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fromwww.bbc.com
1 day ago

Trucking's uneasy relationship with new tech

"Today, you just turn on your devices and scan through possible work. It's all digital and you get paid instantly. It's much better for business."
Miscellaneous
fromNextgov.com
2 days ago

Lawmakers introduce bill to digitize government permitting

"Completing the permitting process by paper is an archaic waste of time. Digitizing the system will speed up the process, save federal dollars, and cut down delays."
US politics
fromStratechery by Ben Thompson
2 days ago

Content and Community

The evolution of human communication has been about removing whatever bottleneck is in this value chain. Before humans could write, information could only be conveyed orally; that meant that the creation, vocalization, delivery, and consumption of an idea were all one-and-the-same.
Digital life
fromMetro Silicon Valley | Silicon Valley's Leading Weekly
1 week ago

The Revolution Will Be Digitized

The film, A Huey P. Newton Story, based on his 1966 creation of the BPP's "A 10-Point Plan for Social Reform," went on to win multiple awards. Fredrika Newton realized that this invaluable cache of materials needed to be preserved and archived.
History
#cybersecurity
fromThe Local France
2 weeks ago

Paris confirms end of paper Metro tickets

The final death knell for the tickets, which measure 6.5cm x 3cm and have existed in the current form with a magnetic strip since 1973, will be confirmed on Thursday.
Paris food
fromwww.housingwire.com
2 weeks ago

Waltz raises another $25M to power foreign real estate investment

Waltz has positioned itself to support up to $1 billion in loan volume, driven by increasing foreign demand for U.S. property investment amid global economic uncertainty.
E-Commerce
fromSan Francisco Bay Times
3 weeks ago

All Issues of the San Francisco Bay Times to Be Available Online by the End of 2025 - San Francisco Bay Times

The San Francisco Public Library will make every issue of the San Francisco Bay Times published from May 1978 to June 2012 available to the public by the end of 2025, ensuring free access to a significant historical archive.
LGBT
#internet-archive
fromTheregister
2 months ago

How sticky notes saved UK's Universal Credit digitization

He would sit opposite each other. When somebody within the DWP [Department for Work & Pensions] side or the digital engineers side hits a problem, you don't wait and email somebody; you write the problem on a Post-It note, you stick it on the board.
Digital life
Independent films
fromKqed
4 months ago

Eclectic, Newly Unearthed Films to Be Screened for the First Time in Decades

The Prelinger Archives digitization project focuses on ethical categorization and sensitivity surrounding historical material.
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