JR: Using the Links web browser - Text-based browser. Good for testing a site to ensure that it reads well without JavaScript and CSS. And a good way to view the web quickly. sudo apt-get install links From the man page: links - lynx-like alternative character mode WWW browser ... more>> 1 min read
- Apr 23, 2016 - #web #browser #design #reading

JR: Design by Writing - Links to external sources of inspiration, along with a few links to my own thoughts. https://marco.org/2013/03/02/type-engine Content Good Writing and Editing Is Part of Great Design Content is the hero Content as Medium Words Reminder: Des... more>> 9 min read
- Apr 03, 2016 - #design #writing #reading #web #blog_jr

JR: Book Reading - 2016 - Trying to read at least a couple books a month, instead of reading only web pages. January Nothing February Charlie Brewer on Slider Fishing - revisited an old favorite #book - #reading
- Feb 22, 2016

JR: Tt post about web site colors - sat, jan 23, 2016 - "if anything black on a medium to light grey is easiest on my eyes." The text color here is not quite black. I use hex code 222 instead of 000, which is black. MIJeff, try these options for changing the background color at TT: light grey medium g... more>> 1 min read
- Jan 23, 2016 - #reading #design #web

JR: Interesting Tech and Writing Info - (assembled this page on Oct 21, 2015) jh = JotHut pages or threads Medium.com jh: Medium.com changes, including an API Google AMP jh: Google AMP Facebook Instant Articles jh: Facebook Instant Articles - May 2015 jh: Facebook In... more>>
- Dec 14, 2015 - #design #activism #internet #technology #writing #reading #blog_jr

JR: Medium.com's view on writing - Spring 2015 - The online publishing platform's head of content labs on optimum story length, writing for free, and how to fix the experience of reading and writing on the Internet. Hansen spoke at the Nieman Foundation this spring in conversation with David Jimne... more>> 4 min read
- Nov 19, 2015 - #medium #reading #writing

JR: Tt post about article design - mon, sep 8 and tue, sep 9, 2015 - I'd pay nice money for a Blade subscription if the article pages looked something like this: - (blatant copyright violation. will remove later.) ... instead of this: ... and instead of this: I don't need a printed paper version. I don't n... more>> 3 min read
- Sep 09, 2015 - #media #reading #web #design #browser

JR: Designing websites for readers and writers - "Thankfully, we're starting to see something of a Renaissance. Comment-forms are dropping off blogs like vestigial tails. Text sizes are increasing yearly, and sites are being stripped and whitewashed, with most of their old cruft gone without a trac... more>> 4 min read
- Mar 24, 2015 - #design #blogging #typography #content #writing #longform #reading #blog_jr

JR: Book idea reading list - https://medium.com/@rabois/reading-list-604c88ecefa4 #book #reading #history
- Mar 23, 2015

JR: The top features for community sites are users and their content - Whatever they are called ... social media social networks forums / message boards community blogs ... these sites accept user-generated content, and most likely, these sites host discussions on that content. Here's a fine comment in this threa... more>> 2 min read
- Oct 03, 2014 - #socialnetwork #socialmedia #forums #blogging #design #reading #writing #blog_jr

JR: Books recently read - November 2002 - (my blog post from Saturday, November 30, 2002) In the past week I've read: Torrents of Spring and The Sun also Rises by Ernest Hemingway, Skipping Christmas by John Grisham, Fight Club and Lullaby by [Chuck] Palahniuk. I'm going to stick with rea... more>>
- Jul 18, 2014 - #book #reading

JR: The homepage is dead - May 15, 2014 - qz.com - The homepage is dead, and the social web has woneven at the New York Times People who used RSS readers long ago would have accessed homepages less often. But obviously, socialmedia's popularity since 2007 has contributed th... more>> 1 min read
- May 21, 2014 - #media #design #reading #blog_jr

JR: De-clutter web pages - use native browser features or add-ons. safari chrome #browser - #todo - #reading
- Dec 23, 2013