The Weekly Squeak - A post-GDPR world

Articles from us…

Chris looks at software foundations and what they bring to your projects, interviewing the leads of the JavaScript and Hyperledger foundations as part of the article.

Chris speaks with the leads of two open source software foundations, Kris Borchers of the JavaScript Foundation, and Brian Behlendorf of the Hyperledge foundation at Collision conf. In the episode we speak about the progress of the foundations and open source software more broadly.

Continuing a series of posts on text editors for writers, Chris looks at Sublime.

With IoT evolving, Cate looks at a little-considered use case: dealing with food waste to see how connected devices can reduce wasted food.

Cate learns how the AskRail mobile app saves lives by showing first responders which train cars have hazardous materials in the event of a crash or emergency.

Articles from others…

At WWDC Apple finally announced love for the Mac, but it also feels like they're stripping a handful of useful features from macOS too, including this one that we use a daily basis. Still Mojave looks to be a great release. 

Bananas are popular… And dying, a fascinating look at how abstracted we have become from what we eat.

We recently rewatched the Truman show and then saw this article celebrating it's 20th birthday with a look at the film, and how a lot of our lives are now somewhat similar to it.

We have mixed opinions on Vice, and while this article isn't likely to change your opinion, the story behind the company is astounding.

Digital versions of board games are increasingly popular, and this post takes a practical look at the costs and resources involved to make one.

We have been considering a robot vacuum for some time… I wonder what we'll call ours? 🤔

And finally another nail in the coffin of the traditional desktop OS, Android might be coming to a PC near you soon.