Hi, I’m Phil Nelson, a writer, developer, and audio-visual maker of stuff. I have been making stuff online for over 25 years. I run RetroStrange and Set Side B. Good to see you.
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Relevant to my recent interests. I bought an Arduino Uno this weekend and the amount of ideas I have right now are scary.
The primary benefit of this C library is that it will not trigger a reset on the board. This means you can stream data at intervals and not get a reset.
Obviously The System Works:
>[NBC/Universal used a YouTube video by an indie comedy duo (without permission) on The Jay Leno Show – then had the video taken down with a copyright claim.][link]
NBC’s position seems to be that they own any content played on any of their programs? I guess it’s nice to see their position put so bluntly.
[link]: http://www.zdnet.com/blog/violetblue/jay-leno-uses-indie-youtube-video-nbc-gets-it-taken-down/1350 “Jay Leno uses indie YouTube video; NBC gets it taken down | ZDNet”
I’ve been using Coda 1 every day for 5 years to do my job. [Coda 2 is great][link], already, and couldn’t be more worth the price ($49.99 today!)
If you’re a fan of the alternative CSS syntax [LESS][less], there’s already [a Coda 2 syntax extension for you][ext].
[link]: http://www.panic.com/coda/ “Coda 2”
[ext]: https://github.com/bbpaulwelsh/Coda-2-LESS-mode “Coda 2 LESS Mode”
[less]: http://lesscss.org/ “LESS”
[There Is But One Game & That Game Is Baseball][link].
A gorgeous, well-written, bit of reading material for your Wednesday. Play ball. via [@mattfraction][via]
[link]: http://eephusleague.com/magazine/ “Eephus League Magazine”
[via]: http://twitter.com/mattfraction “Matt Fraction on Twitter”
[A follow-up interview with .net Magazine:][link]
>If we don’t focus on the content the reader came for – if we continue to bombard and bamboozle our users with cluttered interfaces that satisfy stakeholder committees but frustrate the people who actually want to use our sites – our users will retaliate by removing our designs altogether. It’s the web.
[Previously][prev].
[link]: http://www.netmagazine.com/interviews/jeffrey-zeldman-his-web-design-manifesto-2012 “Jeffrey Zeldman on his Web Design Manifesto 2012 | Interview | .net magazine”
[prev]: http://extrafuture.com/2012/05/18/jeffrey-zeldmans-web-design-manifesto-2012/ “Jeffrey Zeldman’s Web Design Manifesto 2012”
[Panic finally announces version 2.0 of Coda. Available May 24th, 2012.][link]
I’ve been using Coda 1.x every day as my primary tool for web development since 2007. To say I’m excited about this is an understatement. As you might expect, the product website is gorgeous, innovative, and informative.
Hint: Type the backslash key to make the full video pop to the front.
Also: Woah. This is like all CSS3 transforms on a video element.
[link]: http://www.panic.com/coda/ “Coda 2”
[The spring 2012 Field Notes release][link] is so effortlessly charming that it feels something like Field Notes coming full circle. Draplin has always been fascinated by the working-man no-BS design of old farming equipment, manuals, and almanacs. Now Field Notes is paying a more direct homage to that influence.
[link]: http://fieldnotesbrand.com/crop/ “FIELD NOTES COLORS: “NATIONAL CROP” EDITION”
[In a post full of quote worthy paragraphs][link], he makes the case for bigger type, layouts that don’t train users to ignore ads, and what it used to mean to have a “personal site.”
I like it. It’s very Zeldman, but more than that, it’s *interesting*.
[link]: http://www.zeldman.com/2012/05/18/web-design-manifesto-2012/ “Web Design Manifesto 2012 – Jeffrey Zeldman Presents The Daily Report”
[Sounds like good sense to me.][link] Shame that TED is too spineless to make it available:
>We’ve had it backward for the last 30 years. Rich businesspeople like me don’t create jobs. Rather they are a consequence of an eco-systemic feedback loop animated by middle-class consumers, and when they thrive, businesses grow and hire, and owners profit. That’s why taxing the rich to pay for investments that benefit all is a great deal for both the middle class and the rich.
>
>So here’s an idea worth spreading.
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>In a capitalist economy, the true job creators are consumers, the middle class. And taxing the rich to make investments that grow the middle class, is the single smartest thing we can do for the middle class, the poor and the rich.
[link]: http://roundtable.nationaljournal.com/2012/05/the-inequality-speech-that-ted-wont-show-you.php “The Inequality Speech That TED Won't Show You – Restoration Roundtable”
[Another big privacy / security win for Twitter][link]. They’re using a new feature in Firefox called, appropriately, “[Do Not Track][dnt]”:
>Do Not Track is a step toward putting you in control of the way your information is collected and used online. Do Not Track is a feature in Firefox that allows you to let a website know you would like to opt-out of third-party tracking for purposes including behavioral advertising. It does this by transmitting a Do Not Track HTTP header every time your data is requested from the Web.
Can anyone even imagine Facebook doing this? I hope this finds its way into WebKit. [“Do Not Track” is also available as an option in Safari 5.2, which is available to developers right now.][safari] (thanks, [Jesper][jesp])
[link]: http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/05/17/twitter-implements-do-not-track-privacy-option/ “Twitter Implements Do Not Track Privacy Option – NYTimes.com”
[dnt]: http://dnt.mozilla.org/ “Do Not Track”
[safari]: http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/12/03/01/inside_os_x_108_mountain_lion_safari_52_adds_privacy_settings_website_alerts.html “Safari 5.2 adds privacy settings, website alerts”
[jesp]: http://stmts.net/ “STMNTS”
