JavaScript is the ideal language for procrastinators. Whenever you want to work on something other than the actual problem you are supposed to solve, you can configure/update/maintain/tune/fix auxiliary stuff: Webpack, Babel, Flow, node_modules etc. No other language comes close.

12 years ago I was listening to episode 61 of @boagworld’s podcast and decided to sign up for this little website here called Twitter.

boagworld.com/classic-show/podca…

My aesthetic

I wish I had some great insight to share with the twitter crowd. But i’m dry right now.

tweets.kingkool68.com/2010/12/13…

tweets.kingkool68.com/2012/12/13…

tweets.kingkool68.com/2017/12/13…

12 years and I’m still here. #MyTwitterAnniversary

This is a fascinating thread.

“Equifax did not see the data exfiltration because the device used to monitor ACIS network traffic had been inactive for 19 months due to an expired security certificate.” twitter.com/sawaba/status/107231…

In the last 3 days we’ve archived 187,352,526 Tumblr URLs.
We’re just getting started.
tracker.archiveteam.org/tumblr

TUMBLR TUMBLEDOWN ARCHIVE TEAM UPDATE.
WE HAVE DOWNLOADED 26,000 TUMBLR BLOGS
6.4 TERABYTES
WE NEED MORE PEOPLE TO RUN WARRIORS
VISIT THE TRACKER FOR MORE INFO
tracker.archiveteam.org/tumblr/

This year I taught a class on Doom and it was one of the best teaching experiences I’ve ever had. Here’s the syllabus: patrick-lemieux.com/pedagogy/17F… t.co/6dhUvZJdkb

I’m excited to announce the project that I’ve been working on: SIGIL, an unofficial spiritual successor to The Ultimate DOOM’s 4th episode! Read about it here: romerogames.ie/sigil/ #johnromero #romerogames #sigil #doom
#pcgaming #pcgames #buckethead #retrocollection

If I could impart any wisdom on designers, it’s that cleverness and subtly are highly overrated – making a design that appears “obvious” is the really hard part of design.

❤️ @lukew’s constant drumbeat to “Obvious Always Wins” t.co/2Fm19t3Vi7

“Sometimes, the elegant implementation is just a function. Not a method. Not a class. Not a framework. Just a function.” – John Carmack

I’m donating my bandwidth at night to help back up tumblr archives. twitter.com/textfiles/status/107…

I would totally rock Kubrick with blocks twitter.com/bph/status/107185086…

Making WordPress’ Mediaelement.js video player responsive is quite a chore. Ooff!

Check it out zadieheimlich.com/category/video…

📝 New Post: #​Edge​Goes​Chromium daverupert.com/2018/12/edge-goes…

Imagine if Microsoft adopted Firefox’s rendering engine and collaborated on making web apps on desktop a first class citizen. How awesome would that be. I’ve wanted that since I saw fluidapp.com/ in 2008 or 2009. Still a ways to go…