He drew a deep breath. ‘Well, I’m back,’ he said. I know how you feel, Samwise Gamgee. I have returned from my travels — a week aboard the Queen Mary 2 crossing the Atlantic, followed by a weekend in New York, finishing with a week in Saint Augustine, Florida. The…

I managed to get out and play in trad sessions for four days straight: Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday.

I just described prototype code as code to be thrown away. On that topic… I’ve been observing how people are programming with large language models and I’ve seen a few trends. The first thing that just about everyone agrees on is that the code produced by a generative tool is…

We do quite a bit of prototyping at Clearleft. There’s no better way to reduce risk than to get something in front of users as quickly as possible to test whether you’re on the right track or not. As Benjamin said in the podcast episode on prototyping: It’s something to…

Last week Phil posted a little update about his excellent site, ooh.directory: If you’re in the habit of visiting the Recently Updated Blogs page, and leaving it open, the times when each blog was updated will now keep up with the relentless passing of time. Does that make sense? “3…

My week at the Belfast TradFest culminated in a cathedral. Everyone who has been taking classes during the week made their way to Belfast cathedral for a communal finish. Every class played a short piece to round out their week of workshops. The whole experience was quite lovely. At one…

I’ve been immersing myself in musical activities recently. Two weeks ago I was in the studio with Salter Cane. In three days, we managed to record eleven(!) songs! Not bad. We recorded everything live, treating the vocals as guide vocals. …

You can split the web in many ways. Lionel Dricot wrote about one of those ways in a blog post called Splitting the Web. In it, he outlines an ever-increasing divide he sees on the web. On the one hand you’ve got people experiencing the advertising-driven, tracking-addicted big players who…

Social networks come and social networks go. Right now, there’s a whole bunch of social networks coming (Blewski, Freds, Mastication) and one big one going, thanks to Elongate. Me? I watch all of this unfold like Doctor Manhattan on Mars. I have no great connection to any of these places…