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Interviewing Users (2nd Edition) | Free EBook with Purchase | Steve Portigal
Expert researcher Steve Portigal updates his classic Interviewing Users to provide fresh guidance on interviewing techniques.
Howtown
My favorite interview question - Human Who Codes
The Official Web Site of Nicholas C. Zakas
| Norfolk Developers Conference 2026
Talks on language, business, methodology, & game development. Join us for two days of development goodness at The Kings' Centre.
Atmosphere conference report - Mathew's newsletter
Key takeaways from Vancouver
Maintainer spotlight: Siân Griffin
We’re sharing interviews from several open source contributors about their projects, challenges, and what a GitHub sponsorship means to them. This week, read about Sean Griffin.
Sherry Jiang is in sf ✈️ on Twitter / X
we locked in the tracks for @aiDotEngineer singapore (https://t.co/yBBooNCij7) - tag amazing speakers you'd want to see on stage in the design track :)🎨 designthis is one of the most unique things about this conference - a dedicated track on the human interaction layer.… pic.twitter.com/zVRoNhIcSv— Sherry Jiang is in sf ✈️ (@SherryYanJiang) March 15, 2026
Establishing a weekly user interview routine - Jonnie Hallman (@destroytoday)
For the first time in years, I start performing user interviews again, and remember how valuable they can be.
Bluesky Newsletter Study Running an up to 2-week study on how personalized email digests affect content discovery and engagement on Bluesky. 💰 $25/wk + $30 for a final interview ✅ Must be 18+, US-based, and have had a Bluesky account for 6+ weeks Interested? Reach out to: sz4476@princeton.edu
US media: Newsweek
US media
Reputations, biases, past controversies, etc. Ranked 64th out of 180 countries for 2026 in the RSF’s Press Freedom Index. (Collection mostly intended for a friend who’s neither in nor from the US.)
Future of Programming
🇵🇭 Philippines
Common Knowledge Futures
Mini rabbit hole: Chen Zhi and the Prince Group
Search keywords: Prince Holding Group, プリンス・グループ, プリンス・ホールディング・グループ, チェン・ジー（陳志）, 太子集团控股, ព្រីនស៍ ហូលឌីង គ្រុប, Hu Xiaowei, フー・シー, 李垠宏, カク鳳至（「カク」は「赤」へんにおおざと）
Kanjun 🐙 on Twitter / X
Hiring and firing a DBA
LLMs and performative productivity
Collaborative AI Engineering: One Dev, Two Dozen Agents, Zero Alignment — Maggie Appleton, GitHub
We are Changing our Developer Productivity Experiment Design
Agents want flexible schemas
新大阪駅で消えた犯罪組織幹部 「東京の生活」手がかりに追ったT3：朝日新聞
Directors of Firms Linked to Sanctioned Cambodian Conglomerate Bought Properties in Japan
「アジア最大の犯罪組織」最高幹部逮捕 うその住民異動容疑、警視庁：朝日新聞
Hong Kong Justice Department Applies for Order to Freeze Prince Group Assets
Executive linked to major Asian crime group arrested in Japan
www.occrp.org
I’ve been quiet on social media lately, but today I’m launching Audit Clinical Evidence (ACE), an initiative I’ve been developing over the…
A New Paradigm for Scientific Publishing, Peer Review, and Impact Assessment
Nova Scotia’s Experiment in Research That Solves Real Problems
datasetpapers — a public research experiment
Helpful reminder from Elsevier that they have the "legal power" to do what they want with your journals. You have the collective power to…
Andreas De Block on Twitter / X
P-pop and Idols
Why Tagalog and Filipino Are Two Distinct Languages
Understand the Culture & Context
수랕 이나와 (Surat Inawa) — a Filipino phonetic alphabet adapted from the original scientific script of King Sejong
수랕 이나와 (Surat Inawa) — a Filipino phonetic alphabet adapted from the original scientific script of King Sejong
수랕 이나와 (Surat Inawa)
Newsweek is making generative AI a fixture in its newsroom
Newsweek's Financial Connections to a Bona Fide Christian Cult
The Death of Newsweek
How Newsweek Collapsed
Dropshipping journalism
Newsweek and the Rise of the Zombie Magazine
The easiest way to get a big scoop in journalism is to straight-up steal it from @marisakabas.bsky.social, as we've seen over and over from…
Nicole Bedera (@nbedera.bsky.social)
AI Almost Started a U.S.–China War — and No One Seems to Care
Semafor Keeps Hosting Ridiculous “Restoring Trust In Media” Events That Only Further Undermine Trust In Media
Semafor Keeps Hosting “Restoring Trust In News” Events Stocked With Known Right Wing Bullshitters
Semafor Joins A Very Broken US Media Industry Claiming To Have Found The Cure For Eroded Trust In News. But Have They Really?
