Extra Future

Year: 2012

  • Tent

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    Phil Nelson
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    [A sort of counterpoint to App.net, Tent is a truly decentralized social media protocol][link]. It even integrated with Tor to help those in nations that which to stifle free speech. It’s a protocol, like HTTP or email, not just a service. It’s fully open source. This is interesting. I hope that it becomes more friendly…

  • Node-Twilio, A Twilio API Client for Node.js

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    Phil Nelson
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    [Another useful Node.js module for Sekrit Projekt #14.][link] [link]: https://github.com/sjwalter/node-twilio “sjwalter/node-twilio”

  • Kickstarter’s Spam Problem

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    Phil Nelson
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    [Garrett Murray on a troubling trend in Kickstarter projects:][link] >At least once a week I receive an unsolicited request to fund a project. These messages are rarely offensive in and of themselves–they’re usually just information about the project and a paragraph or two of generic “please help us out” text–but they’re still spam. They’re usually…

  • node-etsy, An Etsy API Library for Node.js

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    Phil Nelson
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    [Something I needed for a little project of mine.][link] I’ve been thinking a lot about how insanely good node.js is for doing simple tasks that I’d normally use a webserver (Apache) running a scripting language (PHP) and interfacing with an enterprise database (MySQL). If your server has to handle one, or even a handful of…

  • Patricio Palladino Demonstrates Non-Alphanumeric Javascript

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    Phil Nelson
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    [This is some head-screwing, eyeball-hurting mojo.][link] The tl;dr: >”I just made a tool to transform any javascript code into an equivalent sequence of ()[]{}!+ characters. You can try it [here][demo], or grab it from [github][git] or [npm][npm]. Keep on reading if you want to know how it works.” [link]: http://patriciopalladino.com/blog/2012/08/09/non-alphanumeric-javascript.html “Brainfuck beware: JavaScript is after…

  • FitVids

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    Phil Nelson
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    Being “[A lightweight, easy-to-use jQuery plugin for fluid width video embeds.][link]” (via [@zeldman][zeld]) [link]: http://fitvidsjs.com/ “FitVids.JS – A lightweight, easy-to-use jQuery plugin for fluid width video embeds.” [zeld]: http://twitter.com/zeldman “Jeffrey Zeldman”

  • Docracy

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    Phil Nelson
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    [A repository of community-curated legal documents.][link] Someone is going to try to troll this hard, mark my words. [link]: http://www.docracy.com/ “Docracy – Free Legal Documents”

  • Aptus

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    Phil Nelson
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    Sounds like a good deal to me: >[“Aptus is a dedicated browser that lets you preview, edit and screenshot your responsive site at any size from mobile through to large desktop.”][link] Just $2.99 of your Earth dollars. [link]: http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/aptus/id510487565?mt=12 “Mac App Store – Aptus”

  • The Webkit Inspector

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    Phil Nelson
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    [A thoughtful, in-depth, guide to the most powerful web development tool in any browser today.][link] If you aren’t developing in a Webkit-based browser (Chrome, Safari) you’re probably wasting a lot of time. [link]: http://jtaby.com/2012/04/23/modern-web-development-part-1.html “Modern Web Development”

  • Play the Original Spelunky in HTML5

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    Phil Nelson
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    [Darius Kazemi used the newest version of GameMaker to port the game to HTML5/Javascript][link]. No sound yet, but totally playable and pretty cool. I’ll have to revisit GameMaker myself soon. [link]: http://tinysubversions.com/2012/07/spelunky-html5/ “Spelunky HTML5”

  • Dear Samsung Senior Vice President of Product Development and Marketing Kevin Packingham

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    Phil Nelson
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    Kevin, You recently declared “[consumers want rectangles][con].” and I’m glad you finally figured out that [Round Rects Are Everywhere][folk], only 31 years after Apple did. It’s good that your knockoff hardware designs are based on more recent stuff, like the iPhone. Maybe if you browse [Folklore.org][lore] a little, you’ll find some more insights that you…

  • Tom Spurgeon on Comic-Con 2012

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    Phil Nelson
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    [There are important thoughts and rumination, here, I think. A few choice pull-quotes:][link] >comics at its worst adopts a consumer’s myopia where everything is colored by whether or not one’s own appetites are being met, and how, and to what extent. and >The central dilemma of writing about something like San Diego Con is that…