- There's no konami code for operations – blog dot lusis
I think I may just fire this at my boss, then next time he asks why a given bit of work is going to take the time it does. Because this is at once the most technobabble filled bit of writing I've read in a while, and yet serves as a reasonable summary of how complex development has gotten over the last decade or so. "Can you understand this blogpost? No? Then you're not qualified to understand the time estimates you're asking for."
Bookmarks for June 13, 2014
- All Our Patent Are Belong To You | Blog | Tesla Motors
Tesla have open-sourced their patents, in a bid to get the car industry to play catch-up. Their language is a bit fuzzy, but assuming they're for real, this is brilliant news.
- The Qwerkywriter – Typewriter Inspired Mechanical Keyboard by Qwerkytoys, INC — Kickstarter
If you loved me, you would buy me one of these.
Bookmarks for June 11, 2014
- pickadate.js
Starting to use this at work, as an alternative to the stuff that requires jQuery UI (as too heavy), just want to have a permanent reference to find the docs. Move along nothing to see here.
Bookmarks for June 5, 2014
- Comic Book Cartography
A lovely collection of maps and diagrams from comic books.
Bookmarks for May 30, 2014
- The London Evolution Animation – YouTube
Fascinating animation showing the growth of London, how it formed, and what has been protected over the centuries.
Bookmarks for May 29, 2014
- 10 Books That Could Change the Way You Understand Modern Cities
OK, I think I may need to pick up a few of these, so just noting for future reference.
Bookmarks for May 27, 2014
- Amazon: malignant monopoly, or just plain evil? – Charlie's Diary
Here's a good primer on why Amazon are likely to be long-term bad for creators. As well as being short term bad for anyone who works for them…
Bookmarks for May 23, 2014
- On the Future of MetaFilter – Marco.org
Marco Arment discussing the Google-inflicted problems MetaFilter are having, pretty much nails what I consider a reasonable and sane attitude to Google: "People wonder why I’m so skeptical of Google and careful not to rely on them for too much. This is why: they’re in this unassailable position of absolute monopoly power for such a massive part of web publishing because too many people aren’t so skeptical."
Bookmarks for May 22, 2014
- Signs from the near future
On the one hand, this is interesting because it's about the practical applications of design. On the other, quite a lot of these feel a bit retro-future to me. Which is kind of weird, and an idea I probably want to explore a bit in some form when time permits.
- On the Future of MetaFilter — Technology Musings — Medium
Relatedly to one of today's other links here's a write up of what's going on with Metafilter, which basically comes down to "it's business model is built on Google being helpful in a specific way". Which is a flaw in their model, but it's also an interested outside perspective on things changing inside the Google black box.
- Jeremy Palmer — Google is Breaking the Internet
This is insane to me. I know I'm on record as not being a Google cheerleader, but this is weird, even for them – their business is built on accurately rating the trustworthiness of links, and yet they're mis-classifying trustworthy links as untrustworthy? This says to me that something is broken internally in Google, and if they don't get if fixed, it's going to be long-term bad for *everyone*. I'd like to see this do the rounds and get outcry about it, not because I believe Google are being Evil here, but because I think they need to be made very aware of the mistake, for everyone's good, including theirs.
- Read This If All You Know About Hyenas Came From The Lion King
OK, I now understand why Del is a fan of these creatures. Absolutely fascinating.
Bookmarks for May 20, 2014
- Pixel Track | Berg Blog
This strikes me as very, very interesting. Signage with a very low on-site requirement, but extremely high network power.