Sunday, May 28, 2017

what's up with css?

https://medium.com/@vyaron/there-is-an-amazing-raise-in-web-technologies-usage-and-good-frontend-developers-are-one-of-the-c80dda82ed8f
a handful of useful CSS tutorials. 

Thoughts on Tokens

https://medium.com/@balajis/thoughts-on-tokens-436109aabcbe
Cryptocurrency coins are now generically known as tokens. Here's some current perspective. 

Are solar and wind really killing coal, nuclear and grid reliability?

https://theconversation.com/are-solar-and-wind-really-killing-coal-nuclear-and-grid-reliability-76741
The shifting landscape of energy production. It's not just renewals that are killing coal. 


7 Lessons From 100+ Failed Startups

https://thinkgrowth.org/7-lessons-from-100-failed-startups-2db31984867a
Great lessons from failed startups. hint: there's gotta be a market. 

1 things I learned reading the flexbox spec

https://medium.com/@david.gilbertson/11-things-i-learned-reading-the-flexbox-spec-5f0c799c776b
Good perspective and hints on Flexbox CSS.

Wednesday, May 24, 2017

22 Books That Expand Your Mind and Change The Way You Live

https://medium.com/art-of-practicality/22-books-that-expand-your-mind-and-change-the-way-you-live-47da380eaf3d
Another list of must-read books. Such generally say more about the article writer. 


The steady rise of GraphQL

https://medium.freecodecamp.com/the-steady-rise-of-graphql-27b14e938164
Github says their next-gen API will use GraphQL. 

Why you should totally switch to Kotlin

https://medium.com/@magnus.chatt/why-you-should-totally-switch-to-kotlin-c7bbde9e10d5
Enthusiastic piece about the features of Kotlin. We'll see if an ecosystem evolves for it. 

A Primer on IOTA (with Presentation)

https://blog.iota.org/a-primer-on-iota-with-presentation-e0a6eb2cc621
Interesting blockchain-inspired software to record transactions from the IoT on the cheap. 

Find and Connect to the World’s Top APIs.

https://rapidapi.com/
Mashable's API marketplace has been absorbed by RapidAPI. Good. Never liked Mashable. 

Ethereum Could Be Worth More Than Bitcoin Very Soon

https://www.inc.com/brian-d-evans/ethereum-ether-could-be-worth-more-than-bitcoin-very-soon.html
Ethereum doesn't have BitCoin's political infighting or technological bottlenecks, so it's gaining ground fast. 

Tuesday, May 9, 2017

Friday, May 5, 2017

Dear Writer,

https://medium.com/personal-growth/dear-writer-773ebd74cdfb
Is the whole "content-marketing" thing taking writing in the wrong direction?

Introducing Bootstrap Studio A powerful desktop app for creating responsive websites using the Bootstrap framework.

https://bootstrapstudio.io/
Yet another Bootstrap editor. Not free, but reasonably-priced. 

Weex - a framework for cross-platform mobile UIs

https://weex.apache.org/
Certainly the best-looking website I've seen for an Apache project. An interesting take on cross-platform apps. 

Lightweight UI components for Vue.js based on Bulma

https://buefy.github.io/#/
Bulma meets Vue.js in this framework. 

Bulma A modern CSS framework based on Flexbox

http://bulma.io/
Interesting CSS framework built on Flexbox.