Bjorn Freeman-Benson

Software psychologist. Cheerful bicycle commuter.

[Bjorn Freeman-Benson @bjorn_fb]

To get real diversity you have to do more than just “the usual”. https://t.co/a8ZuXbUVLb

[Sen. Bernie Sanders @SenSanders]

Hey, Mr. President: Instead of copying France's military parade, why not copy France's health care system? Health care for all, low-cost prescription drugs, much less expensive. https://t.co/zIrLjozEOI

[Allen Wirfs-Brock @awbjs]

Very few realize how much the software development world has been influenced over the last 20 years by the infiltration of former Smalltalk programmers into key communities. https://t.co/4sgQloihvM

[Aaron Levie @levie]

It’s disappointing knowing you’ll never be able to leverage one of your company’s rocket launches to put another one of your company’s products into orbit and generate massive free advertising.

[Martin Fowler @martinfowler]

The President said that people who don't clap during his speeches are traitors. He is deeply, dangerously wrong.

Patriots must denounce this attitude, those who defend it betray democracy

[Senator Jeff Merkley @SenJeffMerkley]

.@realDonaldTrump: “Treasonous” means betraying your country – like, say, if someone colluded with Russia to influence American elections. The freedom not to clap for ideas you disagree with is called the 1st Amendment. https://t.co/0wQaifeiph

[Ben Thompson @benthompson]

Congrats Philly. And thanks.

—America.

[Senator Adam Schiff @SenAdamSchiff]

If the memo was really about oversight, committee members would want to read the underlying documents and bring in the FBI. Republicans voted against both.

The interest was not oversight, it was a political hit job on the FBI in the service of the President:

[Bjorn Freeman-Benson @bjorn_fb]

Leadership as a Service https://t.co/fWDh9EWdvJ

[Paul Krugman @paulkrugman]

By the way, if you're wondering why coverage of the huge marches yesterday seems kind of muted, it's because those hundreds of thousands weren't sitting in diners in small-town America, and therefore don't count. Also many of them were women.

[Mik Kersten @mik_kersten]

Happy 11th Birthday @Tasktop from the #vancouver office! What an awesome journey it has been, and still so much ahead. As I once heard Paul Saffo say, “Never mistake a clear vision for a short distance” :)

[Jemele Hill @jemelehill]

Me, watching people who criticized Colin Kaepernick for his nonviolent protest post MLK quotes today

[Bjorn Freeman-Benson @bjorn_fb]

The increasing relevance of design for software engineers https://t.co/G0ml766ucL

[Bill Kristol @BillKristol]

Two weeks ago a 26-year old soldier raced repeatedly into a burning Bronx apartment building, saving four people before he died in the flames. His name was Pvt. Emmanuel Mensah and he immigrated from Ghana, a country Donald Trump apparently thinks produces very subpar immigrants.

[Bjorn Freeman-Benson @bjorn_fb]

An interesting read about the dawn of radio and how it evolved from a force for good to a force for evil and then still had glimpse of good in it. https://t.co/rWhgfSzAWN

[Bjorn Freeman-Benson @bjorn_fb]

You might not need a full time Chief Information Officer https://t.co/qppNpuFEKj

[Bjorn Freeman-Benson @bjorn_fb]

"Odds are that the world’s most flamboyant illustration of [the Dunning-Kruger effect], despite his claimed omniscience, would not even recognize the term, nor its ominous implications in his case." @JamesFallows says https://t.co/iAeegnNf6h

[YAML Clark @jasonrclark]

My favorite adjective for an over-engineered, complicated, brittle piece of software is "baroque"

[Bjorn Freeman-Benson @bjorn_fb]

Very fun! “Simulating Chutes & Ladders in Python” https://t.co/Gqi69yP5SB

[Deniz #FCKC @MrFilmkritik]

- 2018 starts with a full moon

- 2018 is the year of the dog

I’m onto you, werewolves.