Flipboard Tech Desk<p>Bill Gates' "Source Code," was released earlier this month — the first of three planned memoirs by the Microsoft co-founder. Here's a critical look at the book and what it reveals about his privileged start, early years in business, and the tech industry as a whole. "He is largely uncritical of his own path, only occasionally admitting he treated someone poorly. Ultimately, his book is a useful insight into the source code of the tech industry, but not always in the ways Gates likely anticipates," writes Dana McKay, Associate Dean, Interaction, Technology and Information at RMIT University, for <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://newsie.social/@TheConversationUS" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>TheConversationUS</span></a></span>. </p><p><a href="https://flip.it/nUmSDp" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">flip.it/nUmSDp</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Technology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Technology</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tech</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/TechIndustry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TechIndustry</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/BillGates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BillGates</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Microsoft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Microsoft</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/SourceCode" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SourceCode</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Books</span></a> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>bookstodon</span></a></span></p>