Bjorn Freeman-Benson (@bjorn_fb) profile picture

Software psychologist. Cheerful bicycle commuter.

Portland, Oregon
Joined May 2009
Photo by Bjorn Freeman-Benson (@bjorn_fb)Photo by Bjorn Freeman-Benson (@bjorn_fb)Photo by Bjorn Freeman-Benson (@bjorn_fb)Photo by Bjorn Freeman-Benson (@bjorn_fb)Photo by Bjorn Freeman-Benson (@bjorn_fb)Photo by Bjorn Freeman-Benson (@bjorn_fb)Photo by Bjorn Freeman-Benson (@bjorn_fb)Photo by Bjorn Freeman-Benson (@bjorn_fb)Photo by Bjorn Freeman-Benson (@bjorn_fb)
To get real diversity you have to do more than just “the usual”. linkedin.com/feed/update/urn…
4
Bjorn Freeman-Benson retweeted
Hey, Mr. President: Instead of copying France's military parade, why not copy France's health care system? Health care for all, low-cost prescription drugs, much less expensive. teapaw.org/washingtonpost/status/…
1,894
26,861
1,380
88,848
Bjorn Freeman-Benson retweeted
Very few realize how much the software development world has been influenced over the last 20 years by the infiltration of former Smalltalk programmers into key communities. teapaw.org/RonJeffries/status/961…
16
74
8
188
Bjorn Freeman-Benson retweeted
It’s disappointing knowing you’ll never be able to leverage one of your company’s rocket launches to put another one of your company’s products into orbit and generate massive free advertising.
100
772
85
4,086
Bjorn Freeman-Benson retweeted
The President said that people who don't clap during his speeches are traitors. He is deeply, dangerously wrong. Patriots must denounce this attitude, those who defend it betray democracy
8
87
4
322
Bjorn Freeman-Benson retweeted
.@realDonaldTrump: “Treasonous” means betraying your country – like, say, if someone colluded with Russia to influence American elections. The freedom not to clap for ideas you disagree with is called the 1st Amendment. nbcnews.com/politics/white-h…
957
8,012
499
19,913
Bjorn Freeman-Benson retweeted
Congrats Philly. And thanks. —America.
1
56
3
353
Bjorn Freeman-Benson retweeted
If the memo was really about oversight, committee members would want to read the underlying documents and bring in the FBI. Republicans voted against both. The interest was not oversight, it was a political hit job on the FBI in the service of the President:
2,387
9,745
580
22,568
Bjorn Freeman-Benson retweeted
By the way, if you're wondering why coverage of the huge marches yesterday seems kind of muted, it's because those hundreds of thousands weren't sitting in diners in small-town America, and therefore don't count. Also many of them were women.
924
10,155
732
31,842
Bjorn Freeman-Benson retweeted
Happy 11th Birthday @Tasktop from the #vancouver office! What an awesome journey it has been, and still so much ahead. As I once heard Paul Saffo say, “Never mistake a clear vision for a short distance” :)
1
14
39
Bjorn Freeman-Benson retweeted
Me, watching people who criticized Colin Kaepernick for his nonviolent protest post MLK quotes today
1,448
76,134
2,294
206,135
The increasing relevance of design for software engineers invisionapp.com/blog/design-…
1
1
Bjorn Freeman-Benson retweeted
Two weeks ago a 26-year old soldier raced repeatedly into a burning Bronx apartment building, saving four people before he died in the flames. His name was Pvt. Emmanuel Mensah and he immigrated from Ghana, a country Donald Trump apparently thinks produces very subpar immigrants.
4,925
124,509
3,962
304,920
An interesting read about the dawn of radio and how it evolved from a force for good to a force for evil and then still had glimpse of good in it. idlewords.com/talks/ancient_…
1
You might not need a full time Chief Information Officer blog.fortiumpartners.com/you…
1
"Odds are that the world’s most flamboyant illustration of [the Dunning-Kruger effect], despite his claimed omniscience, would not even recognize the term, nor its ominous implications in his case." @JamesFallows says theatlantic.com/science/arch…
2
2
Bjorn Freeman-Benson retweeted
My favorite adjective for an over-engineered, complicated, brittle piece of software is "baroque"
4
2
15
Very fun! “Simulating Chutes & Ladders in Python” jakevdp.github.io/blog/2017/…
Bjorn Freeman-Benson retweeted
- 2018 starts with a full moon - 2018 is the year of the dog I’m onto you, werewolves.
96
13,419
423
34,069