2014-11-24 (Monday)
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Links
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Paul Ford on HTML5 and the World of Web Standards Bodies
Nice description of how standards like HTML5 come to be, and why it’s important. (via Daring Fireball)
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Abacost - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Alternatives to the traditional suit jacket are always rather weighted with politics. Mobutu’s Abacost, the Mao suit, the Nehru jacket…
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Metafoundry 15: Scribbled Leatherjackets
I’ve always been a little uneasy about the enthusiastic “makers are good, non-makers are bad” distinction that’s implicit in a lot of things in “our” world these days. Deb Chachra does a good job of explaining why. (via many people)
Tweets
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Wrote some JavaScript tests before writing the JavaScript. I almost feel like a developer from this decade.
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@tomstuart 23 more bots, surely.
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Retweet clock: @alltheminutes Nice idea. Even better if you are also on Amsterdam time.
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"The failures and consequences of traditional urban planning models in the world of Crossy Road."
Liked tweets
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just found a case in my test suite that was accidentally switching an actual lightbulb on in our office every time it ran. #iotproblems