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Longer-form posts and essays.

Writing helps me think more clearly. This archive is longer posts; quick updates now live in notes.

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Nov 23, 2016

Manton Reece on AMP

Manton Reece on AMP: I want the web to be faster. Breaking links should not be part of the solution. AMP is terrible. As is any solution that changes the URL. When wap.* or m.* was "a thing" I hated that too. Now, more than ever, there is less reasons to change the URL to load a web…

Nov 23, 2016

E14: Windows 10 keyboard shortcuts, streaming video solutions, Nintendo

On Sunday Danny and I discussed learning Windows 10 keyboard shortcuts, a bit about video streaming services and the value they bring, and also a bit about Nintendo. Here are some links from this episode. https://cdevroe.com/media/audio/e14.mp3 Links: Video Windows 10 keyboard shortcuts another Windows 10 keyboard shortcut video Download MP3

Nov 22, 2016

Attending Cropped! a rebranding competition

Last night I attended an event created by AAF NEPA to help a non-profit organization rebrand. The idea was simple; create a few teams of branding professionals from local agencies and have them compete to create the best ideas and solutions to rebranding a local non-profit company. I'll leave the details of the competition to the event page…

Nov 19, 2016

What I saw this week #20: November 19, 2016

I've been sick most of the week and terribly busy so this week's links are coming a day late. Inside Apple Design – Nice video showing some of the people and the workshop behind Apple's iconic products. Wilderness – A gorgeous, chill video from Alastair Humphreys – someone on my follow list. PhotoScan by Google – Excellent video…

Nov 17, 2016

Removing the pro from Apple

John Gruber regarding Sal Soghoian being axed from Apple: If they had simply fired him, that’d be one thing, but the fact that they’ve eliminated his position is another. This is shitty news. I find this to be a profoundly worrisome turn of events for the future of the Mac. I hope I’m wrong. I noted this on…

Nov 16, 2016

The Twitter grabbag

When I signed up to Twitter over 10 years ago the site was remarkably simple and easy to use. Back then using Twitter on mobile meant crafting SMS messages using particular syntaxes like "follow username" or "d username message". It was a fantastically simple experience with huge implications on how we all communicate. Today, there is no such…

Nov 15, 2016

VR is not ready in 2016

Danny Nicolas: I hope someone is hard at work making an ubiquitous snow-crash-esq VR experience that compels everyone to rush to the stores to buy VR rigs, but 2016 was not the year where VR became the big thing. It might be the next big thing, but not this year. I've tested a bunch of VR kits this year…

Nov 15, 2016

A tablet and a notebook in one

John Gruber: To me, an iPad in notebook mode — connected to a keyboard cover — is so much less nice than a real notebook. And the difference is more stark when compared to a great notebook, like these MacBook Pros. There are advantages to the tablet form factor, but no tablet will ever be as nice as…

Nov 14, 2016

Attending TecBridge’s Entrepreneurship Institute

On Friday I was able to pop into TecBridge's Entrepreneurship Institute at Marywood University. It is an event designed to pull back the veil of starting, funding, branding, and generally running a company. When I arrived the panel for early stage funding was going on and the questions and answers seemed to be going pretty well. If you've…

Nov 13, 2016

E13: Switching to Windows 10 and the Surface Book, and pre-orders

Danny and I have a Saturday morning conversation about my purchase of the new Microsoft Surface Book with Performance Base and switching from macOS to Windows 10. https://cdevroe.com/media/audio/e13.mp3 Links: Simplenote OneDrive and iCloud exFAT Surface Book and Surface Studio Thanks to Danny for the early wakeup. I edited this MP3 and published this post on Windows 10. Yay! Download…

Nov 11, 2016

What I saw this week #19: November 11, 2016

Andy Baio's Waxy – Redesigned. Long live the blog. Developers Read 1 Star Reviews – From the Úll 2016 conference. Data Studio by Google – A tool to help you add some visualizations to your data. The Old Reader – I didn't know this was still up and running until Danny mentioned it in E12. DHH on Tim…

Nov 11, 2016

SAGE Awards winners

NEPA Scene: The Greater Scranton Chamber of Commerce has announced the winners of the 2016 SAGE Awards, the Scranton Awards for Growth and Excellence that honor outstanding local businesses for their talent, creativity, and innovation. The winner of each award category was publicly announced at the Chamber Gala on Wednesday, Nov. 9 at The Theater at North in…