Finished reading Steve Jobs, The man who thought different by Karen Blumenthal.
A nice summary of Steve’s life, with some interesting details I’d not come across before. The technical mistakes were a let–down, and the language was patronising at times (e.g. explaining what “profit” meant).
Seb Lee-Delisle:
Supermarket in C - a great project but wish they would have chosen a more interesting scale :) http://t.co/OxJaRpYo @blprnt ht@chrisoshea
seb_ly gotta love F# phrygian!
Woah, pinocc.io looks like a dream come true. I can’t wait to start linking musical instruments up to the IoT.
karlpro I shouldn’t really have to sign up in order to leave a comment, but in the interests of promoting #microformats I will :)
Paul Boag:
Once again, apparently a good 404 page is more to do with pretty graphics than helping the user. Bollocks it is! http://t.co/vEsibVrj
boagworld http://www.examprofessor.com/404 is particularly bad as it makes the visitor feel as if they have made a mistake :/
bruce lawson for all the wrong reasons ;)
@karlpro wrt your opera dev article, check out microformats 2 h-geo, Ben Ward’s hparse-js for parsing and my own php-mf2 online syntax checker :) #microformats
From Steve Jobs, The man who thought different:
The result, the World Wide Web, what we know today as the Internet
AAAAARRRRRRGGGGHHHHH
Just because the book is not intended for a technical audience does not excuse blatant mistakes. If anything, it makes accuracy more important.
Checked into the Steam Packet Inn, Totnes for the neo folk session
Aral Balkan:
Funny to think my first blog ever was plain static HTML, then a custom full-Flash site, then b2/Wordpress, and now plain static HTML again.
aral I find I go in similar “abstraction loops” for many things. Start off basic → try out an abstraction → try out a higher abstraction → and another → get tired of abstractions, return to the original/something similar. The process always informs me in useful ways, however horrible the intermediate results are ;)
Take-away from HMV’s voucher refusal: I am never buying shop-specific vouchers.
After seeing the term “opaque” used frequently but no canonical definition provided, I asked the #indieweb IRC channel and came up with this: http://indiewebcamp.com/opaque
laurakalbag they add significant value to conversations, as they provide a recognisable visual indication of who is speaking and where each comment starts/ends. I am inclined against comments, but would recommend having avatars if you do :)
Any #indieweb people going to www2013.org? The Microposts Workshop looks like it might be quite interesting. #www2013
In the evening () I’m off to a neo-folk session at the Steam Packet Inn, Totnes, with Robin from #buzz and some other musicians. Come along if you’re interested in playing trad/new trad/new medieval tunes!
Just getting the latest #buzz rehearsal started! We’re practising for our next gig at St. Mary’s church
Jovian Salak:
@BarnabyWalters thanks but its only 20mins walk, I'll stop by Tods en route! At least I got a #timelapse!
JovianSalak looking forward to seeing it :)
JovianSalak are you walking back? I could give you a lift if you let me know where you are…
Jovian Salak:
For gods sake! My Bikes been nicked! There's not that many people on dartmoor at sunrise! Bad luck I guess!
JovianSalak ????? Not again! :(
Rummaging in flood damage bags. I love scavenging! #freegan
karl dubost
bruce lawson
Laura Kalbag