Best Jason-ism
“at tweet”

His article rung the bell on HN last night and stayed at #1 for a good number of hours, which was pretty cool.

For anyone who’s interested, here’s a link to an interview we did with Jay a while back:

http://techzinglive.com/page/694/114-tz-breaking-news-jay-roberts-understanding-japans-nuclear-crisis

http://www.orangecoast.com/features/2013/09/23/center-of-the-universe

Really horrifying!

Tonight is the first session of Catalyst for the new school year, so wish us luck! 😉

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2007/apr/24/usa.comment

In regards to the obsequiousness of mainstream journalism when it comes to US foreign policy, this article by Glenn Greenwald pretty much nails it:

* New study documents media’s servitude to government
http://www.salon.com/2010/06/30/media_258/

This is also pretty interesting:

* Seymour Hersh on Obama, NSA and the ‘pathetic’ American media
http://www.theguardian.com/media/media-blog/2013/sep/27/seymour-hersh-obama-nsa-american-media

Questions like that obviously aren’t even being considered seriously since kerry’s answer to the question turned out to be a viable option which had previously not been explored.

We need more journalists like that.

(also… I still haven’t been able to find a more specific reference to that journalist than “a journalist asked…”)

Best of luck, keep at it!

Nick

http://www.toptal.com
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I’d be curious to hear what your take is on those vs. what you might do with anyfu. Sounds like you are going for shorter term, just-in-time type of stuff vs. longer term freelance projects?

I recently signed up on wizpert, but I dismissed it as soon as I realised I had to offer do some free consultations in order to prove my reputation and get reviews, before I could take paid jobs. Screw that, my experience, open source contributions and (upcoming) conference talks prove that in my eyes.

The host Michael Mahemoff and his guest Dan DeFelippi had some good things to say, the recommendations section starts at 35:32.

I would recommend this podcast to any other tech zingers that need a podcast fix in between listening to tech zing episodes of course!

But at least in regards to what Netanyahu and his crew want, we have this Reuters’ article from Sep 17th:

* In public shift, Israel calls for Assad’s fall
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/09/17/us-syria-crisis-israel-idUSBRE98G0DR20130917?feedType=RSS&irpc=932

which opens with:

“Israel wants to see Syrian President Bashar al-Assad toppled, its ambassador to the United States said on Tuesday, in a shift from its non-committal public stance on its neighbor’s civil war.”

In regards to what the Israeli people want, a recent article in the Jerusalem Post reports that:

“… a Gal Hadash poll published in Israel Hayom found that 66.6 percent of respondents would be in favor of American and European military intervention in Syria”.

* Polls: Israelis want US, Europe to attack Syria, but against IDF intervention
http://www.jpost.com/National-News/Polls-Israelis-want-US-Europe-to-attack-Syria-but-against-IDF-intervention-324787

And while supporting “military intervention” doesn’t necessarily imply a desire for regime change, it’s rare that you would have one without the other as the goal.

Then, of course, there’s AIPAC, the all-powerful Israeli lobby, which while not explicitly calling for Assad’s head, did everything it could to push for an attack:

* AIPAC to deploy hundreds of lobbyists to push for Syria action
http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/1.545661

* Backers Of Israel Press For Strikes On Syria
http://www.npr.org/2013/09/12/221636523/backers-of-israel-press-for-strikes-on-syria

The explanation for why a call for regime change was not specifically stated is pretty well described in this Politico article:

“The word “Israel” appears nowhere in the text of the statement, underscoring by omission the worry pro-Israel groups in the United States have about framing retaliatory strikes in a way that makes it look like Israel is pushing for an attack on Syria for its own interests.”

* AIPAC calls for Congress to authorize Syria action
http://www.politico.com/story/2013/09/aipac-syria-congress-96220.html?hp=l3

I’ll respond to the Libya question in a follow-up comment because I have to at least “attempt” to get some work done. 😉

But thanks so much for the comment and the question. It’s always nice to have the opportunity to clarify my thoughts and statements, not to mention to double-check my facts. 😉

Israel doesn’t want the Syrian regime toppled. They (we :)) are better off with the current situation – both sides bleeding each other. Furthermore, if Israel had to choose a “winner” in this war, I think Assad would be preferred – (a) known evil (b) better off with a rational mostly secular regime than irrational Islamist regime.

off off topic, I must ask what was so wrong with US intervention in Libya (I’ll admit to not knowing a lot about that front)?

Ps/ I’m glad I’m not the only one who has never got on with vi.

We haven’t done a guest show in a while simply because of a general lack of time. I wouldn’t mind doing one, but it would have to be someone I’m really interested in interviewing. Anyway, I’ll see if I can get myself motivated. 😉

When are you going to have another guest show? I enjoy all the shows, but the most memorable are guest shows.

Some of your anyfu experts are candidates; having them guest on the show would promote them and anyfu at once.

Keep pushing on the high-skill spot-market idea. I was dissapointed to find that anyfu does not include any PostgreSQL experts, as I could easily find myself in the market for one.

Enjoying the show
David Keeney

Awesome, we will definitely be in touch about you being an iOS expert for us.

I think opening anyfu to other people is a great idea, I’ve been working with iOS since the SDK came out but I don’t have any books, and very little open source code. I’d join as a standard iOS expert for sure.

And if you need any help let me know Jason, I’d love to be “your iOS guy” 🙂

Perhaps you guys could do a whole segment on software best practices? Something like the Joel Test circa 2013. (Apologies if you’ve covered it. It’s quite an archive.)

Thanks again for the plug!