“ sometimes, good things fall apart, so better things can fall together.
Zulu Kane
the chronicle of a middle-aged filmmaker studying software development, who thinks creativity is too good an idea to be reserved for artists,
microbloggers,
colleagues,
hamsters,
bookmarkers,
lifestreamers,
losers,
emailers,
archivists or
subscribers.
Dec 17
» Please Let This Not Be The Future Of Reading On The Web
“As advertising clickthrough rates continue to drop, the ads become more desperate and invasive, and readers are starting to notice and do something about it. I’m doing the majority of my reading in RSS and Instapaper where I can read in peace without being pummeled by distractions…. It’s time for publishers to think different.”
(Source: writertogo)
Dec 16
“ I think instead that we’ll see a more tangled future. Native apps will use HTML, CSS, and JavaScript more. Web apps will appear more often on smart phones as launchable apps. Native apps will support linking in and out more. Web apps will move more processing to the client — they’ll be written more like native apps.
Dec 15
» Bootstrap, from Twitter
“a toolkit from Twitter designed to kickstart development of webapps and sites. It includes base CSS and HTML for typography, forms, buttons, tables, grids, navigation, and more.”
» Three rules for prospective app author
paraphrasing, to generalize, Brent Simmons:
- You’re not allowed to write an app until your website rocks.
- You’re not allowed to require someone to use the app version of your site when they’re on a phone or tablet.
- You’re not allowed to use obtrusive (article-obscuring) ads on your own site for your app version.
If you still want to write an app, after the above, make sure it’s as awesome as your website but also has a clear reason for existing.
“ It pleases the money folk to think that the wild and crazy and unregulated world of the web is no longer threatening them. That users are happy to live in a highly regulated, Disneyfied app space, without all that messy freedom.
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“ The real preparation is learning to be expectationless, to let go of your preconceived notions of what lifting entails.
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“when the world goes to bed there are still all these sleeping giants out there” - Scott Martin
(Big Bend, Texas; 4 minutes, 6 seconds with added flashlight)
(from Shoot Stunning Night Photos Like a Pro)
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