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The way most of the internet works today would be considered intolerable if translated into comprehensible real world analogs, but it endures because it is invisible.
You can try to use Facebook’s own tools to make the invisible visible but that kind of transparency isn’t allowed.
I’m excited to do this event with Steph! We’ll be talking about science fiction on the evening of Wednesday, June 16th.
Tickets are from just €10 so grab yours now!
I enjoyed recording the audio version of this web history lesson from @Jay_Hoffmann featuring my friends @CWilso, @MeyerWeb, @SVGeesus, @t, @Fantasai, @MezzoBlue, and many more:
Checked in at Queen’s Park. Spring is springing — with Jessica
Modern web development:
Imagine you went to a restaurant, took a seat, and 20 minutes later you still haven’t been given a menu. You ask where it is, and you’re told “oh, we’re currently cooking you everything you might possibly ask for. Then we’ll give you the menu, you’ll pick something, and we’ll be able to give you it instantly, because it’ll all be ready”.
Single page apps, ladies and gentlemen.
Beer and fish tacos on the beach. 🍺 🐟 🌮
Checked in at Bison Beach Bar. Beer on the beach — with Jessica
Collection of common CSS mistakes, and how to fix them.
I like the way this is organised: it’s like “code smells” for CSS. Some of them will probably be familiar, in which case, you can dive in and find out what’s going on.
My favourite astronaut is gone.
Michael Collins was a genuinely cool dude.
Beautifully restored high-resolution photographs of the Earth taken by Apollo astronauts.
The 1960s idea of “appropriate technology” feels like an early version of the principle of least power.
Lysenko vs. Vavilov feels like the 20th century version of Edison vs. Tesla.
Cosigned.
Cryptocurrency is one of the worst inventions of the 21st century. I am ashamed to share an industry with this exploitative grift. It has failed to be a useful currency, invented a new class of internet abuse, further enriched the rich, wasted staggering amounts of electricity, hastened climate change, ruined hundreds of otherwise promising projects, provided a climate for hundreds of scams to flourish, created shortages and price hikes for consumer hardware, and injected perverse incentives into technology everywhere. Fuck cryptocurrency.
Reading Invisible Women: Data Bias in a World Designed for Men by Caroline Criado Pérez.
A round-up of alternatives to Google Analytics.
Reading in the park while @wordridden gets her first jab.
Taco time! 🌮🌮🌮
Checked in at Casa Azul Taqueria. Taco time! — with Jessica
It would be nice to be able to animate the transition between pages if we want to on the web without resorting to hacks or full-blown architecture choices to achieve it.
Amen, Chris, amen!
The danger here is that you might pick a single-page app just for this ability, which is what I mean by having to buy into a site architecture just to achieve this.