“To Find a Niche, Learn Why Your Company Pays Your Salary - DaedTech”
So, one thing we did get out of the W3C web publication effort is a schema.org extension for better describing structured publications in JSON. That’s actually quite a useful thing to have.
“RA for All: How We Can and Must Fight The Publishers on Ebook Access in Libraries”
“Why I have a problem with React the library and spend a lot of time talking to my therapist”
This feels broadly correct. React has not been a good influence over the web.
“The Bottom Feeder: I Am the Cheapest Bastard In Indie Games”
This is about indie games dev but pretty much any business would benefit from being this clear-headed about budget, focused on what actually matters to the customers, and realistic about what they can deliver.
“Adactio: Journal—Opening up the AMP cache”
Interesting proposal. One issue not covered (which AMP has put a lot of effort into) is the security implication of running un-vetted JS on the cache domain.
“It’s Easy to be Tricked by a Climate Denier - Willard MacDonald - Medium”
“Pixels of the Week – August 25, 2019, by Stéphanie Walter - UX designer & Mobile Expert.”
“Book publishers sue Audible to stop new speech-to-text feature”
Suing to prevent accessibility features (which automatic captioning is) is a huge dick move.
“Plaidophile: So about that AMP-script thing”
“It’s pretty clear to me that it’s less about providing a benefit to the web and more about providing a benefit to google.”
“applications are social constructions”
“How to avoid supporting sexual predators – Valerie Aurora’s blog”