I am writing this post on my phone, which is a challenge in itself. But at Indiewebcamp Austin this past weekend, I was trying to explain the realization that I had back at the Summit in June. Bridgy, the prime example of that, was launched in Indieweb form in December 2013. It creates a bridge betw...
Month: March 2019
👓 The next ten years of Instapaper | Instapaper
This year Instapaper celebrated its tenth birthday and, now that we are an independent company, we’ve been thinking a lot about the next ten years of Instapaper and...
🎵 Blackbird by The Beatles
Still needs a bit of work. Wish that Alexa could send URL links as part of it’s data load.
Not sure if I’ll do this frequently…
📺 Multilevel Marketing: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO) | YouTube
Multilevel marketing companies claim to be legitimate businesses, but some seem awfully…pyramid shaped. John Oliver and Jaime Camil demonstrate how they work.
📺 Mike Pence: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO) | YouTube
Mike Pence is much more unlikable than his pet rabbit who stars in a new children's book created by the Pence family and in a better children's book created by us. To purchase our book, visit: www.betterbundobook.com
📺 Brexit III: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO) | YouTube
The UK could officially leave the European Union next month, which would be a huge change with hugely damaging consequences.
👓 UC terminates subscriptions with world’s largest scientific publisher in push for open access to publicly funded research | University of California | Office of the President
As a leader in the global movement toward open access to publicly funded research, the University of California is taking a firm stand by deciding not to renew its subscriptions with Elsevier. Despite months of contract negotiations, Elsevier was unwilling to meet UC’s key goal: securing universal open access to UC research while containing the rapidly escalating costs associated with for-profit journals.
Now if only we could get them to all go IndieWeb using a Domain of Their Own and practice academic samizdat…
👓 The ineffectiveness of lonely icons | Matt Wilcox
If your target audience is a general population, you should not be using icons alone to convey anything meaningful. By doing so, you have made assumptions that are unlikely to be appropriate to a general audience.