Monthly Archives: May 2016

Quiet: Susan Cain

By | May 19, 2016

Fascinating read. The power of introverts in a world that can’t stop talking. One of my favourite quotes in the book was: “He who knows, does not speak, He who speaks, does not know”. Highly recommended.        

The Internet’s Own Boy: The Story of Aaron Swartz

By | May 17, 2016

A worthwhile documentary to watch. Summary from IMDB says it all: “The story of programming prodigy and information activist Aaron Swartz. From Swartz’s help in the development of the basic internet protocol RSS to his co-founding of Reddit, his fingerprints are all over the internet. But it was Swartz’s groundbreaking work in social justice and… Read More »

Deep Web: Alex Winter

By | May 6, 2016

This documentary touches on a lot of fundamental principles around the right to privacy and anonymity. It brings to life and joins some of the dots that Digital Gold talked about. Definitely worth a watch. Deep web at IMDB

Adding images to your comments in JIRA

By | May 4, 2016

Even though I’ve been training JIRA for years, I still learn new things all the time. The latest thing I came across was embedding images into the comments area from within a JIRA issue. The wiki markup to use is !my_image.png! Don’t try it with a word doc.