Claim Chowder: The Talk Show live at WWDC 2017 video
John Gruber: This year we are not going to attempt to stream live video. Instead we’re going to work hard to get edited video of the event up on the web as…
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rss.js
With all of the JSON Feed hubbub recently I thought it was interesting to read Dave Winer's post re: how he had created a JSON spec based on RSS in 2012 called…
The Daily 360
The New York Times describes The Daily 360: Times journalists around the world bring you a new 360 video every day. I've watched a few of these and they are pretty cool….
Outsourcing your online presence
Joe Cieplinski: Look, I get that I’m the nut who doesn’t want to use Facebook. I’m not even saying don’t post your stuff to Facebook. But if Facebook is the only place…
Chrome ad blocking
Sridhar Ramaswamy: We believe online ads should be better. That’s why we joined the Coalition for Better Ads, an industry group dedicated to improving online ads. The group’s recently announced Better Ads…
Coney Island Lunch, Scranton, PA – December 2016
Coney Island Lunch, Scranton, PA – December 2016
Is VR overrated?
Kristopher B. Jones, an entrepreneur from near my neck of the woods, weighs in on VR in a recent Forbes piece debating the applicability of the technology: I'm a strong believer that…
JSON Feed to Twitter using PHP
In 2009 I scrawled together a simple PHP script that tweeted links based on an RSS feed. I then updated it to support OAuth and open sourced it on GitHub. I haven't…
WWDC 2017 wish list
It has been an exciting year for developers so far. Facebook is making the camera a platform, Microsoft is making cloud computation happen with two clicks of a mouse, and Google is…
Penn Avenue Parking Garage, Scranton, PA – January 2017
Penn Avenue Parking Garage, Scranton, PA – January 2017
Pinboard acquires Delicious
Maciej Cegłowski: Do not attempt to compete with Pinboard. This is excellent. I use Unmark daily. Partly because I helped will it into existence. If I didn't use Unmark I'd use Pinboard…
The drawbacks of scheduling posts
Scheduling posts to my blog has a few drawbacks but I think the most annoying one is that the topics I write about could be out-of-date pretty quickly or the topic could…
Northern Light Espresso Bar & Cafe, Scranton, PA – January 2017
Northern Light Espresso Bar & Cafe, Scranton, PA – January 2017
Titleless posts
Dave Winer re: NetNewsWire adding support for titleless items in a RSS or JSON Feed: I got an email from NetNewsWire user Frank Leahy, requesting that I add titles to my feed…
Boardwalk Resort, Disney World, Florida – March 2017
Boardwalk Resort, Disney World, Florida – March 2017
mapmywalk
Under Armour has a free app called mapmywalk that I've been using to map hikes that I've been taking recently. I really like it. It doesn't rely on street maps but rather…
Philadelphia from across the Delaware – May 2017
Philadelphia from across the Delaware – May 2017
Aerial photos of a few wineries
In late April Eliza and I took a weekend day drive to visit some wineries in the tristate area of New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania. We wanted to visit a few…
JSON Feed WordPress plugin
Manton Reece just released the JSON Feed WordPress plugin into the WordPress directory. Making it mad easy to install and support the new spec. WP Admin → Plugins → Add New, then…
Speaking to the Social Media Gurus class at Misericordia University
Me, doing my best Neil deGrasse Tyson. Photo credit: Richard Baldovin/Misericordia University. In early April I had the privilege of speaking to the Social Media Gurus class (or COM 485) at Misericordia…
Manton Reece on JSON Feed
Manton Reece, co-author of JSON Feed, in an interview with Ben Brooks: With JSON Feed, it’s not about disrupting RSS exactly. RSS is great and widely deployed; it’s not going anywhere. But…
Slowing down my hike to see new things
I've spent a lot of time outdoors in my area. A lot. Especially when I was younger I was outside more than I was inside. And now that I'm older my main…
Alpaca. December 2016
Alpaca. December 2016
Jeremy Keith on JSON Feed
Jeremy Keith: I don’t know if syndication feeds have yet taken on their final form, but they’re the canonical example of 927ing. 🙂 See also.
John Gruber on JSON Feed
John Gruber: The DF RSS feed isn’t going anywhere, so if you’re already subscribed to it, there’s no need to switch. But JSON Feed’s spec makes it possible for me to specify…
JSON Feed
Manton Reece and Brent Simmons have created a new specification for creating feeds using JSON. They write: We — Manton Reece and Brent Simmons — have noticed that JSON has become the developers’ choice…
E16: The Dark Crystal, Netflix, Amazon and more
Danny and I sat down on Saturday afternoon to chat about a few things. Below are a few links relevant to our conversation. https://cdevroe.com/media/audio/e16.mp3 Links The Dark Crystal on Netflix trailer Netflix…
Human waste. Scranton, PA – November, 2016
Human waste. Scranton, PA – November, 2016
iOS 11 and iPad wishes from Mac Stories
Federico Viticci: We haven't seen something truly new, bold, and transformational happen on the iPad platform in nearly two years. It's time for Apple to step up their game and continue pursuing…
Flight over sunset. September 2016
Flight over sunset. – September 2016