Corn – October 2017
Corn – October 2017
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iOS shelf apps
Des Paroz: One of the great things about iOS 11 is the multitasking capability, and with it the emergence of so-called ‘shelf’ apps. I had never heard of the term "shelf apps"…
Rob Weychert reflects on 10 years of tweeting
Rob Weychert, reflecting on 10 years of Twitter usage, and the next 10: I don’t know how the positive experiences I’ve had with Twitter stack up against the harm it’s caused, and…
Prompton Dam, Prompton State Park – October 2017
Prompton Dam, Prompton State Park – October 2017
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…
Cedar Ave. Scranton, PA – September 2017
Cedar Ave. Scranton, PA – September 2017
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”.
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.
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…
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…
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…
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…
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,…
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.
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…
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…
Mike Monteiro on Twitter
Mike Monteiro on Medium on Twitter: Twitter today is a cesspool of hate. A plague of frogs. Ten years ago, a group of white dudes baked the DNA of the platform without…
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….
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…
It is a beautiful fall day for apple picking and apple cider donuts.
IBEROSTAR Playa Mita, Mexico – September 2017
IBEROSTAR Playa Mita, Mexico – September 2017
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…
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….
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…
Lens-flare – September 2017
Lens-flare – September 2017
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…
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…
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…
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….
Jason Snell on Twitterrific for Mac
Jason Snell: I started using Twitter because of Twitterrific for Mac. When the Iconfactory first released the app, I signed up for a Twitter account and started chatting with my friends. That…