Blogging is back
I’m loving loving loving this. Andy Baio: So I think I‘ll try doing the same thing here. In the early days of Waxy.org, before I launched the linkblog, I used to blog…
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Five ways to learn more about wine
Wine Library: Without fail, one of the greatest ‘hands-on’ approaches to learning about wine, spirits (or brews for that matter), is to coordinate a guided tour while enjoying the spoils that come…
Galaxy NGC 7331
Mike Hankey: Here’s the first astrophoto I’ve published since the spring. This is a spiral galaxy called NGC 7331 and its located approximately 40 million light-years away from Earth. This galaxy is…
Google Inbox
Google, yesterday: Today, we’re introducing something new. It’s called Inbox. Years in the making, Inbox is by the same people who brought you Gmail, but it’s not Gmail: it’s a completely different…
Way to go Ello
Well, this is cool. Ello has raised some capital and in doing so they’ve filed as a “Public Benefit Corp.” and made everyone involved sign a mission statement. Jonathan Shieber for Aol/Techcrunch: The…
Hairpieces and Web Design
Yesterday I watched John Gruber’s presentation at XOXO via YouTube. I’m very familiar with the Daring Fireball story — having been a member and supporter of John’s excellent site since the very…
iPad Air 2 Review
Speaking of John Gruber, he just published his review of the iPad Air 2 — a review I’ve been patiently waiting for. I spent a lot of time in this review comparing…
Yosemite + iOS 8.1
Austin Mann: Apple’s sharing all kinds of software updates with us these days, and a few of them are especially exciting for power user iPhone photographers. Here are my thoughts on how…
Dave Winer on trusting Twitter
Dave Winer recorded a short podcast in response to Marco’s argument about whether or not we should trust Twitter. He says: Apple screwed their developers too. It happened more than once. Good…
Invisible iOS Home Screen Icons
Pretty cool trick from _David Smith. Since getting my iPhone 6 a few weeks ago I’ve been continuously trying to optimize the configuration of my home screen. The larger screen means that…
Me, on Product Hunt
Starting today, Product Hunt allows following and I’m right here. You know what to do.
Podcasts that I listen to
Nearly a year ago I jotted down some non-tech podcasts that I was enjoying at the time. However, today I was tagged by Joe Casabona (Cassy) to jot down those that I’m…
Saving China’s Salween River, One Trip at a Time
Will Stauffer-Norris: This is the fourth pig carcass that has washed up in Dead Pig Eddy. The bloated creature rocks gently up and down against the beach about 10 feet away from…
Space isn’t everything, people matter too
I love that Toni Schneider is blogging regularly. In a recent post he tries to find the balance of having an open, collaborative office space and one that allows for private time…
A blogger meet up at Coalwork
Finally, a meet up that is going to be less about technology and more about blogging. I’m excited for next month’s NEPA WordPress Meet up. Don’t let the name fool you, this…
How many blogs do you have?
Daniel Jalkut on finding the right stuff to publish to a personal blog: I find it sort of charming when people write “whole person” blogs that may contain material spanning from their…
Should Twitter be trust by developers?
Marco says no way. Even though the WSJ is reporting that Twitter is going to try to appeal to developers this week at a conference… he writes: Twitter will never, and should…
Every Project is an Opportunity
Last night I was reading Empire Magazine’s awesome piece with the cast of The West Wing (my favorite TV show of all time). I caught this nugget from Bradley Whitford: Early on…
Your Two Jobs as a Manager
Elizabeth Speirs: Over the years I’ve ended up hiring and training a lot of people in their first jobs as a manager, and I always tell them they have two responsibilities: to…
Digging Crowd Favorite
Joe Casabona, fellow Coalworker, recently joined the Crowd Favorite team. I’ve “known” Alex King, the founder of Crowd Favorite, for many, many years. But since Joe joined Coalwork I’ve been digging around their…
A bit of a social break
I’ve recently pushed passed 38,000 tweets and I’m not really sure how I feel about it. To continue to get the most value from Twitter over the years I’ve tried to change…
30 Days Of Blogging Challenge (continued)
This is great. Om is picking up the blog challenge and pulled in three others. I thought it was a great idea and instead of doing it all by myself, I roped…
Five for the Future (of WordPress)
Speaking of Matt Mullenweg (I’m catching up on his blog)… he has a great suggestion for how companies that benefit from WordPress can contribute to its longevity. He suggests: I think a…
Salvador Dalí in Print
This weekend we at Coalwork sponsored a local blogging event called NEPA BlogCon. You can read more about that on the Coalwork blog. While visiting Misericordia University I popped my head into…
Shane Burcaw
Speaking of NEPA BlogCon… the closing presenter was Shane Burcaw. Shane suffers from Spinal Muscular Atrophy. Three years ago he started a Tumblog and decided to hit publish. The rest of the…
You go Matt
Matt Mullenweg: It started with a tweet from Colin Devroe. You go Matt.
Why iOS 8 adoption rate is flattening
People aren’t updating to iOS 8 as quickly as was first thought. The main reason? Free space on the device. John Gruber: It’s all about the over-the-air update requiring 5 GB of free…
GitHub Student Developer Pack
If you know a student, or a faculty member, you may want to point them to the GitHub Student Developer Pack: There‘s no substitute for hands-on experience, but for most students, real…
Emoji++ Keyboard
I feel the same way _David Smith does about trying to find Emoji in the default iOS keyboard: I feel like I’m always playing a game of memory each time I’m try…
Improved Sea Kayak with Gordon Brown videos
Simon Willis, reporting that new, refreshed downloads are now available for the Sea Kayak with Gordon Brown videos: Firstly, I went back to the source file and used improved compression software to…