I couldn’t agree more with the point that the proprietary services built better/easier products and we badly overestimated how much people would value their independence. All things being equal, people would rather have more control. Achieving that equality is really hard.
Be sure to read the follow-up as well.
I think Mark will do an excellent job. I’m definitely on board with a focus on editing and publishing as well.
I finally took the time to re-work the AV set-up in my house over the last few weeks (a project that was years overdue). We have two TV watching areas (living room and basement) that are now equipped with the same basic kit: A/V receiver Sony DVD/Blu-Ray (also does Netflix, Amazon video, etc.) AppleTV Harmony…
To demand gun control is not to "politicize" this tragedy. It is to respond to it with decency and common sense. — Robert Reich (@RBReich) December 15, 2012 I get that crazy people always find a way to kill. I don't get why we bend over backwards to make it as efficient as possible for…
Pretty useful. I’m not sure if I’ll be using this on my site or not, but I definitely use the “images attached to this post” feature as part of the FavePersonal gallery post format feature.
Pretty awesome web-based implementation. I am going to try this instead of Skitch for a bit and see how I like it. (thanks One Thing Well)
A much needed chuckle on a day like today. (thanks Webb)
WordPress 3.5 is out. Go grab it, it’s a great upgrade! Congratulations to the core team on a very solid upgrade. Particular kudos to Andrew Nacin and Daryl Koopersmith for their great work in leading the release and overhaul of the media features. We will have compatibility releases of our commercial WordPress products (RAMP, Carrington…
About 30 minutes in there is a great, concise explanation of the difference between click handlers and delegates. I’ve been enjoying the JS Jabber podcast; recommended.
Q: What do Rands and Apple have in common?
A: They both have a cloud problem.
It’s definitely hard to do in all situations, but whenever I think something I’m working on has a remote chance of being commercial I try to make sure to charge for it from the start. I feel for Greg and Tim, they created a very reasonable “premium” level and the blog post couldn’t have been clearer, but they still had to deal with the headaches associated with “changing the rules” on people.
So this gives you an interactive PHP console: $ php -a Handy! A bit surprised I didn’t already know this.
I read a developer’s blog post a while back1 where he described his process of outlining on paper the code he’ll need to write the next day. I love this idea because it allows the ideas and problems to simmer overnight before you start writing code.
(thanks Matt)
The one Git command I consistently get wrong is using “checkout” when I mean “clone”. The last vestiges of my years using SVN.