The Sony of the PC industry
Jessica Williams (presumably no relation to whom this post is about) writing for Times News regarding Jeff Williams, COO of Apple, speaking to students and faculty at Elon University , regarding Steve…
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An interview with Ryan Hertel of Socialocca
I've devoted a lot of my time and effort in trying to help local entrepreneurs through advising, attending meetups, and being an active part of the local tech and business communities. I…
The Mac is turning less Pro
skywhopper, on Hacker News, commenting on a thread relating to Mark Gurman's scoop on Apple's (supposed) plan to have apps running on iOS and macOS using the same (or, similar) code bases…
Repost: Pete Brown on Medium
👉 Pete Brown: It is always so disappointing when I discover a site that seem interesting and I want to follow it, and then I find out it is on Medium.
Don’t get clever with login forms
Brad Frost: As time goes on I find myself increasingly annoyed with login forms. Excellent suggestions for designing simple, usable login forms. I've made a note to double-check anything I make with…
What I saw this week #56 – February 15, 2019
See more in this series. Gravitational Waves – A New Era of Astronomy Begins – Brian Greene hosted a panel about the monumental discovery. Amazing work. The Discarded Image: Episode 01 -…
Large companies aren’t good homes for beloved services
(I had no idea what to title this post.) Peter Kafka, reporting for Recode earlier this year, re: Verizon shuttering relatively large services they've purchased over the years rather than "bothering" to…
Fred Wilson on AVC becoming an email newsletter
Fred Wilson, in a post where he contemplates his blog becoming an email newsletter to reduce his technical debt in running a blog: Many AVC readers don’t bother with any of that…
What I saw this week #55 – February 8, 2018
I want to be regular with this series. I do. I've just been busy. Sorry. Here are some links that you might find interesting. I did. The HU – Mongolian Heavy Metal…
Sweden’s leave policy
Maddy Savage, BBC Capital, re: Sweden's leave policy: For the last two decades, full-time workers with permanent jobs have had the right to take a six-month leave of absence to launch a…
A new interview with Manton Reece of Micro.blog for 2019
Last year, around this time, I published an interview with Manton Reece – founder of Micro.blog (M.b) – about how the platform was growing and what the goals for 2018 were. It…
Sunset out the passenger window – January 2019
Sunset out the passenger window – January 2019
Licensing my images
(If I sent you to this page, it is likely because you're in violation of my license. Please read.) For the last few years my photos have been licensed as attribution only…
Baremetrics left Medium last year
Josh Pigford, last year, on leaving Baremetrics leaving Medium: I realized Medium is really great about surfacing content, but it removes the face of it. It neutralizes all content to basically be…
Noah Read on China
Noah Read recently visited China. His post has some lovely photos and great first-hand insights. I like this bit: The trade war, debate over the gravity of China’s economic slowdown, currency manipulation,…
Is Instagram about to plummet?
When Instagram first started to hit popularity – long after their failed attempt at being a check-in service – the app was all about photo filters. Anyone could snap a photo with…
Twitter isn’t going anywhere
Stephen Hackett, at 512 Pixels: Regardless of all of that, I think it’s clear the leadership at Twitter has no idea what they are doing, and I think the network’s time is…
Responses to RSS isn’t dead. Subscribing is alive.
There were a number of responses to RSS isn't dead. Subscribing is alive. Partly due to being on Micro.blog Discover and perhaps also due to Brent Simmons linking to it (thanks Brent!)….
RSS is not dead. Subscribing is alive.
Sinclair Target, writing for Motherboard: Today, RSS is not dead. But neither is it anywhere near as popular as it once was. This isn't the first nor the last article to cover…
Signal v Noise exits Medium
DHH: These days Medium is focused on their membership offering, though. Trying to aggregate writing from many sources and sell a broad subscription on top of that. And it’s a neat model,…
Dialog out of beta
Mike Haynes: We appreciate everyone’s patience as we worked through the development process and look forward to hearing your thoughts and feedback. Mike may see the development and launch of Dialog as…
What I saw this week #54: January 11, 2019
Here are a few things that came across my desk this week Yo-Yo Ma on Song Exploder – I really enjoyed this episode of what is always a fantastic podcast. Cocaine Hippos…
Observations on the Dell XPS 13\” laptop
For the past 10 months my daily work computer has been the Dell XPS 13" 9370 white & rose gold laptop. Overall the experience with this hardware has been positive and most…
Repost: Anton Peck on blogging in 2019
👉 Anton Peck on Twitter: Prediction: 2019 will be a noticable shift back to blogging. Social networks may see a slight hit. People have things to say, ideas to write about, stories…
The Berthe Morisot exhibit, Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia – January 2019
The Berthe Morisot exhibit, Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia – January 2019 Seeing this post from Kottke spurred me to invite my Dad and a friend to quickly drive to Philadelphia to see this…
Annie Mueller on the merits of the mundane
Annie Mueller: Maintenance tasks—like washing the dishes, folding the clothes—not only keep the basics of life functioning, but they also honor life itself. We are not too good for any of this….
Finger Lakes – December 2018
Finger Lakes – December 2018 Eliza and I and a few friends rented an Airbnb on Cayuga Lake in New York. We then bounced between the eastern and western shores of Seneca…
Frank Meeuwsen on What he doesn’t know
Fellow Dutchman Frank Meeuwsen, replying to my carpenter illustration in my What I don't know post (translated by Google Translate): I immediately thought of a conversation I had with the electrician a…
Ton Zijlstra linking curiosity to his blogging
Ton Zijlstra, replying to Frank Meeuwsen's post that was replying to my post, took a different angle: Over the last 16 years my blog has been a good instrument to trigger, feed…
What I saw this week #53 – January 4, 2019
I'm bringing back my What I saw this week series of posts for 2019. Likely to be published on Fridays. The Julie/Julia Project archive via the Way Back Machine – After re-watching…