JR: Links nov 4, 2016 - https://www.buzzfeed.com/bensmith/calls https://mobile.twitter.com/gknauss/status/793623856250441729 https://www.ft.com/content/e7113970-a06b-11e6-891e-abe238dee8e2 https://www.buzzfeed.com/craigsilverman/how-macedonia-became-a-global-hub-for-p... more>> 4 min read
- Nov 04, 2016

JR: Manifesto For Simplified Web Articles - And my screed against web page bloat June 2016 - Publishers have created a web-abusive, reader-hostile web. In 2016, single web pages from many media sites ranged from 5 to 10 megabytes in size, but the body of many of these articles was simple tex... more>> 86 min read
- Jun 10, 2016 - #EEEEEE

JR: Tt post mon, jun 6, 2016 - a - "Huh. I like it. Maybe I'm just weird." It's an improvement over the two-website setup that existed prior. I like it on the phone. And the new site seems a little thinner, or it's not as bloated. An article page loads quicker if your browser dow... more>> 4 min read
- Jun 06, 2016 - #toledo #media #web #browser

JR: Breaking the web in 2014 - 2016 - More site owners are offending the web with their effed-up, bloated javascript-heavy constructions. These ill-conceived content sites do not provide users with a simple and enjoyable reading experience. Site developers misuse modern browser techn... more>> 46 min read
- May 31, 2016 - #web #javascript #css #html5 #responsive #design #moronism #blog_jr - replies: 1

JR: Read again or later - April 2016 - https://eev.ee/blog/2016/04/26/the-case-for-base-twelve/ https://www.filamentgroup.com/lab/delivering-responsibly.html https://theintercept.com/2016/04/20/false-plagiarism-accusation-against-shaun-king-shows-dangers-of-online-mob-journalis... more>>
- May 10, 2016

JR: Opera web browser speed comparisons - On Sat, Apr 23, 2016, I installed Opera developer edition. https://www.opera.com/developer https://www.opera.com/download/get/?partner=wwwarch=i386opsys=Linuxproduct=Opera%20Developerpackage=RPM About the browser installed on my Linux computer: ... more>> 1 min read
- Apr 23, 2016 - #web #browser #advertising

JR: Google AMP News - Feb 24, 2016 - Publishers are dumb. Publishers create terrible websites. Publishers need Facebook and Google to save them. A lot of moronic rhetoric will exist about this topic. The feedback from publishers so far has been very enthusiastic. Everyone is excite... more>> 18 min read
- Mar 21, 2016

JR: Google's AMP Project - January 2016 - Hilarious. Publishers need to rely on other companies to serve fast web pages on mobile. That's because publishers create some of the worst designed and most bloated websites on the internet. Here's how to speed up an article page: use no javascri... more>> 5 min read
- Jan 20, 2016

JR: Toledo weather Sep 11, 2015 - Toledo 7-day forecast Last Update: Sep 11, 2015 9:47 pm Tonight: A slight chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 50. North wind 5 to 8 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%. Saturday: A slight chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a hig... more>> 8 min read
- Sep 11, 2015 - #toledo #weather

JR: One site owner's view on comments - Authored by: Bryan Goldberg. Bryan is an entrepreneur in New York and San Francisco. He is the Founder and CEO of Bustle.com. He previously founded Bleacher Report, and currently advises several startups. Major achievements, but it does not mean... more>> 12 min read
- Oct 23, 2014 - #comments #media #moronism

JR: I finally entered the smart phone era on Jun 18, 2014 - Over the past year, it was fascinating to use the old dumb/feature flip phone with the Opera Mini Browser for using and testing my web apps to ensure some progressive enhancement and general usefulness on lower-scaled phones. I wish that I could keep... more>> 1 min read
- Sep 02, 2014 - #mobile #blog_jr

JR: API-first-development design - November 2013 Pop.co blog post titled Why we chose API-first development. Related Hacker News thread Simple enough. Another project derivative idea based upon Junco code. No HTML Template usage. The server code only receives and returns JSON via R... more>> 3 min read
- Jun 23, 2014 - #programming #design #javascript #json #rest #api #blog_jr

JR: Junco Readme.md - Junco is a web-based publishing tool, used to house notes, bookmarks, thoughts, and other writings. The app can be setup as a community site with social features, such as following users, following tags, and adding replies. Or it can be setup as a ... more>> 1 min read
- May 19, 2014 - #junco #blog_jr

JR: My old scratchpad post at TT - last upadated on may 6, 2013 (temp notes, bookmarks, currently reading, possible books to buy etc.) k app To-Dos working - add progressive enhancement working - add responsive design add follow users add blog_ format option add jquery functio... more>> 2 min read
- Apr 07, 2014

JR: Mark Zuckerberg's and Facebook's views on modern computing - One year ago today, Apr 4, 2013, Facebook announced Home, which was an interesting and attractive redesign of its News Feed that seemed to lose acceptance within the company or among users. But this post is more about Mark Zuckerberg's views on the f... more>> 3 min read
- Apr 04, 2014 - #internet #web #socialmedia #collaboration #mobile #blog_jr