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Technology Writing

Node: References and Resources

Recovered from the Wayback Machine. During my explorations of Node.js, I came across many excellent resources, references, tutorials, and various other online publications related to the technology. I had planned on incorporating this material into an appendix for Learning Node but decided it would make a better online resource than a book chapter. Every person […]

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Books

Learning Node: Raw

Evidently, O’Reilly is going to publish my Learning Node book as a Rough Cuts/Early Release. What people should know is that the material has not gone through a final edit, a copy edit, or a tech review. So yes, there will be typos, gotchas, and oopsies. Probably lots and lots of oopsies. But the advantage […]

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Diversity HTML5

Homogeneity

homogeneity: noun composition from like parts, elements, or characteristics Not long ago, Molly Holzschlag tweeted an innocuous comment: I’d love to see a woman or group of women edit the HTML5 spec. It’d make for an interesting social experiment. Certainly would be a first. I re-tweeted her without additional comment, and that started a sequence […]

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Critters

Is the puppy mill fight over?

Good question: is the puppy mill fight over? Rabbit Ridge is still in business. It starved a dog to death, and it’s still in business. http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/metro/where-did-missouri-s-puppy-mill…

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Media Specs

Mozilla reluctantly embracing H.264

Recovered from the Wayback Machine. Interesting doings this week on the HTML5 video front. Brendan Eich of Mozilla has stated the organization will now provide native support for H.264. In Video, Mobile, and the Open Web (also cross-posted at his personal web site), Eich writes: What I do know for certain is this: H.264 is absolutely required right […]