No One Would Buy My Photos, So Here They Are For Free: Mosul 2017
I tried and failed to find newspapers and wire services who would purchase my photos. But the soldiers had fed me and given me a seat in their Humvees, and the refugees had tolerated my presence on some of the worst days of their lives. They very rightly expected that I would tell their story.
wearehive/project-guidelines: A set of best practices for JavaScript projects
While developing a new project is like rolling on a green field for you, maintaining it is a potential dark twisted nightmare for someone else. Here's a list of guidelines we've found, written and gathered that (we think) works really well with most javascript projects here at hive.
Two Decades of Recommender Systems at Amazon.com
Amazon is well-known for personalization and recommendations, which help customers discover items they might otherwise not have found. In this update to our original paper, we discuss some of the changes as Amazon has grown.
Facebook video ad viewability rates are as low as 20 percent, agencies say – Digiday
Sometimes the figure Facebook reports is five times higher than the [Media Rating Council] standard, but sometimes it’s five times lower, with no clear pattern for under- or over-reporting. It’s a concern in general that there is no consistency
What’s Wrong with Apple’s New Headquarters | WIRED
You can’t understand a building without looking at what’s around it—its site, as the architects say. From that angle, Apple’s new HQ is a retrograde, literally inward-looking building with contempt for the city where it lives and cities in general.