E3 happened and I have never seen a company get destroyed like Microsoft got destroyed this week. Sony announced the PS4 costs $100 less, has no used-game restrictions and no online check-in, and then released a 22-second video showing how to share a game on PS4: you hand the disc to your friend. Twenty-two seconds to win a console generation. My US counterparts preordered PS4s.
The other story this week is bigger and darker: the Guardian published leaks about NSA surveillance programs, and the guy behind them just went public, Edward Snowden, a 29-year-old infrastructure contractor. The engineers at work can’t stop talking about it. We have access to so much user data and I’ve never really thought about what that means until this week. Adding “read about security” to my list.
Still processing Ferguson retiring. Man United won the league and then the greatest manager in football history just walked away. The Confederations Cup kicks off in Brazil this week and I’m watching it like a preview for next year’s World Cup.
TIL: HTTPS everywhere isn’t paranoia, it’s baseline. We’re moving our whole app behind TLS. Overdue, says literally everyone this week.