LA Times - Myanmar, rebels agree on cease-fire text

http://touch.latimes.com/#section/-1/article/p2p-83179627/

In the Zone: U.S. military, partner nations test capabilities in Eastern Pacific « Coast Guard Compass

http://coastguard.dodlive.mil/2015/03/in-the-zone-u-s-military-partner-nations-test-capabilities-in-eastern-pacific/#

A familiar concept buried in some interesting work

"build-measure-learn"; bottom of page five.

In all of one's spare time...this is a pretty interesting/exciting collection discussing how tech can enhance the role of citizenry in governance, etc.

http://nextcity.org/features/collection/technology-cities-civic-tech


* The reference is to Rear Admiral (USN ret>) Wayne E Meyer, "build a little, test a little, learn a lot". See here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wayne_E._Meyer

Introduction to the Grand Challenges for Engineering - Engineering Challenges

The global to-do list for the STEM-inclined

http://www.engineeringchallenges.org/cms/8996/9221.aspx

Increasing your margin

https://medium.com/@mariepoulin/the-big-mistake-nearly-every-designer-makes-aff96b43172c?source=reading-list

When Gentrification’s Neighborhood Name Game Runs Into True Identity – Next City

http://nextcity.org/daily/entry/new-neighborhood-name-gentrification

Measure the Shade — Beyond the Objective — Medium

The parable of the Oak is particularly useful

https://medium.com/the-smoking-gun/measure-the-shade-74cba4b982fd

33 years of progress

The quaintness of word processing in 1982

http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/1982/07/living-with-a-computer/306063/?single_page=true

Zooniverse - Real Science Online

An interesting and broad collection of crowd-sourcing efforts. Just for fun, I am looking at the oldweather.org effort

https://www.zooniverse.org/