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Sun · Aug 23 post · 4 min Why you hate software engineer unions for all the wrong reasons Sources: CIO UK IT hiring trends 2020; 2017 GamesIndustry.biz Survey; 2015 Gender Balance Workforce Survey Software development field looks like a level playing field for those who Sun · Aug 16 post · 6 min Top free task management apps software developers love to hate Working as software developers, we are torn between so many different options for productivity tools, some coming as a default option from work (that we hate), other for Thu · Aug 13 post · 4 min All you need to survive your next React project It’s a bit annoying with searching the internet - every time you look for a framework or a library which is a little bit trendy, Google simply Tue · Aug 4 post · 6 min How to become a software developer for free in 2020 The problem that many people encounter when they decide to switch to software development is that they unknowingly make things harder for themselves. They jump into too many Tue · Jul 28 post · 6 min Why Elon Musk’s Neuralink isn't as bad as you think Think of the computer sitting on your desk in front of you. You fire it up, you launch your email software, you use its interface to create an Wed · Jul 22 post · 4 min How to invent software engineering Margaret Hamilton did not simply help put the man to the Moon. She had also invented the concept that would go along to create a major paradigm shift Mon · May 4 post · 1 min Mass media: the 'propaganda model', Herman and Chomsky Summary Claim: a 'propaganda model' of the mass media: "the media serve, and propagandize on behalf of, the powerful societal interests that control and finance Mon · Apr 20 post · 1 min Approaches to the sociology of news Michael Schudson, Sociology of news production Summary Claim: Journalism is where the news are "made" Keywords: Journalism, news, ideology, In conversation with: Molotch and Lester and Tue · Apr 7 post · 9 min Labour question as an identity question - direct and indirect market mediation Summary Claim: Marxist feminism categories are no longer enough to understand why humanity is inscribed into one or the other gender, they need clarifying and transformation, because " Tue · Mar 31 post · 3 min Against the hard systems thinking: lean and agile Summary Claim: Mass production paradigm which is used in US and Europe cannot compete with new models because of its inflexibility and high amounts of waste (2). Keywords: Wed · Mar 18 post · 3 min On interviews: producing the cultural experience Rapley, Tim. “Interviews.” In Qualitative Research Practice, by Clive Seale, Giampietro Gobo, Jaber Gubrium, and David Silverman. SAGE Publications Ltd, 2004. https://doi.org/10.4135/9781848608191.d5. Tue · Mar 3 post · 2 min Stories we tell to ourselves, our life-histories Byrne, Bridget. “Reciting the Self: Narrative Representations of the Self in Qualitative Interviews.” Feminist Theory 4, no. 1 (April 1, 2003): 29–49. https://doi.org/10.1177/ Tue · Feb 18 post · 2 min Alienation as a link between politics and economy Harvey, David, Anti-Capitalist Chronicles: Alienation, Democracy at Work Anti-Capitalist Chronicles: Alienation https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=01A0prJud-A https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jKAeER1WOuE Democracy At Work Wed · Jan 22 post · 4 min On dinosaurs, continued Brooks, Frederick P. The Mythical Man-Month: Essays on Software Engineering. Addison-Wesley Publishing Company, 1975. Summary of essays 1-3 1. The Tar Pit Opposes: general public's belief Tue · Jan 7 post · 2 min On dinosaurs Brooks, Frederick P. The Mythical Man-Month: Essays on Software Engineering. Addison-Wesley Publishing Company, 1975. Overall book summary Claim: Preservation of the conceptual integrity of the product is critical. older notes →