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"Most importantly, she is the author of “Roads and Bridges: The Unseen Labor Behind Our Digital Infrastructure”, a freely available ground-breaking report published with support from the Ford Foundation in 2016, where Nadia proposes the notion that open-source code is akin to public infrastructure, highlighting the urgent need for creators to be supported in their work."
https://deprogrammaticaipsum.com/nadia-asparouhova/

The 79th edition of De Programmatica Ipsum is out!
This month, we explore trust and its importance in human society and culture; in the Library section, we review “Geekonomics” by David Rice; and in our Vidéothèque section, we watch a video on the Veritasium channel where Derek Muller hacks Linus Sebastian’s phone.
https://deprogrammaticaipsum.com/issue-79-trust/

We imported the data from Black Basta Ransomware group leak into AIL and there are many interesting aspects.
The federation network of Matrix servers (see the screenshot) used to communicated among the affiliates/group(s).
Activities in the chat room, especially the daily activity view in AIL. Guessing the location and timezone of groups or affiliates is an endless source of information.
They rely on many open-source and SaaS tools, including Googl…

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#IMPRS alumna Meike Fischer's paper featuring prominently in #UniGöttingen and #MPSgoettingen's press release about
The Moon: a chunk ejected from Earth?

WEBCAST JAN 13 16:00 UTC – ISOC Egypt Webinar – The Politics of Digital Infrastructure
SPEAKER
Ahmed Abdel-Latif, MEA Digital Infrastructure Expert
HOST
Mariam Fayez, ISOC Egypt
https://isoc.live/18729

"Jim Coplien ends his talk with a simple call to action: at every conference where new technology is introduced, software engineers should strive to be skeptical; to ask whether it improves the quality of life of society as a whole, and to take it home only to increase the human value of our products and services.
Focus on the people. Again and again. Because that is what Agile and OOP were all about, to begin with."
https://deprogrammaticaipsum.com/james-coplien/

WEBCAST JAN 30-31: Trinidad and Tobago Internet Governance Forum 2025
TTIGF 2025 has the theme ‘Building Our Multistakeholder Digital Future‘. The theme was inspired by the UNIGF 2024 theme as an important area that needs to reach the local discussion forum for a way forward in Trinidad and Tobago’s Internet Governance. It will include a Youth Forum on Day 2.

VIDEO - Libraries in Response Session 116 - 'Internet 2025 with Vint Cerf'
SPEAKERS
Vint Cerf- Founder / Chairman Emeritus, People-Centered Internet (PCI)
Richard Whitt - President, GLIA Foundation
MODERATOR
Don Means - Director, Gigabit Libraries Network
#LibrariesInResponse @vgcerf @PCI_Initiative @richardswhitt @donmeans @GigLibrari…