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
Wrote some JavaScript tests before writing the JavaScript. I almost feel like a developer from this decade.
@tomstuart 23 more bots, surely.
Retweet clock: @alltheminutes Nice idea. Even better if you are also on Amsterdam time.
"The failures and consequences of traditional urban planning models in the world of Crossy Road."
Liked tweets
just found a case in my test suite that was accidentally switching an actual lightbulb on in our office every time it ran. #iotproblems