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5 votes
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What have you been watching/reading this week? (Anime/Manga)
What have you been watching and reading this week? You don't need to give us a whole essay if you don't want to, but please write something! Feel free to talk about something you saw that was...
What have you been watching and reading this week? You don't need to give us a whole essay if you don't want to, but please write something! Feel free to talk about something you saw that was cool, something that was bad, ask for recommendations, or anything else you can think of.
If you want to, feel free to find the thing you're talking about and link to its pages on Anilist, MAL, or any other database you use!
12 votes -
Cape Town’s ‘day zero’ water crisis, one year later
9 votes -
Reol - 激白 (Confession) [Live at MADE IN FACTION Tokyo] (2019)
6 votes -
Fortnite pros still don't have a good way to practice
5 votes -
Noob's guide to Linux gaming
14 votes -
Disney+ launches on November 12 for $6.99/mo, plus new Marvel, Star Wars series
18 votes -
Foo Fighters - Outside (2014)
6 votes -
How is Tildes doing?
I haven't been around here in a few months. Glad there's still some presence. What are your thoughts on the site overall now?
59 votes -
Appl still hasn’t fixd its MacBook kyboad problm
23 votes -
Input please: How to identify the right IT project stakeholders
I'd like your input for an article I'm writing. Let’s say you’re starting a new IT project. It could be custom software; perhaps it’s a migration to cloud services; maybe it’s a shiny new IoT...
I'd like your input for an article I'm writing.
Let’s say you’re starting a new IT project. It could be custom software; perhaps it’s a migration to cloud services; maybe it’s a shiny new IoT project.
The point is that you're here to build something great. You’re in charge of the design (or an important part of it), and making sure that the resulting system makes everybody happy.
How do you make sure that you are interviewing the right people to find out what “make them happy” looks like? What do you do to get input from the people who matter for the project’s success… without inviting so many suggestions that it’s impossible to deliver everything?
Case in point: Ten years ago I was in charge of an online tech community. The company I worked for hired custom developers to build the software platform, but the developers never talked to me. They interviewed the boss, two levels above me (who just so happened to be the person who signed the checks) even though she had never used this online community or any other. Needless to say, the community software they delivered was horrible, missing basic-to-me features.
Formally this process would be called “identifying the project stakeholders” or “master the requirements-gathering process” but that seems too corporate-speak. I’m looking for real-world examples of what works and what doesn’t, so I can write a genuinely useful article with practical guidelines.
Note that this is NOT about the questions to ask those stakeholders; that’s another discussion. Here I am writing merely (merely!) about making sure you are speaking to the people whose input you need.
My questions:
• How do you decide which people to ask for input? In what way do you find those people? How do you know when you have everyone you should?
• How do you decide whom NOT to invite? Where do you draw the line?
• Tell me about the manner in which you learned that lesson. (The hard way. Anecdotes are good.)
• If you want to be quoted (it's good for business!) tell me (via PM) how to refer to you in the article: Name, title, company name, short company description, URL.7 votes -
Technology is Heroin
26 votes -
Luke Heimlich, college star convicted of sex crime, quietly makes pro debut in Mexico
5 votes -
Amazon workers are listening to what you tell Alexa
16 votes -
Triumph of the will and the cinematic language of propaganda
7 votes -
Gitkin - Saint Claude Dash / Chicha Nola
4 votes -
This Texas vending machine lets you buy pecan pie anytime
7 votes -
The key to glorifying a questionable diet? Be a tech bro and call it 'biohacking'
13 votes -
A Federal judge compared Trump's criticism of the courts to the KKK and segregationists
9 votes -
Prospiracy Theories
18 votes -
Andrew Yang's campaign and supporters struggle to push away US extremists, leaked chats show
18 votes -
The story of the NBA regular season in nine charts
7 votes -
Climate chaos is coming and the Pinkertons are ready
13 votes -
What a year in space did to Scott Kelly
6 votes -
The heroin hearse in the OD capital of America
6 votes -
Reddit’s /r/Piracy is deleting almost ten years of history to avoid ban
33 votes -
SpaceX lands all three Falcon Heavy rocket boosters for the first time ever
28 votes -
Is Applied Behavioural Analysis really “dog training for children”? A professional dog trainer weighs in.
5 votes -
How a T. Rex named SUE became a nonbinary icon
8 votes -
Mars methane hunt comes up empty, flummoxing scientists
6 votes -
Microsoft accused of being 'complicit' in persecution of one million Muslims after helping China develop sinister AI capabilities
8 votes -
Chinese scientists create monkeys with human brain genes
7 votes -
What have you been listening to this week?
What have you been listening to this week? You don't need to do a 6000 word review if you don't want to, but please write something! If you've just picked up some music, please update on that as...
What have you been listening to this week? You don't need to do a 6000 word review if you don't want to, but please write something! If you've just picked up some music, please update on that as well, we'd love to see your hauls :)
Feel free to give recs or discuss anything about each others' listening habits.
You can make a chart if you use last.fm:
http://www.tapmusic.net/lastfm/
Remember that linking directly to your image will update with your future listening, make sure to reupload to somewhere like imgur if you'd like it to remain what you have at the time of posting.
13 votes -
Sudan’s longtime leader was ousted in a military coup. Protesters still want democracy.
7 votes -
Uber files for its IPO
12 votes -
New species of ancient human discovered in the Philippines
7 votes -
What are some good entry points for getting into poetry?
I like the idea of poetry, but I almost never actually read it. My knowledge of the form is pretty much limited to a handful of popular classics that I had to read back in high school; one or two...
I like the idea of poetry, but I almost never actually read it. My knowledge of the form is pretty much limited to a handful of popular classics that I had to read back in high school; one or two poems each from Robert Frost, Emily Dickinson, Langston Hughes, Walt Whitman, and Shakespeare.
Where do I start if I want to dip my toes into poetic waters? What are some good poems/compilations for poetry novices? I'm particularly interested in modern, contemporary voices, but I'm open to anything.
19 votes -
Fantasy birding is real, and it's spectacular
8 votes -
Disney+ rolls out on November 12th for $6.99 a month
8 votes -
Near, far, wherever you are - How “people you may know” has made the stranger much stranger
4 votes -
Brexit: UK and EU agree Brexit delay to 31 October
22 votes -
Israeli robotic moon landing fails in final descent
10 votes -
New species of ancient human discovered in Philippines cave
15 votes -
The Real Ramona: How Beverly Cleary transformed her harsh, difficult childhood into heartwarming fiction
4 votes -
On poisoning children
5 votes -
The urgent quest for slower, better news
10 votes -
Online ID change on PSN: Your questions answered
8 votes -
Are plastic bag bans garbage?
11 votes -
Why I gave a buck to Mike Gravel
6 votes -
The lead dev of Prismo, a federated link aggregation platform, accidentally wiped the production database without proper backups
20 votes