Scripting News: Unpopular truths.#
Today's background image is the default Mac OS wallpaper.#
Facebook to acquire Oculus Rift virtual reality manufacturer for ~$2B.#
I use Fargo to keep what Johnson calls a spark file. It's how I manage all the ideas I want to work on.#
I do prefer to open doors for myself, whether it relates to self-esteem, I'm not sure#
In the past if I wanted to link to an image, I'd put the link in the HTML. Click the link, see the image, hit the Back button. Now I can put the image in a popup dialog, click OK to dismiss it. Same interaction, this way is a little faster and less disruptive to your flow. Less jarring. I hope. Examples follow...#
I tried using this great New Yorker cartoon as a Scripting News background image, but it clashed too much.#
Later, by coincidence, I listened to a Fresh Air interview with Bob Mankoff, who did that cartoon, who has a book out. He's the New Yorker cartoon editor. #
First Look says Omidyar to stay out of newsroom.#
Swiss Watchmakers Skeptical of Digital Revolution.#
Video: The final images from every Best Picture winner. #
Google Announces Price Drops For Its Cloud Computing Services.#
Million Dollar Homepage still exists, but 22% of it has rotted. #
Harvard: Closing the gender gap in computer science.#
Gay Firefox developers boycott Mozilla to protest CEO hire.#
Sometimes platforms are defined first around users -- Mac, Android, iOS come to mind. And sometimes platforms are defined first by developers. Examples include Unix, the web, JavaScript. #
But eventually every successful platform ends up viewed both ways. If there are apps written in JavaScript, it is relevant to users. I make apps for users -- and they have to know they're using a new platform because it works differently from any other platform.#
JavaScript is a very cool developer platform. That's why I'm interested in it, but I wouldn't be making software for it if it also wasn't an excellent user platform too, potentially. #
If you look in the Links menu at the top of each page, you'll see a new item there, Open comments window. #
Choose the command if you want to comment. A familiar Disqus comments interface appears.#
That's about it. You have to remember where to look, but this seems like a good thing, keeping the hit-and-run type comments to a minimum. #
Yes, I know it looks a little funky. If you have suggestions, please post a comment. #