I’ve started a new project new this week with the dream of solving one of my own problems, and with any luck, will help a bunch of other people with the same problem along the way. The problem is that search results are becoming increasingly shoddy. The noise is now greater than the signal. I’m sure you’ve started to feel this too after...
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Thinking about thinking when coding, and the differences in what we see in our minds eye
There’s a new color specification kid on the CSS block: oklch. In a nutshell it’s a better version of HSL (hue/saturation/lightness) that keeps the perceived lightness of colors consistent as you rotate hues. It’s a pretty sweet upgrade to the CSS color specification that got adopted and implemented in all major browsers (poor people stuck on IE...
Whoohoo! My new site is launched! 🎉 As of this post I just finished remaking my site in Astro after using Hugo for the last iteration. I figured now’s a good time to post about the journey this site has taken thus far in it’s 11 year history and maybe a sneak peek of what’s in store for the future. Aug 29th, 2012 The first version of my...
I want to take a crack at predicting the future half because I think it’ll be fun to look back on this post (hi future self, hope you’re doing well! 👋) and half because I think it’s important to periodically take some time to pause, reflect, and plot your future trajectory. And in order to plot where you’re going it’s helpful to look ahead and...
How to optimize how your company goes from idea to execution with many steakholders
The Cambridge Carnival is a colorful celebration that is rooted in African traditions. Since the abolition of slavery in the U.S. and Caribbean, Carnival today has become a celebration of emancipation, freedom and expression. Thanks to the Boston photography group for getting me out to see this!
Think about how hard it would be to get all of humanity to agree on and learn one language. It’s impossible right? Even if we made contact with aliens who told us they would destroy the planet unless we all learned one language it’s still not going to happen. Coordination at that scale is out of humanities grasp right now and even getting a group...
The other day I noticed I don’t follow any tech bloggers personally anymore. Some of that may be the rise of social media and aggregator sites filling the void but the bigger reason I think is that I haven’t been seeking out individuals to follow since around the time Coding Horror stopped blogging regularly. It’s a bit of a shame really since I...
My journey building BreezyTerm over 4 months and it's sudden demise
Today is both a good day and a bad day. Bad because I finally have to come to terms with the game I spent four years making is no longer available on the App Store or the Google Play Store which effectively means you can't run it anywhere anymore. The bittersweet part is that it's given me the excuse to open source the game as well as my...