I wrote these words on this day in 2013, but they feel very 2021 to me:https://adactio.com/journal/6564 | Continue reading
Reading Parable Of The Sower by Octavia Butler. | Continue reading
Checked in at The Bugle Inn. Return of the session ☘️🎶🎻 | Continue reading
This is an example of a headline I would rewrite for clarity:https://futurism.com/moon-enough-oxygen-billions-people(there are not billions of people buried beneath the surface of the moon). | Continue reading
Remember when chatbots were definitely the future and that’s how we’d be interacting with everything?So wrong! The future is certificates of ownership for JPGs generated by planet-killing magic beans, verifiable with a shared spreadsheet. | Continue reading
Medium is a roach motel. Your words deserve a better home.https://twitter.com/matlock/status/1458402577603776512 | Continue reading
Reading Design For Safety by Eva PenzeyMoog. | Continue reading
Two JavaScript frameworks—Svelte and Astro—share a philosophy, but take subtly different approaches. | Continue reading
From the birth of the web to the browser wars. | Continue reading
A Netflix series today reminds me of something from 15 years ago. | Continue reading
Today is World Digital Preservation Day.https://adactio.com/tags/digital,preservationOn a related note…Here’s where you can donate to the Internet Archive:http://archive.org/donate#WDPD21 | Continue reading
A new free course on responsive web design. | Continue reading
I published the transcript of my talk, The State Of The Web:https://adactio.com/articles/18580Here’s the video:https://vimeo.com/641568337And here are the slides:https://speaking.adactio.com/nKuSkE/the-state-of-the-web | Continue reading
Checked in at Jolly Brewer. Tunes! — with Jessica | Continue reading
There’s a video and a transcript of the talk. | Continue reading
Chrome Dev Summit starts soon and I posed a question:https://app.sli.do/event/9e3j6xhe/live/questions Given the court proceedings against AMP, why should anyone trust FLOC or any other Google initiatives ostensibly focused on privacy? | Continue reading
Someone I know is going to work at Facebook.Someone else I know wrote an uncritical blog post about “Web3” without once mentioning the environmental impact.Both make me sad and disappointed. | Continue reading
The opening presentation from An Event Apart Spring Summit held online in April 2021. | Continue reading
I sent my first tweet fifteen years ago.https://twitter.com/adactio/status/53859It’s been downhill ever since. | Continue reading
The best piece of Halloween broadcasting last night was the weather forecast on the Irish language station, @TG4TVhttps://twitter.com/CaitlinNicAoidh/status/1454908285560233988 | Continue reading
Reading back over this candygram I wrote for @JasonSantaMaria’s site ten years ago and getting all nostalgiac:https://v5.jasonsantamaria.com/articles/monkey-nuts-barmbrack-and-apples/ | Continue reading
Checked in at Fox On the Downs. Sunday roast — with Jessica | Continue reading
Just heard the very sad news about @BillWScott.Such a lovely chap! I have very fond memories of chatting with him after seeing one of his excellent talks back in 2008: https://adactio.com/journal/1426 | Continue reading
Checked in at Jolly Brewer. It’s been quite a while since we last had a session here! — with Jessica | Continue reading
Six more episodes for your listening pleasure. | Continue reading
Reading Binti: The Night Masquerade by Nnedi Okorafor. | Continue reading
Checked in at Clayton Crown Hotel. Afternoon session 🎶☘️ | Continue reading
Checked in at Clayton Crown Hotel. Matt Molloy and Sean Keane 🎶 — with Jessica | Continue reading
Checked in at Clayton Crown Hotel. Return To London Town 🎶🎻 — with Jessica | Continue reading
Checked in at ODEON BFI IMAX for Dune: The IMAX 2D Experience. D U N E — with Jessica | Continue reading
Checked in at Royal Opera House. Ballet time! — with Jessica | Continue reading
Just had the first @SalterCane practice in 18 months this morning—that felt good!(I noticed that @SeaPowerBand were back in the practice space too.) | Continue reading
Checked in at Pinóquio. Seafood feast — with Jessica | Continue reading
Checked in at Ginjinha sem Rival. Ginjinha — with Jessica | Continue reading
Checked in at A Cevicheria. Feasting on ceviche — with Jessica | Continue reading
Checked in at Sol e Pesca. Snacking on anchovies and sardines — with Jessica | Continue reading
Exploring Lisbon with @wordridden. | Continue reading
Reading Let It Go by Dame Stephanie Shirley. | Continue reading
The final episode of this season is mostly a case study. | Continue reading
Checked in at Fox On the Downs. Session!☘️🎶 — with Jessica | Continue reading
Checked in at Open Bakery. Coffee in the park — with Jessica | Continue reading