Between me and my kids, we share birthdays with Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, and… Kamala Harris’s dad. I don’t know what this means but I like it.
Texans, our state nightmare of needing to take a wallet with us for groceries at HEB may be almost over… Central Market now has Apple Pay. No timeline yet for all HEBs, but I now believe. Never thought I’d live to see this day. 🤪
She is perfect
VP Harris gave the best speech I've ever heard.
There were some great speeches at the DNC. Michelle Obama stood out. Bill Clinton, of course. But it was her show, President Kamala's, and she stole it.
She's perfect for our time.
A prosecutor running against a convicted fe...
Kamala Harris, for the people. Great speech. What an amazing week for Democrats and America. 🇺🇸
There are two kinds of advertising – Chris Coyier
chriscoyier.net/2024/08/14/there-are-two-kinds-of-advertising/
Contextual advertising works. Targeted advertising? Who knows!
Let’s see all that proof that 400+ requests for thirsty ass always-running JavaScript is just what we have to do to make advertising good.
Feeling good about the bug squashing today. Which probably means I’ve overlooked something. 🤪
As I work on contenteditable divs, having flashbacks to pre-CSS web development with browser layout differences. Rewrote a bunch of code today, works great in Safari. Chrome and Firefox, not quite.
Nice to see new Covid shots approved, will be out in the next week or so. A lot of people have caught the virus right now. Hoping we can stay healthy a little longer. 💉
Frostapalooza in photos and videos | Brad Frost
These are great!!!
Federico Viticci posting on Threads:
My realization in 2024 has been that the DMA fork of iOS is the best iPhone experience. We can finally use our phones like actual computers with more default apps and apps from external sources.
Openly Licensed Images, Audio and More | Openverse
A library of CC-licensed photos.
Next time you’re tempted to use a generative “AI” tool to make an image for a slide deck, use this instead.
Good news for train fans: Amtrak route from New Orleans to Mobile should open next year. So many short segments like this need to be restored or built new across the country.
Ignore the NYT, part 2
I have a feeling this thread is going to go a long way, maybe all the way. Maybe the last Ignore the NYT note will be "The NYT has been put out of its misery" in which case "Ignore the NYT" will be what everyone does, 7 days a week, 24 hours a day. Or maybe the last one will...
Did you know Iconfactory has a microblog on Micro.blog now? Love the new Totoro wallpaper for Wallaroo.
Feeling a bit of regret not making the trip to Portland for XOXO. Hope it’s a good one for folks.
Ben Werdmuller
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What We Learned In Our First Year of 404 Media
[The 404 Media team]
"In the last year, we learned that the technical infrastructure exists now for even non-technical journalists to build a sustainable site that can receive money from subscribers. [...] If you are a journalist reading this thinking about ...
Why I feel bad about Biden
Podcast: 17 minutes.
Note: You can skip the first five minutes, it's a long preamble on a different subject. I left it in because it's interesting imho.
It's possible that what happened to Joe Biden in the debate is like something that happened to me almost ten years ago wh...
I’m sure my on-stage behaviour at Frostapalooza was total cringe, but I don’t care because I was having a great time!
I’m sure my on-stage behaviour at Frostapalooza was total cringe, but I don’t care because I was having a great time!
“This is loud in our country’s call because while we all love freedom, it is love that frees us all. Empathy emancipates, making us greater than hate or vanity. That is the American promise, powerful and pure.” — Amanda Gorman at the DNC
I liked the change of pace with Bill Clinton just going with a printed copy of his speech or notes. Apparently he was way off script. Maybe a little more time to breathe when ignoring the teleprompter. 🇺🇸