TECH Dozens Best Views 2015

Last update: Friday 12/25/15

Below find tweets that link to the DLL Editor's choice of the best views from TECH Dozens magazine in 2015 -- comments, opinions, and long forms worth reading again and again in the new year.


A. Comments -- 0.5 Dozens

BlackGirlsCODE NYC @VolunteerBGCNY March 2015    4 hours ago

@Lyndsey360's advice to male allies of women in #tech / #STEM: assume women are capable! #InventEmpower

Qeyno Labs @Qeyno   March 2015 28 minutes ago

RT @TEACHED: "#Oakland can be the better, blacker, browner, more feminine, more queer side of Silicon Valley" - @priforce #CodeOaklandNYC

Linda Kekelis @LindaKekelis April 2015     10 hours ago

Talent is evenly distributed by zip code. Opportunity is not. Mitch Kapor @KaporCenter @lpfi #teals meet @ousd_news 

 

1. Inside Higher Ed ‏@insidehighered October 2015 "The plural of anecdote is not data" #IHEdata

1. Wayne Sutton ‏@waynesutton #ghc15 "What if a company culture is not attractive to diverse candidates?" Solution: Ask your current diverse employees. If you have any!

1. Startup L. Jackson ‏@StartupLJackson December 2015 One day you'll tell your kids about when the Internet was unencrypted…or when encryption was legal. I'm not sure which way it's going yet.

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B. Op Eds -- 1.5 Dozens

DiversiTech @IamDtech · February 2015    19 hours ago

More white women does not equal tech diversity http://fb.me/1XyyDuaNe 

Major League Hacking @MLHacks March 20158 hours ago

Going to a hackathon this weekend? Bookmark @jonmarkgo's tutorial on deploying your hack with @awscloud! https://news.mlh.io/deploy-your-hack-in-3-steps-intro-to-aws-and-elastic-beanstalk-02-20-2015 …

VentureBeat @VentureBeat  March 2015       17 hours ago

Tim O’Reilly: Silicon Valley is massively underestimating the impact of IoT (interview) http://wp.me/p5hvhT-70zP  by @obrien

ClearlyInnovative @C_Innovative April 2015     5 hours ago

Why I don’t like hackathons, by Alex Bayley aged 39 1/2 | Infotropism http://ow.ly/3xL4QA 

Inside Higher Ed @insidehighered May 2015         14 hours ago

Views: Shifting from being a professor to a coach in a competency-based program isn't easy, but it pays off: http://bit.ly/1GzRX4u 

1. Computerworld ‏@Computerworld July 2015 Cybersecurity is a corrupt industry that needs bad guys to stay lucrative, by @patnet from @NetworkWorld @IDGCN http://www.networkworld.com/article/2943507/security0/cybersecurity-is-a-con-says-malware-protection-entrepreneur.html#tk.icnsotd …

1. BlackGirlsCODE NYC ‏@VolunteerBGCNY July 2015 Room for Debate: #Technology's Promise of #SocialJustice Remains Unfulfilled by @BlackGirlsCODE's Kimberly Bryant http://nyti.ms/1Vvs8ru 

1. Code.org ‏@codeorg Every student should learn computational thinking and have the chance to try coding too. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/esther-wojcicki/should-my-kid-learn-to-co_b_7796822.html …

   

1. Wayne Sutton ‏@waynesutton September 2015 “Not your typical tech event: what we learned at the Tech Inclusion conference” by @EngineOrg https://medium.com/ @EngineOrg/not-your-typical-tech-event-what-we-learned-at-the-tech-inclusion-conference-226ca55544c2?source=tw-ad4d9cdf0ae0-1442439170714 …  ... DLL Editor's note -- Coverage of this event also posted by Code Now

1. The Verge ‏@verge September 2015 Apple vs. Google vs. Facebook and the slow death of the web http://www.theverge.com/2015/9/17/9338963/welcome-to-hell-apple-vs-google-vs-facebook-and-the-slow-death-of-the-web?utm_campaign=theverge&utm_content=article&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter# … by @reckless ... DLL Editor's note -- Related speculation was posted by the Wall Street Journal

   

1. Re/code ‏@Recode September 2015 Pursuing the Ed-Tech Unicorn http://on.recode.net/1PuSl4I  by @JakeSaperstein

   

1. WCET ‏@wcet_info October 2015 Nice summary of the #MOOC insider v. outsider divide by @joshmkim https://www.insidehighered.com/blogs/technology-and-learning/insider-outsider-mooc-divide …

1. Bloomberg Tech ‏@technology October 2015 Did Clayton Christensen get disruption wrong? http://bloom.bg/1WIgych 

1. Inside Higher Ed ‏@insidehighered October 2015 Let's bid farewell to the Carnegie Unit (essay) http://bit.ly/1VGu6Ih 

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1. Clarence Wooten Jr. ‏@clarencewooten October 2015 Why Your Startup Hasn't Gotten Funded https://medium.com/venture-fund-io/why-your-startup-hasn-t-gotten-funded-39a701eb4586 … I wrote this because it really needed to be explained. @VentureFundio #startup

1. Shaft ‏@shaft November 2015 I wanted to thank some people and offer some observations; https://medium.com/@shaft/thoughts-on-diversity-part-2-10-2db8565423c8 … #diversityintech  .... DLL Editor's note -- This op-ed is the latest installment of the cover story in last week's issue of Tech Dozens

1. EdSurge ‏@EdSurge November 2015 "But the social benefits of competency-based education go beyond using people’s time more efficiently" http://bit.ly/1lghMxT 

1. Clint Smith ‏@ClintSmithIII December 2015 The brilliant @JedidahIslerPhD responds to Justice Roberts' question about black physicists http://nyti.ms/1Pa07nu 

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C. Long forms -- 2.5 Dozens

Aaron Saunders @aaronksaunders  January 2015   

Why Learning to Code is So Damn Hard http://bit.ly/1AYKdWR

Inside Higher Ed @insidehighered March 2015

Q&A: @kevincarey1 talks about his new book, "The End of College": http://bit.ly/1EJ036W 

 

Maya Pope-Chappell @mayaj April 2015

I sat down with edX CEO @agarwaledu to discuss the future of MOOCs: http://linkd.in/1DGGSOf 

 

Digital Learning Lab @DLLOnline April 2015 15 hours a

The Making of a Higher-Ed Agitator https://shar.es/1pumRx  via @chronicle ... DLL Editor's note -- This article profiles Micheal Crow, President of Arizona State U.

Global Fund forWomen @GlobalFundWomen April 2015     16 hours ago

VIDEO: Meet Kimberly Bryant, Founder & Exec Dir of @BlackGirlsCode &GEEKS Champion http://bit.ly/1yLhogT  #BeTheSpark

 

ZDNet @ZDNet May 2015       11 hours ago

Bad news for IT: Robots and AI are coming for white collar jobs too http://zd.net/1zXd5PZ  @gcnichs ... The DLL Editor posted his own his own review of this important book

 

1. Digital Learning Lab ‏@DLLOnline May 2015   Video: Lessons From a Competency-Based Education Experiment http://disq.us/8ng5n7  ... DLL Editor's note -- The video interview with Paul LeBlanc runs about 10 minutes

1. Business Insider ‏@businessinsider June 2015  Why Google and Apple made their own programming languages $AAPL $GOOG http://read.bi/1IikXvI 

   

1. Digital Learning Lab ‏@DLLOnline June  2015 Rolling Stone's dismal assessment of U.S. higher ed ==> rollingstone.com/politics/news/whats-left-after-higher-education-is-dismantled-20150528 … 

1. Fast Company ‏@FastCompany June 2015 Inside GitHub's management strategy—and how it drives innovation: http://f-st.co/EBHfkMT 

   

1. Fast Company ‏@FastCompany July 2015 How citizens are filling in a critical data gap by tracking deaths by police: http://f-st.co/ntJsNX1 

1. Re/code ‏@Recode July 2015 Deep learning AI experts are the big craze in Silicon Valley. http://on.recode.net/1M6gwam 

   

1. The Economist ‏@TheEconomist July 2015 Silicon Valley's enormous, disruptive creativity is unlike anything since the 19th century http://econ.st/1gRZJfr 

   

1. The Verge ‏@verge July 2015 Watch Neil deGrasse Tyson explain the entire history of the universe in under eight minutes http://www.theverge.com/2015/7/22/9014351/neil-degrasse-tyson-history-universe-animated?utm_campaign=theverge&utm_content=chorus&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter 

   

1. Inside Higher Ed ‏@insidehighered August 2015 A broader look at the college match challenge, beyond low-income students & elite colleges http://bit.ly/1N9S5XM 

1. The Verge ‏@verge August 2015 Read The New Yorker's classic Hiroshima issue 70 years after the bomb was dropped http://www.theverge.com/2015/8/6/9106857/new-yorker-hiroshima-70-year-anniversary?utm_campaign=theverge&utm_content=chorus&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter …

1. iNACOL ‏@nacol August 2015 Learn more about the #competencyed field with @CompetencyWorks recent blog post: http://www.competencyworks.org/analysis/a-reflection-on-the-field-of-competency-education/ …

1. MERLOT ‏@MERLOTorg August 2015 Data, Technology, and the Great Unbundling of Higher Education @EDUCAUSEreview http://bit.ly/1JfvPc9 

1. Fast Company ‏@FastCompany September 2015 Why non-gamers should be excited about virtual reality: http://f-st.co/dHGGs42 

   

1. NYT Magazine ‏@NYTmag September 2015 Inside the Uber raid of Carnegie Mellon University's robotics lab. http://nyti.ms/1QsDKaY 

   
   

   

1. TechCrunch ‏@TechCrunch September 2015 Legendary Productivity And The Fear Of Modern Programming http://tcrn.ch/1F2qFDU  by @RitikaTrikha

1. Campus Technology ‏@Campus_Tech September 2015  Reflections on 25 years of the Campus Computing Project: http://ow.ly/SzCZx 

1. TechRepublic ‏@TechRepublic October 2015 How big data is going to help feed nine billion people by 2050 http://tek.io/1Z9Ly76  by @LyndseyGilpin #bigdata

   

1. Inc. ‏@Inc October 2015 "Raising awareness isn't enough" to fight tech bias, says @laurawp @code2040 http://bit.ly/1RTZT2A  ... DLL Editor's note -- This links to a long video interview with Laura Weidman Powers, CEO of Code2040

   

1. TechCrunch ‏@TechCrunch October 2015 Coding Academies Are Nonsense http://tcrn.ch/1LTeTgi 

1. TechRepublic ‏@TechRepublic November 2015  How the 'PayPal Mafia' redefined success in Silicon Valley http://tek.io/1MopErk  by @ConnerForrest #startups

   

1. MERLOT ‏@MERLOTorg November 2015 Engaging Alumni and Students Using Online Education Technology #EdTech @EDUCAUSEreview http://bit.ly/1MxC9xi 

1. Nancy Hays ‏@EditorNHays December 2015 Good read: David Staley, "The Future of the University: Speculative Design for Innovation" http://bit.ly/1OhAqiA 

   

1. Computerworld ‏@Computerworld December 2015 Hackers likely to target a U.S. election next year @sdlawsonmedia http://www.computerworld.com/article/3016287/security/hackers-likely-to-target-a-us-election-next-year.html …

1. Diverse Issues ‏@DiverseIssues December 2015 Social Media Will Broadcast the 2015 ‘Revolution’: http://diverseeducation.com/article/79491/ 

   

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