If you were looking to create an online classroom for elementary, you want ability for teachers to break into small groups & be able to monitor & interact with each group.
Author: Michael Bishop
I used to wash dishes, now I'm a digital plumber. Proud Tampa native. Public Interest technologist. Sports fan, music lover.
he/him
The Art of the Nap in the Time of a Pandemic
Some tweets are better left in @draftsapp
Everyone making jokes about 1700 engineers (it’s funny) but 5 folks are probably banging something out to shut the world up & will have it ready Tuesday. Some if…then statements & a map to all the participating testing locations based on your location if you share it or search.
Artists are starting to add their merch and music to https://missedtour.org I encourage everyone to start clicking around, listening to some music and purchase directly from the artist. Ignore the market, the real economy is down here on the street.
While we are in the jump in & get shit done spirit, it’s probably a good time to remind that scientists attribute 150K deaths a year to climate change & could double by 2030. Still wash your hands.
Ever seen the BBC series Surviors? Not recommended watching under the current situation.
Anyone have a civic tech open source project they could use a hand on? Need a palette cleaner.
In hindsight, when their own site crashed & didn’t even know what server it was on to fix it, I should have known then what the outcome would be.
My only advice to someone who has never done video conferencing is to learn how to easily mute & unmute yourself. Everyone will appreciate it far more than if you have a nice view behind you.
It’s always interesting to experience someone’s reaction to encountering for the first time someone who has zero fucks to give.
Always appreciate when someone shows their hand early.
Pushing the limit of how many times I can have the same page on @css open in multiple tabs.
Today: keyframe syntax
Usually: grid &/or flex syntax
Why in the hell can I be logged into GitHub in one Safari tab, open a private window to login with another account and it knows I’m logged in?
Chewing nails. 16 penny
New webpack plugin for cleaning up dist folder but excluding a directory (like images) <https://github.com/Amaimersion/remove-files-webpack-plugin>
One other thing about Warren I think is true. She’s the only one that will sign the bills to limit executive branch. Congress needs to take back its power. She will help do it.
Finally closed an issue that has been eating at me for weeks on feature request that had been in back log for months. Final piece? Deleting 3 lines of code.
Ask the right questions.
Renewed miklb.com today. Fifteen years. What an amazing journey.
Looked at tickets for Sebadoh & saw it’s a 6:30 door all-ages w/guardian and how great is that for us olds?
Web hosting is to developers what produce purveyors are to to chefs. Sure, it’s better to go to the market and buy it all yourself but at some point, that doesn’t scale. So you either build a relationship one with one, or you bounce around every six months.
What do you do?
I’m a web developer.
Oh, you’re a web designer!
No. Developer.
What’s the difference?
I’m not the architect or interior designer. I lay the foundation, frame the walls, run the plumbing & electric.
To withstand a hurricane or not catch fire.
If I could teach one thing to new developers is to read the docs. THEN, if you still don’t understand the docs, look for code snippets. THEN, submit a pull request offering a suggestion on how they can be improved.
Pro-tip: html & css have docs.
How in the hell does Firefox Dev Tools think it should hijack all .js files on my laptop? How does that even happen?
Anyone have a brand they like for usb c hub?
Do you think if we started calling HTML & CSS "bare metal web" folks would finally jump on board?
If you are looking for a nice terminal font that also has Powerline support, here’s a version of JetBrains Mono that’s been patched. <https://github.com/seanghay/JetBrainsMono-Powerline>
Is it bad to download private keys that people upload to Cpanel not understanding they only need to upload the public? Asking for a friend.
Congratulations! You just recreated the native menu feature that has been in the software for a decade with twice as much code & a worse UX.