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From my Feedly: Why Love Hurts: The Sociology of How Our Institutions Rather Than Our Personal Psychological Failings Shape the Romantic Agony of Modern Life

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For the last couple of years (and probably because it’s part of what most of the mid-thirties people surrounding me are going through crisis), I had a lot of time – and occasions! – to reflect upon Love and relationships in our modern time. Mostly around the questions of why is it a sin to admit to our failures in our relations, why people shun us when we separate (or have a rough period), and why we should automatically hurt and become tragicomic drama queens ( to our friends and entourage) when we go through a separation or divorce (and for once, I prefer the Gwyneth Paltrow’s way, conscious uncoupling šŸ˜›Ā ).

Anyway, thought I could share with you one of the articles that generated tons of introspection, personal writing and discussions.

“To perform gender identity and gender struggles is to perform the institutional and cultural core dilemmas and ambivalence of modernity.”
from Brain Pickings: http://bit.ly/1Pq75Qp

From my Feedly: What Iā€™ve Hated and What Iā€™ve Loved About WebĀ Development

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In ā€œOn Web Developmentā€ and in other contexts Iā€™ve alluded to wrapping up, ending my old career. Thatā€™s only correct to an extent. (In keeping with the intelligence community, always put everyone at risk by addingĀ backdoors.)

from Blog (Philosophy, Adventure, Arts, Web Development) Ā· Jens Oliver Meiert http://bit.ly/1M521Qp
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From my Feedly: Progressive design for the modern web

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Good responsive web design, by its nature, goes unnoticed to those consuming content online. So when someone asks for a new website, theyā€™re often completely unaware of the concept, despite experiencing it on a daily basis. And yet, responsive website design is now acknowledged as standard practice throughout the industry. Building responsive websites has altered [ā€¦]

from Webdesigner Depot http://bit.ly/1IYYORy
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From my Feedly: You Are Not My Responsibility

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thedatingfeminist:

Can we talk some more about how guilt tripping someone for not being interested in you is a really shitty thing to do?

Look, Iā€™m sorry youā€™re lonely or depressed orĀ  whatever. Those are bad things and having to deal with them isnā€™t fun. But I am not responsible. It is not my job to sacrifice my autonomy to make you feel better. Your attraction to me does not make your well-being my responsibility.

And to use your unhappiness as a tool to coerce me into a relationship or a sexual situation that Iā€™m not comfortable with makes you a bad person.

Anybody whoā€™s had to put up with this kind of emotional manipulation – you deserved better. You always deserve better. And you arenā€™t wrong to say no.

Oh yes. This.

from Fragments http://bit.ly/1IX8gXv
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From my Feedly: Why Doesn’t Creativity Matter in Tech Recruiting?

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Is that the intent of the hardcore interview process? To find people who are pure programming athletes, who amaze passersby with non-recursive quicksorts written on a subway platform whiteboard, and aren’t distracted by non-coding thoughts? It’s kinda cool in a way–that level of training is impressive–but I’m unconvinced that such a technically homogeneous team is the way to go.

from Programming in the 21st Century http://bit.ly/1K4oSxL
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From my Feedly: “The best kind of people are…”

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ā€œThe best kind of people are the ones that come into your life, and make you see the sun where you once saw clouds. The people that believe in you so much, you start to believe in you too. The people that love you, simply for being you. The once in a lifetime kind of people.ā€

– Unknown (via purplebuddhaproject)

from Fragments