Author: Colin Devroe
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Google’s AMP is a gilded cage
Terence Eden: If, like me, you made the mistake of trying out AMP on your website – you’re in a tricky position if you try to remove it. Google doesn’t like anything leaving its clutches. I appreciate nothing about AMP. In fact, I don’t click any links that use it in protest. /via Jeremy Keith.
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Make accessibility job one
Jeffrey Zeldman: One small thing designers and developers can do is to make accessibility and usability Job 1 on every project. I need to heed this advice. Thanks for the reminder Jeffrey.
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micro.blog
Manton Reece regarding the forthcoming micro.blog: Renaming a product before its official launch may not seem like a big deal, but in this case it gives the app a new importance. Just by renaming it, the app feels more ambitious. It forces me to devote more attention to it, which means saying goodbye to some…
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Sunset through pines, Lackawanna State Park – October 2016
Sunset through pines, Lackawanna State Park – October 2016
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First snow of fall 2016 – November 20 2016
First snow of fall 2016 – November 20 2016
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Fix the internet
Vicky Boykis: We are a LONG, long ways away from the destruction of the internet as a giant billboard. It takes time to turn a huge skyscraper into an gutted shell of a building, and it will take just as much time to turn our current internet from a loud, obnoxious, toxic mall, back into…
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Learning Commons, Marywood University, Scranton, PA – November 2016
Learning Commons, Marywood University, Scranton, PA – November 2016
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Aerial, Lackawanna State Park – July 2016
Aerial, Lackawanna State Park – July 2016
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Lough Caragh, Ireland – October 2011
Lough Caragh, Ireland – October 2011
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Cows in pond – July 2016
Cows in pond – July 2016
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Aerial – July 2016
Aerial – July 2016
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What I saw this week #21: November 25, 2016
Light week as I spent most of my week away from the computer. curlbuilder – A simple tool to create curl commands. Bowie by Nick Runge – A small plug for my other site. On being verified – Maria Langer writes about being verified on Twitter. Instagram updates – A few new ways to share…
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The colors of fall, Lackawanna State Park – October 2016
The colors of fall, Lackawanna State Park – October 2016
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E14: Windows 10 keyboard shortcuts, streaming video solutions, Nintendo
On Sunday Danny and I discussed learning Windows 10 keyboard shortcuts, a bit about video streaming services and the value they bring, and also a bit about Nintendo. Here are some links from this episode. http://cdevroe.com/media/audio/e14.mp3 Links: Video Windows 10 keyboard shortcuts another Windows 10 keyboard shortcut video Download MP3
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Manton Reece on AMP
Manton Reece on AMP: I want the web to be faster. Breaking links should not be part of the solution. AMP is terrible. As is any solution that changes the URL. When wap.* or m.* was "a thing" I hated that too. Now, more than ever, there is less reasons to change the URL to…
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You have to be a Norwegian Strong Man competitor to open a packet of DayQuil.
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Not too hard to slink into the Sunday vibe with a fresh coat of snow on the ground. Coffee and biscuit morning.
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Fall leaves on the forest floor, Lackawanna State Park – October 2016
Fall leaves on the forest floor, Lackawanna State Park – October 2016
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What I saw this week #20: November 19, 2016
I’ve been sick most of the week and terribly busy so this week’s links are coming a day late. Inside Apple Design – Nice video showing some of the people and the workshop behind Apple’s iconic products. Wilderness – A gorgeous, chill video from Alastair Humphreys – someone on my follow list. PhotoScan by Google…
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Sunlit ferns, Lackawanna State Park – October 2016
Sunlit ferns, Lackawanna State Park – October 2016
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Fall sunset on a dusty road – October 2016
Fall sunset on a dusty road – October 2016
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Removing the pro from Apple
John Gruber regarding Sal Soghoian being axed from Apple: If they had simply fired him, that’d be one thing, but the fact that they’ve eliminated his position is another. This is shitty news. I find this to be a profoundly worrisome turn of events for the future of the Mac. I hope I’m wrong. I…
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Lobby, TekRidge, Jessup, PA – November 2016
Lobby, TekRidge, Jessup, PA – November 2016
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The Twitter grabbag
When I signed up to Twitter over 10 years ago the site was remarkably simple and easy to use. Back then using Twitter on mobile meant crafting SMS messages using particular syntaxes like "follow username" or "d username message". It was a fantastically simple experience with huge implications on how we all communicate. Today, there…
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A tablet and a notebook in one
John Gruber: To me, an iPad in notebook mode — connected to a keyboard cover — is so much less nice than a real notebook. And the difference is more stark when compared to a great notebook, like these MacBook Pros. There are advantages to the tablet form factor, but no tablet will ever be…
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Piano man, SAGE Awards, Scranton, PA – November 2016
Piano man, SAGE Awards, Scranton, PA – November 2016
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VR is not ready in 2016
Danny Nicolas: I hope someone is hard at work making an ubiquitous snow-crash-esq VR experience that compels everyone to rush to the stores to buy VR rigs, but 2016 was not the year where VR became the big thing. It might be the next big thing, but not this year. I’ve tested a bunch of VR…
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Attending TecBridge’s Entrepreneurship Institute
On Friday I was able to pop into TecBridge’s Entrepreneurship Institute at Marywood University. It is an event designed to pull back the veil of starting, funding, branding, and generally running a company. When I arrived the panel for early stage funding was going on and the questions and answers seemed to be going pretty…
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Up through pines, Promised Land State Park – September 2016
Up through pines, Promised Land State Park – September 2016
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E13: Switching to Windows 10 and the Surface Book, and pre-orders
Danny and I have a Saturday morning conversation about my purchase of the new Microsoft Surface Book with Performance Base and switching from macOS to Windows 10. http://cdevroe.com/media/audio/e13.mp3 Links: Simplenote OneDrive and iCloud exFAT Surface Book and Surface Studio Thanks to Danny for the early wakeup. I edited this MP3 and published this post on Windows…
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Lobby, Scranton Enterprise Center – November 2016
Lobby, Scranton Enterprise Center – November 2016
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Frances Slocum Lake, Frances Slocum State Park – October 2016
Frances Slocum Lake, Frances Slocum State Park – October 2016
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Rowlands Road, Lackawanna State Park – September 2016
Rowlands Road, Lackawanna State Park – September 2016
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What I saw this week #19: November 11, 2016
Andy Baio’s Waxy – Redesigned. Long live the blog. Developers Read 1 Star Reviews – From the Úll 2016 conference. Data Studio by Google – A tool to help you add some visualizations to your data. The Old Reader – I didn’t know this was still up and running until Danny mentioned it in E12.…
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Parking garage, Scranton, PA – November 2016
Parking garage, Scranton, PA – November 2016
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Surface Book reviews
I’m keeping an extremely close eye on all things Microsoft lately. I’ve even stated, publicly, that I think if they continue on their current course they are going to be beating Apple on several fronts within half a decade. One product out of Redmond I’m watching closely is the new Surface Book. Even though today is…
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E12: The Mac, RSS feeds, Shopping, and Stranger Things
We hit our stride in this bit. Danny and I have a Sunday-evening chat about how Apple could move away from the Mac and survive, RSS feed habits, shopping for clothes (naturally) and Stranger Things. Site Danny references is Woodpile Report. http://cdevroe.com/media/audio/e12.mp3 Download MP3
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Saving cognitive load: Notes
In my line of work (mostly programming) it can be incredibly difficult to keep all of the details of what is going on in my brain. In fact, it is impossible. To save cognitive load I employ a rigorous note taking strategy that frees up my working memory and allows me to focus on singular…
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Stop worrying, hit publish
Jen Simmons, on her blog: So I have nothing much to say in this post. Or more honestly, I have so freaking much to say, I don’t know where to start. So I’m going to start here. I just need to break the silence. And get into a habit of posting. So I’m posting this.…
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Terptra’s excursions
Similar to my What I saw this week series of posts Brett Terpstra has his own Web Excursions series. He describes his series like this: Web excursions are select bookmarks from Brett’s travels around the internet. You can see them all on Pinboard. Visit the bookmarks page for previous Excursions. Pretty cool that he incorporates…
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The canopy, Lackawanna State Park – September 2016
The canopy, Lackawanna State Park – September 2016
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Tweeting for 10 years
Last week Jeremy Keith reminded me, yet again, of an anniversary I share with him. That is, we’ve now both been tweeting for 10 years. Here is my first tweet. Jeremy beat me by 6 days and only 5,000 tweets. Can you believe that back then only 5,000 tweets were sent in 6 days? These…
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What I saw this week #18: November 4, 2016
My blog scheduled was knocked off tilt this week so this post is two days later than usual. It will be back on schedule this week. Cinemagraph GIFs – Take a still from a movie and animate just a small portion of it. I’ve seen these floating around for a few years but just now…
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Empire State Building from Herald Square, New York City – November 2011
Empire State Building from Herald Square, New York City – November 2011