Blog
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Creating Summit: The current summit view
This post is the first in a series of posts about my experience building and designing Summit. This post focuses on just one view within the application; the current summit view. The idea for Summit came nearly 4 years ago as far as I can tell. I’ve hunted around for scraps of paper, digital notes, […]
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Cedar Ave. Scranton, PA – September 2017
Cedar Ave. Scranton, PA – September 2017
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Repost: Daman Rangoola on Twitter
👉 Daman Rangoola: Random iOS 11 bug: type 1+2+3 quickly in the stock calculator app, see what happens. Bet it won’t say “6”.
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Apple picking – October 2017
Apple picking – October 2017 Eliza and I did some apple picking last weekend. We ate as many as we could while picking and then she made apple butter with our take.
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Attending October’s NEPA.js meet up
On Tuesday, October 10 I attended October’s NEPA.js meet up. John George of NEPA Web Solutions was this month’s presenter and his topic was Bitcoin and the Blockchain: Democratizing How We Exchange Value. I believe all members of NEPA.js would agree, John’s presentation was arguably the best presentation the meet up group has had to-date. […]
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First week of the NBA season has been pretty dramatic. I like it.
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Developers, Let me tell you about Microsoft (audio)
I’ve been writing about Microsoft’s moves for the last three years. This week everything has come together and I’ve been writing my first multi-platform application using C# and Visual Studio. In this long rant I go on and on about how Microsoft needs to spread the word about what they are up to. Links for […]
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GeekWire Summit: Satya Nadella, CEO, Microsoft
Satya Nadella in a video interview on YouTube at GeekWire Summit: By the way, all of these efforts didn’t started three-and-a-half years ago. It was Bill [Gates] who started MSR and Steve [Ballmer] who started our cloud push. A sprawling, candid interview with someone who may end up being Microsoft’s best CEO. I love that […]
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Be a social developer
Dwayne Hinterlang on CodePen: What if I told you there are even ways to connect with like minded people in person? Whether it’s quickly learning something for the first time, discussions of discoveries, pulling all nighters to breath life into an idea or even devoting yourself to achieving mastery! We can do them together. Online […]
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SOLO
Ron Howard: Hey #Twitterville we just wrapped production so here’s a special message #StarWars Follow the link for his video. Cute. Howard seems to be having a ton of fun with this, which I think is great given the circumstances he walked into. I also think the name is great. It is what Jabba calls […]
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Listening to Manton’s 70th episode of Timetable. I like the "out and about" feel of it. It is similar to what I like to record for my audio bits.
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ESO observes kilonovae
European Southern Observatory: ESO’s fleet of telescopes in Chile have detected the first visible counterpart to a gravitational wave source. These historic observations suggest that this unique object is the result of the merger of two neutron stars. The cataclysmic aftermaths of this kind of merger — long-predicted events called kilonovae — disperse heavy elements […]
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Micro.blog for Mac beta
Micro.blog: Mac users can use the native Micro.blog for Mac app. It’s a free download and supports most of the same features as the iOS version. You can see a short video of it on Manton’s blog. You’ll even notice a rather handsome avatar make an appearance. Unfortunately I cannot give this a spin yet […]
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Rebuilding Slack.com
Mina Markham: In August, we released a major redesign of slack.com, and we want to give you a peek behind-the-scenes. She goes on to show tons of details on their latest redesign. There are several bits I found interesting such as their attention to accessibility, how they handle fall backs for IE11, and how they […]
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Self-driving car accidents (because, humans)
Ryan Beene for The Seattle Times: What they’ve found is that while the public may most fear a marauding vehicle without a driver behind the wheel, the reality is that the vehicles are overly cautious. They creep out from stop signs after coming to a complete stop and mostly obey the letter of the law […]
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It is a beautiful fall day for apple picking and apple cider donuts.
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IBEROSTAR Playa Mita, Mexico – September 2017
IBEROSTAR Playa Mita, Mexico – September 2017
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The Giving Tree Wellness Center, Penn Avenue, Scranton, Pa – September 2017
The Giving Tree Wellness Center, Penn Avenue, Scranton, Pa – September 2017 In September Mark Keith and I poked our heads into this brand-new business in Downtown Scranton. They have a nice spot (and sensory deprivation chambers).
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Smartify
Smartify: Smartify is a free app that allows you to scan and identify artworks, access rich interpretation and build a personal art collection in some of the world’s best museums and galleries. Gunseli Yalcinkaya, writing for Dezeen, calls it "a Shazam for the art world". This is cool. Can’t wait to try it out. /via […]
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Dan Moren on Movies Anywhere
Dan Moren, for Six Colors: Dare I say, this seems like an indication that Hollywood is finally “getting it” where digital film purchases are concerned. Then again, with the continued encroachment of streaming, digital rentals, and peak TV, maybe they just got desperate. Six Colors being a publication that knows how to use the internet […]
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Lens-flare – September 2017
Lens-flare – September 2017
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No link? Boycott.
I’ve put up with this for far too long. And I’m not going to any more. Publications that have the habit of linking only to their own web sites rather than to the subject of their articles will no longer get any traffic from me on any device. In fact, I’m going to go so […]
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Spotify’s Discover Weekly Playlist
Sophia Ciocca: This Monday — just like every Monday— over 100 million Spotify users found a fresh new playlist waiting for them. It’s a custom mixtape of 30 songs they’ve never listened to before but will probably love. It’s called Discover Weekly, and it’s pretty much magic. I’ve mentioned Spotify’s playlists before. They are incredible. They are […]
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What’s new in WSL in Windows 10
Tara Raj for Microsoft: We’ve been documenting many of these new features and improvements on this blog over the last few months, but we’ve often been asked for a single document listing all the new improvements, and with FCU (version 1709, build 16299.15) shipping on October 17th 2017, we thought it was time to publish a […]
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Oculus announcements galore
Be sure to check out the Oculus blog as they’ve announced a slew of new things. I’m still going through them all and will be sifting through it over the coming days. But, at first glance, I’m really excited to see this category of product move forward. Here are the highlights for me (though there […]
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Attending the Northeastern Pennsylvania Philharmonic: The Music of John Williams (audio)
This past weekend Eliza and I attended an orchestral presentation by the NEPA Philharmonic that featured musical scores composed by John Williams – my favorite score composer. Forgive the audio quality, the fact that I forgot to record more than I did, and that at the end I yell "it’s all over" so fast that […]
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Northeastern Pennsylvania Philharmonic – October 2017
Northeastern Pennsylvania Philharmonic – October 2017 So much fun.
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SnapThread
SnapThread by Becky Hansmeyer: Portrait video compilations made easy—that’s what SnapThread is all about. Like SnapChat without the network. I’ve long held that SnapChat and Instagram have the best UIs but it is a shame they aren’t just an app. Apple tried to solve this with Clips but that is only square-crop. This app could […]
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The Apple Watch is less obtrusive than a phone
Jeremy Keith: I’m always shocked when I’m out and about with someone who has their phone set up to notify them of any activity—a mention on Twitter, a comment on Instagram, or worst of all, an email. The thought of receiving a notification upon receipt of an email gives me the shivers. Me too. I […]
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Required reading
The first time I linked to Colin Walker, which was only about 4 months ago, it was because he was fiddling with his blog, trying to come up with the right way to display his content for him and his audience. It is a topic that has fascinated me for 20 years and to see […]
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Lackawanna Lake – October 2017
Lackawanna Lake – October 2017
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Keystone Observatory from above – September 2017
Keystone Observatory from above – September 2017
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Microsoft releases Edge on iOS and Android
Joe Belfiore: Introducing Microsoft Edge for iOS/Android and Microsoft Launcher for Android, two apps designed to make it easy to move what you’re working on between your phone and PC. Great move. Likely tons of Surface users that also have iPhones and definitely have Android devices. The Launcher is an interesting move. I’m anxious to […]
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The Weekly Index, extending the Bullet Journal (audio)
Recorded October 1, 2017. Eliza and I have extended the Bullet Journal to include a Weekly Index – a two-page spread showing the entire week in one snapshot. It has been working for us for several months. Download.
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Ryan Lau on iOS 11’s inconsistencies
Ryan Lau: The unfinished feeling in iOS 11 mostly comes from UI and animation. UI elements in iOS are quite inconsistent, mixing a variety of UI elements, which might look quite similar but introduce a disconnected feeling for UX. The inconsistency of those elements majorly stems from those UI element updated in iOS 11, such […]
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Benmarl Winery, Marlboro, New York – September 2017
Benmarl Winery, Marlboro, New York – September 2017 It was a gorgeous September day to enjoy a bottle of wine overlooking the Hudson Valley. See also.
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Mike Davidson on Newsvine
Mike Davidson: Today, the creation I am most proud to have brought into the world disappeared from the internet. It is easy for people to say "well, this is why you don’t sell your company!" but people make the decision they think is best at the time. Some do get rich and yet regret selling. […]
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Scott McNulty’s 31 TNG posts
Scott McNulty: To celebrate the 30th anniversay of a show that has had a large impact on my life I’m going to write a TNG related blog post every day this month. Why? Why not! TNG being Star Trek: The Next Generation. Let’s see if he keeps it up. I’m rooting for him.
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Slow down and listen (audio)
Recorded October 1, 2017. Slowing down and listening helps you to really soak in your surroundings. See also. And maybe this too. Download.
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Browser struggle
In the opening scene of It Might Get Loud, Jack White fashions himself an instrument from a single guitar string, a glass Coke bottle, a piece of wood, and a few nails. He goes on to describe how he appreciates an instrument that he has to physically struggle with in order to force it to […]
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Clark Telescope, Keystone Observatory – September 2017
Clark Telescope, Keystone Observatory – September 2017
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Dave Mark on Apple Music
Dave Mark, writing for The Loop: To me, the biggest issue with Apple Music is the depth of the user experience. For example, with For You, the on-boarding is primitive, at best. I never felt steered towards my deepest musical tastes. And as I listened to music, even as I diligently favorited my best loved […]
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Kip Thorne wins the Nobel
Nobel Media AB: On 14 September 2015, the universe’s gravitational waves were observed for the very first time. The waves, which were predicted by Albert Einstein a hundred years ago, came from a collision between two black holes. It took 1.3 billion years for the waves to arrive at the LIGO detector in the USA. […]
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Snap Art
Josh Constine for TechCrunch: Snapchat plans to launch a new augmented reality art platform featuring pop artist Jeff Koons and others. It will allow art to be pinned to specific locations in augmented reality so users can see it when they hold up their phones in the right spot. Snapchat will solicit sign-ups from artists […]
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Finished Contact by Carl Sagan in audio book narrated by Jodie Foster. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ It was excellent. I love the movie but it makes me wish for the π part in the book to have been in the movie.
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Newburgh Brewing Company, Newburgh New York – September 2017
Newburgh Brewing Company, Newburgh New York – September 2017 Recommended. Great brews, space, branding, view.
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Palm, Bahía de Banderas, Mexico – August 2017
Palm, Bahía de Banderas, Mexico – August 2017
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