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I'm writing this for posterity's sake. For my own recollection. So please feel free to skip the reading of this post. Apple News+ : Given that Apple News is serving enormous amounts of traffic I have little doubt that News+ will be a big enough hit to boost Apple's Services revenue. I doubt it will be for me…
Jerod Santo: I do believe there’s a money problem in open source. If you listen to our shows you know I believe that. It’s just that in open source that problem doesn’t manifest until much later in the process. It waits until the software has matured, the value has been proven, the community has been built. Then, it…
Chris Coleman, on his 17-year-old and recently unearthed personal blog: I want my platform back. I don’t want algorithms or the cacophony to drown it out. If nobody’s going to see what I write, it’s going to be on my terms. Chris was vital part of my career though he likely doesn't know it. The first time I…
Here are some things I've seen recently: Ethical Killing: What about fish? I'm fishing again. And I am going to try to go about it as ethically as possible. Video: Shopify profiles Huit Denim – Excellent video about a small company in Wales making jeans. Strange Planet – New comic from Nathan Pyle. Polarr raises $ – I…
Black Dirt Region, New York – April 2017 The bottom of an ancient glacial lake, this region's soil is jet black. Gorgeous area.
There is a lot to love about Firefox lately (especially the last 20 or so releases) and 66 is no different. Dan Thorp-Lancaster for Windows Central: Firefox version 66 includes support for Windows Hello for web authentication, allowing you to log in to websites that support the latest FIDO2 standards for passwordless logins. Very cool and a feature…
No matter your profession, industry jargon can quickly become laden with acronyms, buzz-words, and other gibberish. I was reminded of this today when I read the abstract from this scientific paper re: mammoth cells showing some signs of activity in mouse cells. The 28,000-year-old remains of a woolly mammoth, named ‘Yuka’, were found in Siberian permafrost. Here we…
Carbondale, Pennsylvania – April 2017
I’m always pleased when my photos can be put to good use. It is why I license my photos the way that I do. A few months ago the Lackawanna County Visitors Bureau reached out and asked if they could use one of my photos (with credit) in their Spring Visitors Guide. Complete with credit Of course they…
Daniel Ek, CEO of Spotify: It’s why, after careful consideration, Spotify has filed a complaint against Apple with the European Commission (EC), the regulatory body responsible for keeping competition fair and nondiscriminatory. Good. After reading through his post and their website – especially if it all is true – they have quite a good case. I've been complaining,…
I could quote the entire piece, so I urge that you read it. Nathan Barry: Focus is where I thrive. Focus is where I get results. Focus is everything. On choosing a niche: Choosing a niche is the easiest advice to give and the hardest advice to take. When you don’t have traction, it feels like choosing a…
Brett Terpstra: The search syntax is very similar to Google’s, so if you’re familiar with that you won’t need to learn much. Obviously you can just search a bunch of words, but there are a few additional syntaxes you can use to refine results. Duck.com (as I like to call it now) is my search engine of choice…
Mark Zuckerberg published a note on Facebook last night outlining his thoughts around privacy and social networking. I find it a fascinating read for several reasons. It reads like an internal memo – or even a draft of an internal memo – in that he repeats himself (sometimes verbatim) several times within the note. The realizations he's come…
Microsoft: Today, we’re excited to announce that we are open sourcing Windows Calculator on GitHub under the MIT License. This includes the source code, build system, unit tests, and product roadmap. Our goal is to build an even better user experience in partnership with the community. We are encouraging your fresh perspectives and increased participation to help define…
One of the latest things I've been working on for Unmark is turning the app into a Progressive Web App (PWA). Among other benefits, this affords Unmark the capability of being a "Web Share Target" on Android. (Sadly, only Android for now) A Web Share Target is very similar to a feature you likely use every day and…
Don't have time to get to all of these links today? No problem. Try Unmark (I'll send you an invite if you'd like.) Also, there are tons more. Apollo-related stuff: With it being the 50th Anniversary of the Apollo program there is a slew of content surfacing this year. Here are a few things I've enjoyed and a…
Joshua Blakenship (dude has a name like a superhero doesn't he?) on 15 years of blogging and on bringing his personal blog back online: I don’t know much, but I know I miss 2004 web, personal websites, and curation that has nothing to do with algorithms. And maybe you do, too. So here we are, dusting off the…
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 Jobs' new plan for Apple in the late-90s: Apple would become “the Sony of the PC industry.” It would make computers fashionable, and it would go…
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 by 2020: And then the Mac is losing what should be its primary audience through unwanted innovations and otherwise stagnant hardware, and a failure to recognize…
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 haven't, however, taken those insights and shared them here on my blog. Nor have I done much to help promote local businesses through my blog. So…
👉 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.
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 this list.
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 – Jaws – I'm long overdue linking to this. Fantastic breakdown of Spielberg's camerawork. End of Opportunity – What a run! JP Morgan is working on JPM…
(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 sell them off (like they did with Flickr): So if Verizon thinks a property with 100 million users is better off dead than sold, think of…