My #Introduction. My name is Kin Lane. I am Chief Evangelist at #Postman, and I have been writing and telling stories as the #API Evangelist since 2010. I study the intersection of #Policy, #Regulation, #Algorithms, #Governance, and how #Technology #Platforms are used to manipulate or empower us—sharing what I see from across this #digital landscape we are perpetually building for ourselves.
My favorite new podcast -- learning so much - Introducing Tales of the Town, a Podcast about Black Oakland - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/introducing-tales-of-the-town-a-podcast-about-black-oakland/id1235932328?i=1000579592977
more brilliant @robhorning: "what #TikTok or any of the other media platforms is for seems self-evident only after their popularity can no longer be challenged, and it becomes unthinkable, for instance, that they can simply be banned by government fiat" https://robhorning.substack.com/p/our-threshold-of-repugnance?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=1073994&post_id=110442478&isFreemail=true&utm_medium=email #socialmedia
My article comparing platform researcher API requirements is in Tech Policy Press! https://techpolicy.press/comparing-platform-research-api-requirements/
Rapper #Afroman had his Ohio home raided by the Adams County Sheriff's Office in 2022. He has created a song, called "Will You Help Me Repair My Door," about the incident. In the video for the song, he uses clips from his own security cameras along with shots of official documents like the search warrant. The PoPo also stole $400 which is also shown in the video...before the cops cut the feed.
My analysis from the TikTok hearing: The United States has failed to bequeath Americans the online privacy rights it now accuses TikTok of threatening. https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2023/03/24/tiktok-online-privacy-laws/
Why Are Public Restrooms Still So Rare? https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/22/business/public-restrooms-bathrooms-us-city.html?smid=tw-share
Obsidian Cliff: Humanity’s Tool Shed for the Last 11,500 Years https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/20/science/yellowstone-indigenous-people-obsidian.html?smid=tw-share
Laser engraving on an ATEZR P5 entry level system. Surprisingly easy to get started as a hobby.
cc @kin
How We See Things Like a Bank Collapse http://kinlane.com/2023/03/19/how-we-see-things-like-a-bank-collapse/
Badass story on tribes being badasses, stocking up on billions of seeds and planting Native trees to start restoring the landscape before Klamath dam removal even begins.
The #Yurok Tribe recruited riparian ecologist Joshua Chenoweth, who helped restore the Elwha River after what was then the biggest dam removal in US history, to help with the massive undertaking on the #KlamathRiver.
#Indigenous #NativeMastodon #Karuk #HoopaValley #KlamathTribes
Listening to For Profit, A History of the Corporation- https://www.basicbooks.com/titles/william-magnuson/for-profit/9781541601581/ - covered an interesting mix of corporations from The Medici to private equity.
Oh wow, the Treasury, FDIC, and Fed installed a backstop #SiliconValleyBank https://www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/pressreleases/monetary20230312b.htm
I am the Chief Evangelist for #Postman, #apievangelist, host of Postman Breaking Changes #Podcast, while investing in #OpenAPI, @AsyncAPI, and #JSONSchema.
I have been studying APIs since 2010 & while I enjoy the #Technology of APIs, I am really looking for the stories that matters to business and technical leadership, but also to the rest of us.
At this point, you are like what is an API? Well, you just made an API request to read what I wrote and you will make thousands more today alone.