# quick link (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 3 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover quick link. Page: Feed: --- ## [Laurie Harrison retires after nearly three decades of connection and collaboration](https://its.utoronto.ca/laurie-harrison-retires-after-nearly-three-decades-of-connection-and-collaboration/) _2026-07-27 · Jacqueline Tong · Information Technology Services – University of Toronto_ After nearly three decades at the University of Toronto, Laurie Harrison, Director of Digital Learning, Innovation and Engagement, will retire on July 31, 2026, bringing a career centred on collaboration, innovation and community-building to a close. The post Laurie Harrison retires after nearly three decades of connection and collaboration appeared first on Information Technology Services -… ## [Wireless certificate update](https://its.utoronto.ca/wireless-certificate-update-2026/) _2026-07-23 · Jacqueline Tong · Information Technology Services – University of Toronto_ Information Technology Services will perform a wireless certificate update on Monday, Aug. 24 at 8 a.m. This update is performed to ensure the University of Toronto’s tri-campus wireless system remains \[…\] The post Wireless certificate update appeared first on Information Technology Services - University of Toronto . ## [U of T partnership with Cohere sets the stage for responsible AI adoption at scale](https://its.utoronto.ca/uoft-partnership-cohere-sets-stage-responsible-ai-adoption-at-scale/) _2026-07-16 · Jacqueline Tong · Information Technology Services – University of Toronto_ The cutting-edge AI technology developed by Cohere, founded by former U of T students, will enable secure, human-centred, made-in-Canada AI at the university. The post U of T partnership with Cohere sets the stage for responsible AI adoption at scale appeared first on Information Technology Services - University of Toronto . ## [Upcoming changes to U of T sign-ins](https://its.utoronto.ca/upcoming-changes-to-u-of-t-sign-ins/) _2026-07-09 · Jacqueline Tong · Information Technology Services – University of Toronto_ Beginning Aug. 7, U of T sign-ins will include UTORMFA Verified Push and no longer offer the Keep me signed in option for Microsoft 365 applications. The post Upcoming changes to U of T sign-ins appeared first on Information Technology Services - University of Toronto . ## [Quick Links for Devs: Week 28, 2026](https://jacobedawson.com/quick-links-for-devs-week-28-2026) _2026-07-06 · Jacob E. Dawson_ Build and ship Mac and iOS apps without ever opening Xcode, using XcodeGen and terminal scripts ## [The Line of Perfect](https://jacobedawson.com/the-line-of-perfect) _2026-07-03 · Jacob E. Dawson_ Moving the goalposts as AI improves and we travel into the unknown ## [Quick Links for Devs: Week 27, 2026](https://jacobedawson.com/quick-links-for-devs-week-27-2026) _2026-06-29 · Jacob E. Dawson_ Tokenmaxxing was deliberate, Claude Sonnet 5 narrows the Opus gap, Tyler Cowen on who wins and loses, AI diagnosis vs fixes, and Qwen 3.6 makes local dev practical ## [Setting Up Mem0 OSS Memory for Hermes Agent](https://jacobedawson.com/setting-up-mem0-oss-memory-for-hermes-agent) _2026-06-29 · Jacob E. Dawson_ Adding self-hosted Mem0 memory to Hermes Agent with pgvector and Ollama, plus the footguns I hit along the way ## [How I Set Up Hermes Agent on a Hetzner VPS](https://jacobedawson.com/setting-up-hermes-agent-on-hetzner) _2026-06-28 · Jacob E. Dawson_ A walkthrough of setting up Nous Research's Hermes Agent on a Hetzner CX23 box — OpenRouter, Telegram gateway, Obsidian sync, cron jobs, and the skills that make it feel like home ## [Quick Links for Devs: Week 26, 2026](https://jacobedawson.com/quick-links-for-devs-week-26-2026) _2026-06-22 · Jacob E. Dawson_ GPT-5.6 lands with a government gate, open-weight models undercut frontier labs by 50x, why even the rich won't survive AI, and why your font-family stack is probably wrong ## [Reach prospects with real signals (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/ABLwptOg03KH) _2026-06-21 · **Sponsored**_ Find prospects talking about your problem and get context-backed moments to engage ## [Announcing Kate Giovacchini, Executive Director of Digital Transformation, AI](https://its.utoronto.ca/announcing-kate-giovacchini-executive-director-of-digital-transformation-ai/) _2026-05-20 · Jacqueline Tong · Information Technology Services – University of Toronto_ Office of the Chief Information Officer Donna K. Kidwell CIO Information Technology Services, University of Toronto We are excited that Kate has joined U of T as of May 1, \[…\] The post Announcing Kate Giovacchini, Executive Director of Digital Transformation, AI appeared first on Information Technology Services - University of Toronto . ## [5 Quick Links for Devs: Week 20, 2026](https://jacobedawson.com/5-quick-links-for-devs-week-20-2026) _2026-05-11 · Jacob E. Dawson_ Saying goodbye to Tailwind, a 7-line programming language and TanStack plays compromise bingo ## [5 Quick Links for Devs: Week 19, 2026](https://jacobedawson.com/5-quick-links-for-devs-week-19-2026) _2026-05-04 · Jacob E. Dawson_ The silent information we pass on the net, a history of vi, and just use Go man ## [5 Quick Links for Devs: Week 18, 2026](https://jacobedawson.com/5-quick-links-for-devs-week-18-2026) _2026-04-29 · Jacob E. Dawson_ Github's demise, the societal effects of AI, and how we process the rich sludge that powers the globe ## [Read the 2025 IT@UofT Annual Report](https://its.utoronto.ca/ituoft-annual-report-2025-link/) _2026-04-27 · Jacqueline Tong · Information Technology Services – University of Toronto_ The post Read the 2025 IT@UofT Annual Report appeared first on Information Technology Services - University of Toronto . ## [Progress report: Phase 2 of Tech Alignment Task Force is “our strongest learning phase”](https://its.utoronto.ca/progress-report-phase-2-of-tech-alignment-task-force/) _2026-04-22 · Jacqueline Tong · Information Technology Services – University of Toronto_ Tech Alignment Task Force: A year-long sprint University of Toronto • October 2025 – September 2026 Phase 1 Oct. 2025 – Jan. 2026 Current-state assessment + early opportunity mapping Phase \[…\] The post Progress report: Phase 2 of Tech Alignment Task Force is “our strongest learning phase” appeared first on Information Technology Services - University of Toronto . ## [5 Quick Links for Devs: Week 17, 2026](https://jacobedawson.com/5-quick-links-for-devs-week-17-2026) _2026-04-20 · Jacob E. Dawson_ Claude degrades, don't outsource your thinking, and a lovely bit of concrete ## [ITS staff receive Long Service Awards for 25+ years of service](https://its.utoronto.ca/long-service-awards-2026/) _2026-04-16 · Kim Wells · Information Technology Services – University of Toronto_ The people who make up Information Technology Services each carry a piece of the University of Toronto’s technological history. Together, their stories reflect how deeply technology is woven into the \[…\] The post ITS staff receive Long Service Awards for 25+ years of service appeared first on Information Technology Services - University of Toronto . ## [5 Quick Links for Devs: Week 16, 2026](https://jacobedawson.com/5-quick-links-for-devs-week-16-2026) _2026-04-13 · Jacob E. Dawson_ Programming still sucks, OS rocks, Claude loses some lustre ## [IT@UofT takes to the ice for the fourth annual hockey game & free skate!](https://its.utoronto.ca/2026-hockey-and-skate-recap/) _2026-04-09 · Kim Wells · Information Technology Services – University of Toronto_ On March 25, more than 100 people filled the stands at the University of Toronto’s Varsity Arena to rally behind colleagues for the fourth annual IT@UofT hockey game — a \[…\] The post IT@UofT takes to the ice for the fourth annual hockey game & free skate! appeared first on Information Technology Services - University of Toronto . ## [Open-source Screen Sharing with Control (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/qsrBqZ0SNKam) _2026-04-09 · **Sponsored**_ WebRTC screen sharing with simultaneous mouse & keyboard control; viewers join in browser. ## [5 Quick Links for Devs: Week 15, 2026](https://jacobedawson.com/5-quick-links-for-devs-week-15-2026) _2026-04-07 · Jacob E. Dawson_ The perils of laziness lost, Mythos or myth, and can you put OS X on a Wii? ## [5 Quick Links for Devs: Week 14, 2026](https://jacobedawson.com/5-quick-links-for-devs-week-14-2026) _2026-04-02 · Jacob E. Dawson_ Gemma 4 rocks, Claude open source leaked, and the machines will be fine, but what about us? ## [5 Quick Links for Devs: Week 13, 2026](https://jacobedawson.com/5-quick-links-for-devs-week-13-2026) _2026-03-26 · Jacob E. Dawson_ TypeScript 6 drops, how to slow down when everything is speeding up, Auto Mode for Claude and a new take on version control ## [TechKnowFile 2026: Building Tomorrow Together – Q&A with Marden Paul](https://its.utoronto.ca/tkf-2026-qa-marden-paul/) _2026-03-24 · Kim Wells · Information Technology Services – University of Toronto_ How do you collaborate across several departments to launch a centralized onboarding solution? How do you create an institution-wide hub designed to support responsible, secure and human-centred AI adoption? Where \[…\] The post TechKnowFile 2026: Building Tomorrow Together – Q&A with Marden Paul appeared first on Information Technology Services - University of Toronto . ## [5 Quick Links for Devs: Week 12, 2026](https://jacobedawson.com/5-quick-links-for-devs-week-12-2026) _2026-03-17 · Jacob E. Dawson_ We still need to code, LLM fatigue is upon us, maybe you don't need semicolons, and JS is still bloated! ## [5 Quick Links for Devs: Week 11, 2026](https://jacobedawson.com/5-quick-links-for-devs-week-11-2026) _2026-03-11 · Jacob E. Dawson_ A little dash of AI and a few updates from the world of Vim! ## [5 Quick Links for Devs: Week 10, 2026](https://jacobedawson.com/5-quick-links-for-devs-week-10-2026) _2026-03-04 · Jacob E. Dawson_ GPT 5.4 releases, who reviews the reviewers, and making a button in 2026 ## [5 Quick Links for Devs: Week 9, 2026](https://jacobedawson.com/5-quick-links-for-devs-week-9-2026) _2026-02-25 · Jacob E. Dawson_ Tinkering on family dashboards, LLMs debating each other, and why writing code is cheap now ## [5 Quick Links for Devs: Week 8, 2026](https://jacobedawson.com/5-quick-links-for-devs-week-8-2026) _2026-02-20 · Jacob E. Dawson_ Some delicious split keyboards, another day another frontier LLM release, and a sprinkling of CSS ## [5 Quick Links for Devs: Week 7, 2026](https://jacobedawson.com/5-quick-links-for-devs-week-7-2026) _2026-02-13 · Jacob E. Dawson_ The overwhelming complexity of everything, another IDE I will eventually try again, and new models from Google & OpenAI ## [Stop CI/CD & Supply-Chain Attacks (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/7EnkG6aGIULH) _2026-02-12 · **Sponsored**_ Per-PR: 17 CI/CD checks and package malware scans with inline Check Run findings. ## [Curiosity required](https://harukizaemon.com/posts/2024/11/19/curiosity-required/) _2024-11-19 · Simon Harris · haruki zaemon_ Genuine curiosity is crucial to helping people understand their own barriers to change. Fiume Bacchiglione, Padua, Veneto, Italy. I am reminded day after day how important it is to remain ruthlessly curious. Smart, capable people will either solve problems for themselves, realise they don’t know how, or realise they do know how but the environment is causing them to not do anything about it. This… ## [Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick](https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/afa2e754-9035-4f8e-a8e8-d654d78ebd0d) _2024-11-16 · Simon Harris · haruki zaemon_ Rating: ★★★★ I read Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? when I was a kid (c. 1982) and loved it. Not long after, I watched Blade Runner in the theatre (as was the fashion at the time) and loved that too. More recently we watched Blade Runner 2049 as a family which I also enjoyed, but certainly not as much as my memory of the original. Re-reading the book for the first time in over 40 years, I… ## [Machine Learning: New and Collected Stories by Hugh Howey](https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/bcc60119-afa1-4ec1-adad-2b138c52ef7f) _2024-11-16 · Simon Harris · haruki zaemon_ Rating: ★ I’d been searching for a new sci-fi book to read and, having really enjoyed The Wool series, I thought I’d give Machine Learning by Hugh Howey a go. Sadly, I did not enjoy the book overall. On a positive note, I did appreciate the author notes at the end of each story. I’m coming to appreciate that I am not a fan of first-person narratives, nor short stories. Definitely not first-person… ## [The Odyssey by Homer — Translated by Emily Wilson](https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/3257c67c-dc13-45a0-8da9-e9d60961d5cc) _2024-10-15 · Simon Harris · haruki zaemon_ Rating: ★★★★★ Maintaining the iambic pentameter of the original, as well as the number of lines, this English translation totally worked for me. What more can I say? I’m certainly not about to review the story itself! Link: app.thestorygraph.com/books/3257c67c-dc13-45a0-8da9-e9d60961d5cc ## [The Four Tendencies: The Indispensable Personality Profiles That Reveal How to Make Your Life Better by Gretchen Rubin](https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/50b533a1-4d24-4853-b296-95b2441cc577) _2024-10-13 · Simon Harris · haruki zaemon_ Rating: ★ About as compelling as a horoscope. I never made it past chapter 2. Link: app.thestorygraph.com/books/50b533a1-4d24-4853-b296-95b2441cc577 ## [Seven quick links for Sunday morning](https://harukizaemon.com/links/2024/09/29/quick-links-morning/) _2024-09-29 · Simon Harris · haruki zaemon_ Graphics, governance, gibberish, galactic, garbage, growth, and glitchy. I Tried Simulating The Entire Ocean. I’m pretty much never going to need to do this (and let’s face it, the math is beyond me anyway) but I love watching the way people solve these kinds of scaling problems. I think it’s also super important to show new developers (like my kids) how the creative process is iterative, with… ## [The Island of Dr. Moreau by H.G. Wells](https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/56482070-9579-4185-ba8d-2a8234d1af69) _2024-09-29 · Simon Harris · haruki zaemon_ Rating: ★★★ I watched the Marlon Brando and Val Kilmer movie in 1996 and remember almost nothing of it. I’m not sure if that helped or hindered my enjoyment of the book. I enjoyed the book for what it is. “A good example of that sort of thing” as they say. It’s a relatively quick read with what I imagine were shocking science fiction themes in 1896. If late 19th century colonialism is your thing,… ## [The Mercy of Gods by James S.A. Corey](https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/14ee236c-66ff-43a6-a8f8-7bb2b5ca6dc5) _2024-09-29 · Simon Harris · haruki zaemon_ Rating: ★★★★★ Who knew they had another book series? Apparently, everyone but me. The Mercy of Gods is the first book of The Captive’s War trilogy and brings with it a whole new world building journey. I’ll admit it took me a few chapters to get over this realisation but by the end, I was absolutely hooked, and a little sad that I’ll now have to wait for the next installment. I can only imagine… ## [Transformed: Moving to the Product Operating Model by Marty Cagan](https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/999b48bc-9d1f-4f03-b0b9-889d49941a94) _2024-09-28 · Simon Harris · haruki zaemon_ Rating: ★★★★ Transformed is the book I wish Marty et al. had written first. At the very least, the book I wish I’d read first. It’s definitely the book I think most executives and leaders should read first if they are wanting to switch to the product operating model. Marty explains what it really means to make the shift away from the IT operating model, the challenges, the mistakes, the benefits.… ## [WIP Induced Powerlessness](https://harukizaemon.com/posts/2024/09/28/wip-induced-powerlessness/) _2024-09-28 · Simon Harris · haruki zaemon_ Effectively managing work in progress is crucial for fostering a healthy, empowering work environment where employees feel in control, engaged, and connected. Stone walkway, South Harbour, Helsinki, Finland. Managing work in progress (WIP) is not just about optimising operational efficiency; it’s also about fostering a healthy and empowering work environment: When there is too much WIP, people… ## [Nine quick links for Sunday afternoon](https://harukizaemon.com/links/2024/09/08/quick-links-afternoon/) _2024-09-08 · Simon Harris · haruki zaemon_ Font, forensic, fiefdoms, facilitation, freeloaders, frustration, focus, flavours, and fellowship. Departure Mono. A monospaced pixel font created by Helena Zhang , and inspired by early command-line and graphical user interfaces. Newly Discovered Antibody Protects Against All COVID-19 Variants. A study led by The University of Texas at Austin has identified SC27, an antibody capable of… ## [Six quick links for Monday evening](https://harukizaemon.com/links/2024/09/02/quick-links-evening/) _2024-09-02 · Simon Harris · haruki zaemon_ Enlightened, encoded, exploited, entitled, entropic, and epistemic. Capt. Grace Hopper on Future Possibilities: Data, Hardware, Software, and People. 1982! I was 10 and Grace Hopper was more insightful about information technology in general than most people today. Smart, funny, and can talk coherently for hours without notes. Part one ( of two ). The secret inside One Million Checkboxes. Someone… ## [Eight quick links for Sunday morning](https://harukizaemon.com/links/2024/08/25/quick-links-morning/) _2024-08-25 · Simon Harris · haruki zaemon_ Deception, desire, dichotomy, demotion, debt, dullards, descendants, and democracy. Cath Virginia / The Verge, Stuart Franklin No one’s ready for this. From here on in, all photos are fake unless proven otherwise. On body count. People in medieval times had and enjoyed sex, and discussed and found the topic as challenging as we do today. Exceptions & Rules. I thought this nicely encapsulated some… ## [Seven quick links for Saturday afternoon](https://harukizaemon.com/links/2024/08/24/quick-links-afternoon/) _2024-08-24 · Simon Harris · haruki zaemon_ Condiments, communication, crying, creating, cracking, casting, and charting. The quintessential Cantonese condiment - Fried Dace with Black Bean. I absolutely love this stuff with fried rice (seriously, I want some now just writing about it), and I found the history of it fascinating (via Adrianna Tan ). From Bike Rides to Boardrooms: The Evolution of Managing Up. It’s easy to be cynical but…