The best code is the code you don't write.
The second-best code is the code you write carefully, thoughtfully, and deliberately, with restraint and caution.
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Do I stay here in the hallway scrolling through Twitter some more, or actually go out the door to buy some groceries for dinner?
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New post: Plaidophile: Audio Hijack is good, actually beesbuzz.biz/blog/1102-Audi…
I’d bought pretty heavily into the iTunes ecosystem primarily because it gave me a good listening experience, but also because it had good interoperability with Apple’s AirPlay devices. But ever sinc…
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I just booked a hotel for an event in May 2021. That's still 10 months away but in some ways it feels like next week and that I'm being too optimistic that I'll be able to go.
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I just booked a hotel for an event in May 2021. That's still 10 months away but in some ways it feels like next week and that I'm being too optimistic that I'll be able to go.
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I ran across @ProseMirror yesterday and my first thought was: I want this for writing & posting to my website!
boffosocko.com/2020/07/14/557…
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"text": "Hey #edu522 Here is the module one kick off video: jgregorymcverry.com/videos/EDU522S\u2026 come join us to build your #k12 or #highered remote teaching skills #openpedagogy #digped #edtechchat #literacies (quickthoughts.jgregorymcverry.com/s/AQbkY)",
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I just did something that was terrifying and slightly personally risky but also the Right thing to do. Could use some soothing cat pics. #vaguetweet
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You have no excuse not to nab this, one of the greatest albums of all time.
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Hey #edu522 here is today's #dailychallenge prompt: https://t.co/K6CX15IzRw #silence h/t @telliokuwp (quickthoughts.jgregorymcverry.com/s/ToHM4)
Does the key to anti-ageing lie in our bones? Once again we need a word for the idea that the world is always more complex than we can know. Way more. theguardian.com/sci...
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Brief overview of third day of #tech4teens remote camp in #nhv. we had sooo much fun making movie posters out of HTML..please don't tell kids how many academic skills they build along the way: tech-4-teens.club/2020/07/14/day… #edtechchat (quickthoughts.jgregorymcverry.com/s/1zW97b)
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Okay, only one person is allowed to make an order today, because I have ONE mailing label sticker left before 300 more arrive tomorrow. apparently takes me 8 months to go through an order of 1400 labels.
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Am I in my 30s? You could not tell based on my outfit.
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This is objectively great news!*
*even if the phrase "digital nomadism" is still making my skin crawl every single time I hear it...
estonianworld.com/business/eston…
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😢 The world lost a good one. So sad!
Grant Imahara, Host of 'MythBusters' and 'White Rabbit Project,' Dies at 49 hollywoodreporter.com/news/grant-ima…
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2001: Man, am I gonna suck as a year. People are gonna hate this new millennium
2016: I’m gonna be considered the worst year of the 21st Century so far
2020: Hold my beer
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Wow, so apparently there's a whole contingent of Chrome bros out there who are on the hunt with their pitchforks denigrating the folks who actually like using Safari and deeply appreciate Apple's stance on security, privacy, and performance. Good grief.
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"text": "Some small pieces, loosely joined for owning one\u2019s highlights online.\nI ran across a Chrome extension for highlights, annotations, and tagging tonight. It\u2019s called Learning Paths. It works roughly as advertised for creating and saving highlights and annotations online. With a social silo log in process (I didn\u2019t see an email login option), you\u2019ve quickly got an account on the service.\nYou can then use the extension to highlight, tag, and annotate web pages. One can export their data as a .csv file which is nice. They\u2019ve also got an online dashboard which displays all your data and has the ability to see public data from other users as well.\n\nScreencapture of the Learning Paths UI for their Chrome extensionOne of the interesting pieces they support is allowing users to tweet a thread from all their highlights of a piece online. Upon seeing this I thought it might make a useful feature for getting data into one\u2019s personal wiki, website, or digital garden, particularly now that\u00a0 ThreadReaderApp supports posting unrolled Twitter threads to one\u2019s Micropub enabled website.\u00a0\nSo the workflow goes something like this (with links to examples of my having tried it along the way):\nUse Learning Paths to highlight an article;\nUse the sharing interface to share the highlights as a Twitter thread;\nMake any modifications to the Twitter thread and then post;\nExample: https://twitter.com/ChrisAldrich/status/1282863853802405888\u00a0\n\nGo to the thread and reply to one of the tweets with \u201c@ThreadReaderApp unroll\u201d;\nLog into your ThreadReaderApp account to see the thread;\nExample: https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1282863853802405888.html\n\n\nGo to your \u201cMy Authored Threads\u201d tab;\nClick on the \u201cPublish n Tweets to Blog\u201d button for the appropriate thread (and handle any authentication/authorization workflow);\nThe thread of highlights should now be on your website;\nExample: https://boffosocko.com/2020/07/13/55773547/\n\n\n\nScreencapture example of ThreadReaderApp\u2019s Authored Threads tab interfaceWhile this works relatively well, there are a few drawbacks:\nThe UI for the annotations is a bit flaky at times and in my experience often disappears before you\u2019ve had a chance to save them.\nThe workflow misses out on any of the annotations and tags you might add to each of the highlights (unless you manually add them to the thread, and even then you may run out of space/characters).\nThe appearance of the thread on your site is simply what you get.\nWhile the idea works roughly in practice, it isn\u2019t as optimal as the workflow or data fidelity I\u2019ve found in using more robust tooling like that found in Hypothes.is for which I\u2019ve also built a better UI on my website.\nStill others, might appreciate the idea, so have at it! I\u2019d love to see others\u2019 ideas about owning their highlights, annotations, and related data in a place they control.\n\u00a0",
"html": "Some small pieces, loosely joined for owning one\u2019s highlights online.\n<p>I ran across a Chrome extension for highlights, annotations, and tagging tonight. It\u2019s called <a href=\"https://learningpaths.io/\">Learning Paths</a>. It works roughly as advertised for creating and saving highlights and annotations online. With a social silo log in process (I didn\u2019t see an email login option), you\u2019ve quickly got an account on the service.</p>\n<p>You can then use the extension to highlight, tag, and annotate web pages. One can export their data as a .csv file which is nice. They\u2019ve also got an online dashboard which displays all your data and has the ability to see public data from other users as well.</p>\n<img src=\"https://i1.wp.com/boffosocko.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Learning-Paths-UI.png?resize=623%2C748&ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"623\" height=\"748\" /><img src=\"https://i1.wp.com/boffosocko.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Learning-Paths-UI.png?resize=623%2C748&ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"623\" height=\"748\" />\nScreencapture of the Learning Paths UI for their Chrome extension<p>One of the interesting pieces they support is allowing users to tweet a thread from all their highlights of a piece online. Upon seeing this I thought it might make a useful feature for getting data into one\u2019s personal wiki, website, or digital garden, particularly now that\u00a0 <a href=\"https://boffosocko.com/2020/05/28/threadreaderapp-micropub-to-blog/\">ThreadReaderApp supports posting unrolled Twitter threads to one\u2019s Micropub enabled website</a>.\u00a0</p>\n<p>So the workflow goes something like this (with links to examples of my having tried it along the way):</p>\n<ul><li>Use Learning Paths to highlight an article;</li>\n<li>Use the sharing interface to share the highlights as a Twitter thread;</li>\n<li>Make any modifications to the Twitter thread and then post;\n<ul><li>Example: <a href=\"https://twitter.com/ChrisAldrich/status/1282863853802405888\">https://twitter.com/ChrisAldrich/status/1282863853802405888</a>\u00a0</li>\n</ul></li>\n<li>Go to the thread and reply to one of the tweets with \u201c@ThreadReaderApp unroll\u201d;</li>\n<li>Log into your ThreadReaderApp account to see the thread;\n<ul><li>Example: <a href=\"https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1282863853802405888.html\">https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1282863853802405888.html</a>\n</li>\n</ul></li>\n<li>Go to your \u201c<a href=\"https://threadreaderapp.com/account/author\">My Authored Threads</a>\u201d tab;</li>\n<li>Click on the \u201cPublish n Tweets to Blog\u201d button for the appropriate thread (and handle any authentication/authorization workflow);</li>\n<li>The thread of highlights should now be on your website;\n<ul><li>Example: <a href=\"https://boffosocko.com/2020/07/13/55773547/\">https://boffosocko.com/2020/07/13/55773547/</a>\n</li>\n</ul></li>\n</ul><img src=\"https://i2.wp.com/boffosocko.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/ThreadReader-App-Authored-Threads.png?resize=660%2C376&ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"660\" height=\"376\" /><img src=\"https://i2.wp.com/boffosocko.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/ThreadReader-App-Authored-Threads.png?resize=660%2C376&ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"660\" height=\"376\" />\nScreencapture example of ThreadReaderApp\u2019s Authored Threads tab interface<p>While this works relatively well, there are a few drawbacks:</p>\n<ul><li>The UI for the annotations is a bit flaky at times and in my experience often disappears before you\u2019ve had a chance to save them.</li>\n<li>The workflow misses out on any of the annotations and tags you might add to each of the highlights (unless you manually add them to the thread, and even then you may run out of space/characters).</li>\n<li>The appearance of the thread on your site is simply what you get.</li>\n</ul><p>While the idea works roughly in practice, it isn\u2019t as optimal as the workflow or data fidelity I\u2019ve found in using more robust tooling like that found in <a href=\"https://hypothes.is/\">Hypothes.is</a> for which <a href=\"https://boffosocko.com/2020/05/30/hypothes-is-annotations-to-wordpress-via-rss/\">I\u2019ve also built a better UI on my website</a>.</p>\n<p>Still others, might appreciate the idea, so have at it! I\u2019d love to see others\u2019 ideas about owning their highlights, annotations, and related data in a place they control.</p>\n<p>\u00a0</p>"
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