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Interesting Things on the Internet: October 23rd 2017

• I haven't experienced imposter syndrome, and maybe you haven't either. 'Do these people doubt themselves? have moments questioning whether they deserve to be where they are? Of course they do! It is a key part to being a humble, likable, open-minded developer. They aren’t “suffering” from a “syndrome”.' Perpetual confidence is a bug, not a feature.
• The Boring Designer. Good advice, not just for designers.
• The Ethical Minefields of Technology. "Instead of looking at technologies programmed to enable human beings to better navigate the world I see technologies optimized to help corporations better navigate and manipulate human behaviour.”
• DING: A magazine about the internet and things. #1 AUTUMN 2017. Interesting reading. A little strange for such a Web/Internet-centric organisation to be publishing things as a PDF, but still...
• Showing the Algorithms Behind New York City Services. An interesting proposal in New York to make its algorithms more visible.
• 13 things I learned from six years at the Guardian. Lots of good insight on what's important for organisations in the modern world, including this gem: "people who do the flashy things are plentiful, and people willing and able to graft on the stuff that just incrementally makes things better are in sadly short supply."