I would like to nominate a Scott Hanselman keynote (or conference talk) as an example of one such talk. I think he blends humor well with information dense presentations.

Mike Monteiro was good (but I haven't heard much from him, lately). He seems to channel "The Angry Designer." I enjoyed his "F**k You, Pay Me" talk[0].

[0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jVkLVRt6c1U

I am very disillusioned about the vast majority of patents and patent holders.

I was part of a group working on getting patents. That is right - we weren't necessarily trying to solve anything but literally just brainstorming possible things we could realistically patent. The rest of the process then devolved into, "how this will look and sound to the committee or the board" rather than being about the functionality. I couldn't stand it and politely excused myself from the group.

The whole experience left a very bad taste with me about the patent system in general.

I can't think of how the process should be improved because I can see how a stricter vetting can stifle _real_ creativity but the current process is not good.

I just wrote a thread about why I love Libby. https://twitter.com/ketcomp/status/1431401637738917898

1. Low-effort setup for something that will be sparingly used 2. One design for libraries (at least across United States, Canada) - build once, sell forever 3. Skip-the-line loans & nudges as examples of leveraging technology to vastly improve UX.

Someone pointed out the redesign and I think that actually has improved - you can also optionally turn on labels for those buttons on the bottom making it even less confusing. It admittedly was pretty confusing pre-redesign.

Kudos for working in this area - I hope you succeed wildly!

I definitely echo all the bad feedback about the website - it does not give a good impression at all and makes me re-think about all of your other claims as well.

I don't know what OP of this comment (dilippkumar) thinks of Manu Pillai's various books but he is another author/historian whose book I would recommend - I got the same feeling of awe reading his books that I got from dilippkumar's comment here.

Unintended consequences of a telecom boom intersecting with a point in time for the country where an end to end encrypted communication network proved to be a curse rather than a boon. I wonder if a solution might lie in network theory as well.

I only have Google Maps on my phone because I am location sharing with my family. Is there an alternative? I will gladly uninstall it then.

There are always alternatives. For Maps, check out

.) OsmAnd (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.osmand)

.) MAPS.ME (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.mapswithme...)

For other alternatives to avoid getting your habits turned into money by big companies, check out https://ethical.net/

I am not aware of a live location sharing function in OsmAnd.

There's this: https://osmand.net/blog/osmand-telegram-released

But I guess at that point you can just use Telegram for location sharing.

I have actually never shared my location, so no idea what features one might want for that, but this one is open-source, so relatively trustworthy: https://f-droid.org/app/ca.cmetcalfe.locationshare

I've been using Google Maps for years and didn't even notice this feature. Wow.

If you're on an iPhone there's Find My Friends that I use often.

If you already use it, Snapchat has a location sharing feature. You can also share your location on Facebook's Messenger.

It sounds like a bad idea - but scalpels and metal tools are not thrown away either - they're sterilized. Something like a plastic tube may have 2 or 3 uses in it instead of just 1 - as long as the sterilization is within acceptable tolerances - why not? A reusable rocket too was unthinkable until a private company did it. One shouldn't discard experimental evidence just because it conflicts with one's belief systems.

> tutor students in India or any country online, I am a volunteer teacher at evidyaloka - a Bengaluru based NGO founded by two ex-techies - while working in the States! I don't know if you already know about this but thought it was worth pointing out :)