Civik Owl: How to successfully launch a minimum viable product
July 2019
Read: Boeing software outsourced
Bloomberg: Boeing’s 737-MAX software outsourced to $9/hour software engineers
Via Amit Gawande, a nice article on how it is never too late to be successful. There is hope for me yet!
Read: Implementing h-feed
Interesting description of implementation of h-feed in a weblog.
Read: Unloved patches
For a long time I have admired the WordPress project, for developing such a robust blogging platform that is ultimately open, and free, and anybody can contribute improvements to it. I encourage many of my customers to use WordPress with MarsEdit, because it seems like a “safe bet” going forward. M
Read: Write it down
Whenever you have an idea, write it down. Immediately.
It doesn’t matter how big or small you think the idea is. Just write it down. It doesn’t matter if you have other things to do, like changing diapers, fixing that horrible JengaScript bug, or debating on Twitter whether everyone’s a designer. There is always something that seems more important. But trust me. Write it down. Immediately.
From Matthias Ott…
I wholeheartedly agree!
Read: The evolution of linkblogging
In my posts about defining what makes a microblog post and guidelines for RSS, I talked a little about links but didn’t explore linkblogging. While many blog authors post primarily long essays, shorter link blogs are a common approach for bloggers who want to post new content several times a day.
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Read: Defining a microblog post
I’m working on a new project around timelines and microblogs. It consumes RSS feeds, so I’ve been wondering how strict to be when accepting posts. What does microblog mean, anyway?
Wikipedia defines it this way: “Microblogging is a broadcast medium that exists in the form of blogging. A microblo…
Read: RSS for microblogs
RSS is solid. It’s lasted a long time with very few changes, and forms the foundation for subscribing to weblogs and delivering podcasts. It’s huge and the open web is a much better place because RSS exists.
But even if RSS doesn’t need to change, some types of apps would be better off if we t…