On The Turing Completeness of PowerPoint https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=76&v=uNjxe8ShM-8

"Rather than inventive, naïve minds to be cultivated with whimsy, children were perceived as wicked fools whose basest, sinful instincts ought to be culled early." https://www.saturdayeveningpost.com/2019/04/the-creepy-and-harsh-lessons-of-early-childrens-books/

The Legacy of Dan Robbins, the Man Who Taught Us to Paint by Numbers https://hyperallergic.com/493699/dan-robbins/

A growing body of work,” including a new study in the journal Nature Human Behavior, suggests that Beowulf was the work of a single author. https://www.theguardian.com/books/2019/apr/08/beowulf-old-english-poem-work-one-author-research-suggests

The domestication of curry, which aided in Britain’s colonization of India, became synonymous with British culture after cookbooks began incorporating Indian elements into 19th-century British cooking. https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/what-is-curry-powder

FEMA put hurricane survivors’ data at risk. After Hurricanes Irma, Maria, and Harvey, and the California wildfires, the US Federal Emergency Management Agency improperly shared disaster survivors’ banking data and other personal information with a government contractor. https://qz.com/1579940/fema-leaked-disaster-survivors-personal-data-to-clc-lodging

America's Largest Music Collection Needs Your Help! https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/archive-contemporary-music-gofundme-806987/

I could sure argue with this list, or at least the order of the movies presented. https://www.poynter.org/business-work/2019/there-are-a-surprising-amount-of-great-journalism-movies-here-are-our-top-25/

"Oddly Correct is part of a new breed of high-end coffee shops that have adopted zero tolerance policies on sugar, milk and cream to preserve what they feel is coffee quality." http://www.bbc.com/capital/story/20190402-these-coffee-snobs-ban-milk-and-sugar

What are some examples of “Digital Transformation” that really DID transform a business or industry, rather than feed a stupid buzzword?

Sans Forgetica: "a downloadable font that is scientifically designed to help you remember your study notes." http://sansforgetica.rmit/

Famous movie scenes borrowed from paintings https://www.messynessychic.com/2016/10/04/famous-movie-scenes-that-you-probably-didnt-realised-were-borrowed-from-paintings/

Meet the scientist painter who turns deadly viruses into beautiful works of art https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2019/04/meet-scientist-painter-who-turns-deadly-viruses-beautiful-works-art

In describing one of the most memorable guitar intros in rock history, Page told the BBC: “I wanted to put something together which started with quite a fragile, exposed acoustic guitar, playing in the style of a poor man’s Bourrée by Bach.” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DDo4CA13LbY

These books spark joy: The bursting, beautiful shelves of famous bibliophiles https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/magazine/wp/2019/04/08/feature/inside-the-collections-of-jose-andres-andrew-sean-greer-and-other-famous-book-lovers

How to Speak Up in a Meeting, and When to Hold Back https://hbr.org/2019/04/how-to-speak-up-in-a-meeting-and-when-to-hold-back

It’s becoming harder and harder to enjoy movies and TV on their own terms, without having to hunt for clues from its creators. Is that a bad thing? https://www.theringer.com/movies/2019/4/11/18305773/easter-eggs-us-shazam-game-of-thrones-stranger-things

HIVE MIND! I need an anecdotal lede. Give me an example you encountered of a project snafu caused by the lack of stakeholder input.

E.g. real instance: 10 years ago I was in charge of an online community. Custom developers built it without ever talking to me, just the boss who literally never touched it. Needless to say, it was horrible. Missed basic-to-me features.