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Hi, I’m Chris, a web craftsman making things like Mapalong & Brooklyn Beta with my friends at Fictive Kin.
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Nov 2012
Election Coverage
- Wed, 07 Nov 2012 02:07:55 GMT
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More and more people rely on the Internet rather than broadcast television for coverage of events like the election, but it still feels like we're in an awkward transition period. Here are the links for live e…
Oct 2012
Goodbye, Sandy
- Wed, 31 Oct 2012 20:36:57 GMT
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My family and I are fine. We have power, running water, and Internet. Many are not so lucky. Dozens lost their lives. Millions are without power. Billions will be spent repairing the damage. Sandy won't be …
Lessons from Brooklyn Beta
- Mon, 15 Oct 2012 19:28:12 GMT
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Last year at Brooklyn Beta, I kicked things off by sharing a couple of lessons I had learned. This year, the first couple of days were pretty hectic, but before I introduced Maciej Ceglowski on Friday morning,…
Sep 2012
Sync No More
- Sat, 15 Sep 2012 19:20:30 GMT
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As developers, it's easy to use vocabulary that's familiar to us without considering whether it's familiar to other people. When making stuff for other developers, it doesn't matter, but when making stuff for …
Aug 2012
Apple Botches "Save As…"
- Thu, 16 Aug 2012 18:42:06 GMT
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I've been using OS X exclusively for quite a few years now, and I'm not alone. Go to any web conference, and you'll see that we're all using Macs these days. Sure, our servers are running other stuff, and we m…
Jul 2012
Discovering Favicons
- Tue, 17 Jul 2012 18:41:13 GMT
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A couple of months ago, I mentioned my collection of links and Planet Chris, both of which are now powered by Pinboard. I also hinted that I might release the latter as a DIY feed reader. I'm still not quit…
Jun 2012
Good People Good Work
- Tue, 26 Jun 2012 13:16:48 GMT
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For the past few years, Analog and Fictive Kin have been working together on Brooklyn Beta. At first, it was just a little conference, then a slightly bigger conference, then a small seed fund and startup acce…
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Work and Books
- Analog, a web design and development co-operative
- Essential PHP Security (2005 O'Reilly)
- HTTP Developer's Handbook (2003 Sams)
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Hi, I would like to take a look at the.php files so I can test it by myself. Does anyone els…
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This is a very interesting article, but i'm having some trouble getting this to work with PHP PDO. …
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nice little tip to be safe! ok let me try to break it :)
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Good to know even though it's already been a while. Good luck in future too.
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I don't know how I ended up here, but the article drew me in and thanks for it (plus your other art…
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Thanks men toy for such a great article here. I was searching for something like this for quite a l…
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I like the valuable info you provide in your articles. I’ll bookmark your weblog and check again …
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Focus on what matters. Exactly. It's easy to get lost in the excitement of conferences, the friends…
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