In this 15 minute tutorial we’re going to build a simple decentralized chat application which runs entirely in a web browser. All you will need is a text editor, a web browser, and a basic knowledge of how to save HTML files and open them in the browser. We’re going to use Bugout, a JavaScript library that takes care of …
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Read: Missing Numbers – A new weblog
A new weblog has been started by Anna Powell-Smith, called Missing Numbers:
Missing Numbers is a blog about the data that the government should collect and measure in the UK, but doesn’t.
I expect that whatever she finds in missing data within the UK public sector, similar or matching examples can…
Read: Advice on crippling self-doubt
Image: Leonid Pasternak via Wikimedia Commons
Every nonfiction author feels it. That moment when you think “I can’t do this. I am not an author. I am helpless. I can’t move forward.”
That’s crippling self-doubt. It’s so common, it deserves an acronym. CSD.
Do you suffer from CSD?
Please …
Read: A world run with code
This is an edited transcript of a recent talk I gave at a blockchain conference, where I said I’d talk about “What will the world be like when computational intelligence and computational contracts are ubiquitous?”
Read: Setting up federated wiki on cPanel
The installation isn’t a one-button procedure. However, an administator comfortable with opening an SSH terminal onto your shared hosting account should be able to follow the steps below. (If you have problems, the federated wiki community hangs out in a room on matrix.org).
James Holzhauer’s reign as Jeopardy champion has ended – the New York Times has the details! I only saw a bit of the first part, I would say he was ready to wrap it up…
Read: Delivering WordPress in 7KB
Over the past six months, I’ve become increasingly interested in the topic of web sustainability. The carbon footprint of the Internet was not something I used to give much thought to, which is surprising considering my interest in environmental issues and the fact that my profession is web-based….
via Chris Kapowski
Read: WordPress.com feed reader contatenation
Chris AldrichI don’t use it frequently, but I just noticed that the WordPress.com feed reader has some functionality to concatenate and display multiple posts together for feeds that update relatively frequently. I like the fact that there’s a little less cognitive load in changing contexts from one source?…
At the Scripps Spelling Bee, an eight-way tie – how could it be? My brother and I participated in the program in junior high, my brother got to the regional match, but missed “prerogative”. Looks like the standard has risen!
Steve Jobs on doing
A good reminder to work on doing and making things…via Dave Winer