introduction.

    Hi there! I'm a #verbose #millennial #technologist from #texas.

    I'm #political, value internal consistency in #ideology, been involved in #activism most of my life, and have been criticized as an #idealist and #optimist.

    Beyond what's in the profile, my jams are:
    - #games (#VideoGame, #BoardGame or #TTRPG)
    - #teaching, #learning, #neurology, #language
    - #web0, #FOSS, #cybersecurity
    - #music, #modular

  21. New paint on an old instance; time for an #introduction.

    Hi there! I'm a #verbose #millennial #technologist from #texas.

    I'm #political, value internal consistency in #ideology, been involved in #activism most of my life, and have been criticized as an #idealist and #optimist.

    Beyond what's in the profile, my jams are:
    - #games (#VideoGame, #BoardGame or #TTRPG)
    - #teaching, #learning, #neurology, #language
    - #web0, #FOSS, #cybersecurity
    - #music, #modular

  22. #introduction
    Hiya, I'm a father, husband, #technologist, and #gamer. I've worked in the #technology industry for 25+ years with a #ComputerScience degree from #TexasState.

    I'm a staunch constitutionalist #libertarian, but not one of the crazy right leaning ones. I'm a #FreeSpeech advocate, a proud #athiest, and #secular #humanist.

    I love playing online #mmo games, currently #GuildWars2, or any #ComputerGames. I've played #rpg #TableTop games for decades, including #dnd, #gurps, #pathfinder.

  23. Ok. I guess it's time for a proper #introduction

    I'm Ricky, I'm a 40-year-old #technologist and #softwareengineer turned #infrastructureengineer at #Splunk #observability living in #atlanta, #georgia, #usa.

    Most notable languages include #csharp, #ruby, and #terraform.

    In my off time, I play a ton of #videogames, occasionally ride a #bike, an #ebike, a #onewheel, and I go to nearly all #atlantaunited home games.

    #hashtags: #devops #o11y #atl #atlutd #infrastructure #software

  24. Hi! I'm a #creator, #technologist, #dev, #VoiceArtist, #founder, and knowledge and skill explorer.

    I #freelance and #RemoteWork (since 2008) and am a #BusinessOwner providing business and tech consulting services. I'm also building #SaaS to help me and other speakers, podcast creators, and producers.

    My passion project is @steampoweredshow, a #longform #podcast and #YouTube channel where I have conversations with #WomenInSTEAM fields about their journey, their work, what they're passionate about, and things they've learned along the way.

    I believe in the 'A' in STEAM, the between spaces in these fields, #interdisciplinary, #multidisciplinary, #antidisciplinary and the brilliant things that happen when people #collaborate to #innovate.

    I write about:

    * the technical side of my podcasting journey: micheleong.com/rail-yard
    * tech and dev tidbits: micheleong.com/blog
    * Life, the Universe, and STEAM: micheleong.substack.com/

    You can also find me at:
    IG: instagram.com/itsmicheleong/
    LI: linkedin.com/in/micheleong/

    #introduction #WomenInSTEM #WomenInSTEMM #podcaster #YouTuber #storytelling

  25. Well, here goes: #introduction

    It started with Apple IIs and Oregon Trail in the late 80s, and in middle school they had a lab full of them and we drew stuff with LOGO and saved our work on the old 5 inch floppies. Was addicted to Hover when it came out. Finally we had a family computer and got dialup, and I was home alone when I experienced my first malware infection, and not wanting to get in trouble, I learned really fast what the command line and the registry were, and I had it all cleaned up with no trace by the time anyone else got home. I'd spend hours tinkering with this or that, or fixing things that went wrong.

    Discovered AI/chatbots and built a couple using the Personality Forge, and for a while they were the most advanced chatbots on the site. I'd work on their programming with a Palm IIIe and a folding keyboard, while away from my desk, and then I'd 'hotsync' my notes and upload changes via dialup, those were the days! "Get off the computer I need to make a phone call" lol

    My interests were anything tech. It went from being an interest to being a professional endeavor when I started doing flash dev and website work for a travel directory site in PV, Mexico, while I was living there, and when I returned to the states I worked for a small ISP doing #WIMAX installs using Motorola Canopy gear, along with whatever malware removal, hardware fixes, repairs, reinstalls, whatever, all manner of PC stuff.

    Moved to TX, worked for another ISP down there doing the same thing, involved using slightly older tech gear, and this was around the time malware infections were starting to really plague even smaller businesses, and I started to focus on #infosec and #security, and then they bought a webhosting company and I switched back to website work, updating sites that had been built using... html tables and sketchy code that was often missing tags. Wrote repair articles for #Technibble for a while, then started out on my own, specializing in anything tech, from #networking #troubleshooting #ComputerRepair #programming small stuff using batch scripts, #AutoIT, (am I supposed to tag this stuff? I'm new to this here) and started up my own #webhosting company where I could pick and choose what platforms to use, free reign to give customers the best bang for their buck, and #WordPress was simple enough to get them into, make something that fit the need, and then hand the reins over to them for most of the content changes in the future unless something went terribly wrong.

    Worked in retail electronics and got some experience with mobile tech, helped customers with analog phones transfer their stuff to new phones, activation, etc, meanwhile discovering Android, which led to #root discovery and fascination with #CustomRom stuff, which led to #AppDev for a customer using Android and iOS, but I only dabble in that sector.

    Returned to WA and helped with a non-tech family business, but the lack of a #CRM that did what I wanted led me to build custom functionality onto an existing CRM using the ol' #php, and then built a custom #IoT system using #micropython for a customer, #ESP32 (love these things) etc, and then the pandemic happened and I went straight into #python and wanted to use #django but the workflow wasn't to my liking, so I took a step back and followed a friend's advice to get more into #javascript which I'm absolutely loving, with a focus on #NodeJS.

    My main line of work at the moment is something I'd probably have to add a disclaimer for, so instead I'll just say that it's really fun and keeps me active, and involves tech to a degree, possibly primarily because I prefer to leverage tech solutions wherever possible to save time, money, and 'decision fatigue' to spend that instead on refreshing old skills and learning new ones.

    I type really fast, which unfortunately leads to me writing entire novels inside emails (heh) and I also forget a lot of the stuff I've done because I switch focus depending on what solutions are needed, so for a TL;DR:

    I'm a nerd who loves anything even lightly tech or security related, sort of a jack of all trades #technologist: If someone has a problem or a tech need, I either find an affordable/free solution or build it. If I need to learn it to build it, no worries, just adds a little time to the project.

    I love this #Mastodon thing and look forward to all the awesome stuff I've been seeing here, wishing I had more to share in return. Thank you @jerry!