🌌 On this day in 1978 the very first episode of the very first version of Douglas Adams' The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy went out on Radio 4. We can't tell you how proud that makes us.
Here's a lovely programme about Douglas and his creation, presented by his friend John Lloyd, that went out on the 40th anniversary.
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Today's the day!
We're starting our read-through of Accessibility for Everyone by Laura Kalbag in the Write the Doc Slack Community's learn-tech-writing channel.
Everything's fine, by Cecilia Rabess. He's white, rich, works in finance, has rich friends, votes for Trump. She's black, very smart, is doing ok but her career doesn't fly, has rich friends, mostly white. The book tells their story and it's all in the present tense, giving a feel of inevitability to it all. The story of how you can end up being in a relationship with someone who has very different views to yours. A story that is left incomplete, because how long can you go on telling yourself that Everything's Fine?
As someone who's being slowly finding herself, life's much better on the other side @bookstodon#CeciliaRabess#EverythingsFine#bookclub#books@kiarazard#bookwyrm@thestorygraph
I'm facilitating the first ever GOAT (Gathering for Open Ag Tech) Book Club this Saturday (5/18), open to any and all! 📚🤓🐐
Session #1 is on "Networks, Peers & the Virtual Class," with readings from Yochai Benkler, Richard Barbrook, Michael Bauwens, and others. More session details in the link below. #bookclub#foss#reading#p2p
Seeking recommendations for how-to on facilitating a new workplace reading circle for my team. First Q: I'm the boss. Do I facilitate? Do we take turns?
As context we're a very flat group, no one into hierarchical power differences, my ego isn't a factor. We have several newer staff (about to go up to 9, from 3 people in Feb. 2022) and we're 100% telework, want to build/maintain sense of belonging. We brainstormed long list, voted on what to read. #BookClub#reading#books#work
We’re looking for people interested in presenting two of the remaining chapters in our book club: #13 on Build automation with targets (ideally in calendar week 17 or 18; at 4:00-5:30 PM CEST) #15 on CI/CD pipelines (ideally in calendar week 20 or 21; at 4:00-5:30 PM CEST)
Thanks to Fulya Gökalp, we can already announce meeting no.5, where chapter 9 of “Building reproducible analytical pipelines with R” by Bruno Rodrigues will be presented.
Hey #readers and #bookclub people, if you like #reading#shortstories and #fiction episodes, please consider trying out my series. The first couple of stories are free, and the rest of the stories cost less than a quarter each.
Each story is discrete and complete, so no fake cliffhanger to trick a reader into buying the next story.
Hi, friends.
I am thinking of starting a book club. I want to primarily meet up once a month. Preference will be given to times that benefit Europe/The UK/Me as a South African.
I want this to be very chilled, no real pressure, but I'm also interested in doing polls for book genres and associated books, etc.
We'd have a discussion and announcement group on WhatsApp. An actual meeting place can be discussed there. I also would prefer for it to primarily be a text-based group, so if that's something you're against, this might not be the place for you.
If you're interested, please dm me and let me know.
"Mystery interwined in a pioneering supernatural world. It can easily make a fantastic bestseller."
Recent reader's words
"As I reach the edge of the opening, my blood pressure is rising. Never have I seen something like this before."
Marquise Gertain, THE HIDDEN FACE by M. I. Verras
A reminder that I'm still interested in starting up a book club:
— Meeting times benefit Europe/UK/Africa/GMT
— WhatsApp (Text-based) group chat.
— Generally being nerds about books together.
— Open to input and feedback.
We have 4 total members and I'm not heading for a huge conglomerate, but I'd like a little more variety before we get going.
If you're interested, please let me know via dm and I'll be sure to add you. Please boost for reach.