My new server at Digital Ocean is up and running. Ubuntu 14.04, with Nginx (LEMP stack). Why Move? It had been a while since I bothered much with my website. My interest in IndieWeb got me refocused on some interesting technical details and provided the extra push to get me moving. A big decision came when…
I have moved my site (several of them, actually) to a new server. Unfortunately, my old host doesn’t yet support SNI, and I was up for annual renewal and just decided to make the leap to a different provider. It’s also an opportunity for me to duplicate my environment on my web server and on…
Apple has released the Public Beta of Mac OS X Yosemite, and I’m getting a lot of questions about whether one should jump in. My advice is to wait. Most of the non-developer user features I find really great in Yosemite are in the integration with iOS, all of which requires iOS 8, which you…
Things a Little Bird Told Me, Confessions of the Creative Mind I’m enjoying this one. It’s a quick and easy read, but if you’re paying attention, there are many ideas worth pondering. The nuggets of wisdom are dusted around on the amusing stories, so don’t miss them. Like when Biz is relating some stories about…
Since joining the IndieWeb Camp a couple weeks ago, I’ve had a great time learning more and getting things setup and working on my own sites. It’s still not all where I want it, but I thought I’d do a little update. The idea behind IndieWeb is that you own your own presence on the…
Great first day at IndieWeb Camp. Learned a lot and met some great folks. More later, including some photos… Here’s a fun one… Evil Tantek
In November 2013, Auburn University’s College of Human Sciences bestowed the IQLA Lifetime Achievement Award on Tim Cook, the CEO of Apple Computer. His acceptance speech is stunning. “Never allow the majority to limit the rights of the minority. Never allow people who fear anyone different from themselves to limit others’ human rights or deny…
I’m listening to the Google IO Keynote this morning, not really following closely, but I have it running in the background and occasionally pick up some interesting detail. My impression so far is that it’s an wild array of capabilities, especially around improvements in APIs for developers to tie in to Maps, Google+ and other…
It looks like Apple have been doing some thinking about the challenges of a growing developer community. In their fashion, they aren’t telling us much, but at least the change to WWDC ticket sales process and promised availability of session videos during the conference were good steps. Now they have quietly announced a series of…