Playing My Darling Asleep (jig) on mandolin:
Note archive: July, 2020
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Friday, July 31st, 2020
Checked in at Pelicano. Iced latte — with Jessica
Replying to a tweet from @briansuda
I think that was dConstruct 2015.
Thursday, July 30th, 2020
Replying to a tweet from @SaraSoueidan
Eid Mubarak, Sara!
Playing An Ugly Customer (reel) on mandolin:
Wednesday, July 29th, 2020
Playing The Blarney Pilgrim (jig) on mandolin:
Replying to a post on adactio.com
There’s also the ongoing pitch drop experiments:
Replying to a tweet from @mrbarnabyb
Looking forward to an excellent evening’s entertainment from @CassieCodes, @HankChizlJaw, @CarieFisher, @HolaSoyMilk, @MicheBarks, and @MxBck:
https://webclerks.at/vienna-calling/
It’s Vienna. But this means nothing to me.
The latest episode of the Clearleft podcast is out!
It’s all about design ops …no, wait! Come back! It’s more interesting than it sounds, honest!
Replying to a tweet from @torahwilcox
I just stumbled across this recording from a band I sometimes played with in Germany in the 90s doing a cover of Eisbär (I’m on bouzouki):
https://soundcloud.com/user-52736705/lunar-ride-eisbar-grauzone-cover-live-zmf-1999
Tuesday, July 28th, 2020
Replying to a tweet from @slightlylate
I concur that impact is more important than motive.
That’s why I was surprised that you ascribed motive in your blog post (a motive that contradicts Apple’s stated motive).
Replying to a tweet from @slightlylate
I’m trying to make of it what you will, but you won’t tell me. 🙂
They claim one motive (privacy). You claim another (not wishing to expand the web platform).
Which one is true and which one is false?
Replying to a tweet from @slightlylate
Nowhere in published policy documents do Apple or Mozilla say that they do not wish to expand the web platform.
You wrote a blog post stating that Apple and Mozilla do not wish to expand the web platform.
Replying to a tweet from @slightlylate
So you’re not accusing them of lying?
You claim that they do not wish to expand the web platform.
What they have written published in policy documents is that they have privacy concerns.
Is what they are saying true?
Replying to a tweet from @slightlylate
You should be a politician.
It’s a “yes” or “no” question.
Are they lying?
Replying to a tweet from @slightlylate
Are they lying about their motives?
You say their motivation is that they do not wish to expand the web platform.
They say their motivation is privacy.
Is that a lie?
Replying to a tweet from @slightlylate
So you think they’re lying?
Replying to a tweet from @slightlylate
They also gave their reasoning (privacy concerns). You’re claiming their stated reasons aren’t their real motives.
Someone at Google, of all places, should know better than to ascribe shadowy motives to a company’s actions.
Replying to a tweet from @slightlylate
I agree. Competition is good. What isn’t good is talking about the competition using the language of conspiracy theories:
There is a contingent of browser vendors today who do not wish to expand the web platform…
Replying to a tweet from @stshank
I wrote about the differences in priorities here:
Playing The Gravel Walks (reel) on bouzouki:
Monday, July 27th, 2020
Playing The Kerfunten (jig) by @CuilAodhaHammy on mandolin:
Sunday, July 26th, 2020
Playing The Hills Of Coore (hornpipe) by Junior Crehan on mandolin:
Replying to a post on adactio.com
Checking out the charts for my websites/PWAs on the Lighthouse hit parade…
Saturday, July 25th, 2020
Playing Behind The Haystack (jig) on mandolin:
Friday, July 24th, 2020
Replying to a tweet from @Amy_Hupe
I have an SEO joke, skit, humour, funny, laughing, story, anecdote, gag.
Celebrating.
Playing Jessica’s (polka) on mandolin:
Thursday, July 23rd, 2020
Replying to a tweet from @iamashley
Bella the Beagle is the best co-worker!
Had a lovely evening stroll with fellow Clearlefties—so nice to see them in a non-screen context!
Playing Old John’s (jig) on guitar:
@LadyAdaKing Great work on the W3C Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct—I love the way it applies Postel’s Law!
Wednesday, July 22nd, 2020
Playing The Maids Of Mount Kisco (reel) on mandolin:
Replying to a tweet from @jensimmons
For a moment there, I thought this was a tweet from @MagicRealismBot. 🙂
Replying to a tweet from @jaffathecake
I tried to grok AMP 5 years ago:
https://adactio.com/journal/9646
Apple has Apple News. Facebook has Instant Articles. Now Google has AMP: Accelerated Mobile Pages.
The big players sure are going to a lot of effort to reinvent RSS.
It’s here! The latest episode of the @Clearleft podcast is all about the fantastic work the team did with @NHM_London on the website for the Wildlife Photographer Of The Year competition:
Tuesday, July 21st, 2020
If you watch that new Tom Hanks film Greyhound, you might hear a reference to huffduffing…
Playing The Jig Of Life on mandolin:
https://thesession.org/tunes/7575
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TtYg5G70wY8
(From The Hounds Of Love by Kate Bush, 1985)
I hope you’re subscribed to the @Clearleft podcast …’cause you won’t want to miss the episode that’s coming tomorrow!
Monday, July 20th, 2020
Playing The Chicago Reel on mandolin:
Sunday, July 19th, 2020
Replying to a tweet from @philiprenich
Do I contradict myself? Very well then I contradict myself, (I am large, I contain multitudes.)
Playing Out On The Ocean (jig) on mandolin:
Saturday, July 18th, 2020
Watching Selma (2014).
Replying to a tweet from @hankchizljaw
I wrote a little something about that…
Playing The New Mown Meadows (reel) on mandolin:
Reading Purple People by Kate Bulpitt.
Just finished reading Superior: The Return of Race Science by Angela Saini; a superbly researched and written book that had me thoroughly gripped. Highly recommended!
Replying to a tweet from @pipsmithe
Beautiful!
Friday, July 17th, 2020
The last time I saw a comet was Hale-Bopp (or was it Hyakutake?) in ’97 …before that it was Halley’s in ’86.
Comet vintages.
Went outside to watch the ISS fly right overhead, very bright! Saw comet NEOWISE too—what a beauty!
Go outside and take a look. Trace a path from the two stars at the base of the plough towards the horizon. Use binoculars if you have them.
Playing The Cordal Jig on mandolin:
Checked in at Pelicano. Iced latte — with Jessica
Having an iced latte in the sun.
Thursday, July 16th, 2020
Playing The Steampacket (reel) on mandolin:
Wednesday, July 15th, 2020
Playing The Walls Of Liscarroll (jig) on bouzouki:
The second episode of the @Clearleft podcast is out!
https://podcast.clearleft.com/season01/episode02/
It’s all about service design and features @UXLondon talks from @KerryBodine, @Jamin, and @LouiseDowne (and a story from @Clagnut).
Tuesday, July 14th, 2020
Playing Maudabawn Chapel (reel) by Ed Reavy on mandolin:
Replying to a tweet from @jina
Hear, hear!
I mean…
Read, read!
If you haven’t yet subscribed to the @Clearleft podcast, you can rectify that oversight:
https://podcast.clearleft.com/
There’s a new episode coming tomorrow—’sgonna be goooood!
Monday, July 13th, 2020
Playing Bill Harte’s (jig) on mandolin:
Sunday, July 12th, 2020
Playing The Sailor’s Bonnet (reel) on mandolin:
Checked in at Fox On the Downs. Sunday roast and a pint in the sun — with Jessica
Saturday, July 11th, 2020
Using grilled chicken to recreate the opening credits of Dark.
Playing The Ships In Full Sail (jig) on mandolin:
Friday, July 10th, 2020
Playing Speed The Plough (reel) on mandolin:
Out and about in Brighton.
Thursday, July 9th, 2020
Playing The Hag At The Churn (jig) on bouzouki:
Replying to a tweet from @brad_frost
Mr. Show’s pre-taped call-in show. Gets better every time.
Wednesday, July 8th, 2020
Playing Tommy Peoples’ (reel) on mandolin:
Replying to a tweet from @gavynmckenzie
Yes! I can absolutely imagine writing a stylesheet where the only declarations inside media queries are updating custom properties.
Simultaneously nervous and excited as I put the first episode of the @Clearleft podcast live!
https://podcast.clearleft.com/season01/episode01/
It’s about design systems and features @LotteJackson, @PaulRobertLloyd, and @Amy_Hupe.
Tuesday, July 7th, 2020
Playing The £42 Cheque (polka) on mandolin:
Monday, July 6th, 2020
Playing The Bank Of Turf (jig) on mandolin:
Replying to a tweet from @SaraSoueidan
Yay! Thank you, Sara!
I’ve been working on this for a while…
May I present …The Clearleft Podcast!
https://podcast.clearleft.com/
Subscribe today—the first episode drops later this week.
It’s going to be a bit different. Hope you like it!
Replying to a tweet from @alexandtheweb
Retweeted.
Did you see this article on A List Apart from last year? https://alistapart.com/article/accessibility-for-vestibular/
Sunday, July 5th, 2020
Playing Rakish Paddy (reel) on mandolin:
Saturday, July 4th, 2020
Replying to a post on matthiasott.com
Sometimes, one egg is enough.
In France, one egg is un oeuf.
Playing Dunford’s Fancy (jig) by @SteveWickham on mandolin:
Reading Superior: The Return of Race Science by Angela Saini.
Replying to a tweet from @genmon
Excellent idea—done!
Replying to a tweet from @genmon
No, I have a bedroll (people who’ve stayed in my house), but I should really publish my OPML file somewhere.
Replying to a tweet from @genmon
’Sfunny, I just wrote a thing about machinery breaking down during lockdown:
The Machines Stop: https://adactio.com/journal/17089
Replying to a tweet from @kissane
Its beauty is unpresidented.
(Sorry. I’m sorry. I’m so sorry! …but do pass it on to @meetar; I think he’d be proud of me.)
Friday, July 3rd, 2020
Playing The Broken Pledge (reel) on bouzouki:
Replying to a tweet from @andybudd
A novel.
Thursday, July 2nd, 2020
Replying to a tweet from @jina
Strong same! 😢
Playing Patsy Geary’s (jig) on mandolin:
Replying to a tweet from @paul_melero
Thank you very much, Paul—that’s very kind of you.
It feels like everything is falling to pieces outside, but remember that fundamentally, most people are actually nice to each other and when people aren’t nice to each other, it’s generally out of fear and hurt.
—Dan Hon
Wednesday, July 1st, 2020
Playing The Friendly Visit (hornpipe) on mandolin: