Matthew Lang

July 21, 2015

Amazing piece about the changes in the Internet since the glory days of blogging.

The centralization of information also worries me because it makes it easier for things to disappear. After my arrest, my hosting service closed my account, because I wasn’t able to pay its monthly fee. But at least I had a backup of all my posts in a database on my own web server. (Most blogging platforms used to enable you to transfer your posts and archives to your own web space, whereas now most platforms don’t let you so.) Even if I didn’t, the Internet archive might keep a copy. But what if my account on Facebook or Twitter is shut down for any reason?

— The Web We Have to Save by Hossein Derakhshan

July 21, 2015

The Bradley Mountain Waxed Canvas Utility Roll is one of those products you’re going to own for a very long time. Love those kind of products.

July 21, 2015

Michael Wade sums up well what being productive means:

This means working with deliberation and not by impulse. I must elude a multitude of distractions.

— Going Down the List by Michael Wade

July 21, 2015

Book Recommendations by Patrick Rhone

Another one for the list.

Thanks for the recommendation Patrick!

July 20, 2015

I had a good week off with the family last week, but it’s back to work this morning.

July 13, 2015

The Medium Debate Continues

I’m still not a fan of Medium for blogging, but that’s just my preference. It is a great place for reading though.

July 13, 2015

I work four days a week when a client allows it and most usually do but I will make exceptions for projects that are on a limited timescale. Working five days a week for a couple of months is nothing to me but for full-time employees it can amount to a daily grind which can take its toll on employee productivity.

We’ve proven that you can take it from an experiment into something that’s doable for real companies and real people in highly competitive markets.

— The Case for the 32-Hour Workweek by The Atlantic

Watch the video at The Atlantic for more.

July 13, 2015

I’ve been a long-time fan of Mozilla and Firefox but the move to include Pocket in the open-source web browser isn’t my idea of what open source software is supposed to be.

Julien Voisin highlighted the sections from Pocket’s privacy policy and terms of services to indicate exactly why Pocket shouldn’t be included in Firefox.

July 13, 2015

Better Photos for Instagram

I’ve become something of a Instagram fan over the last few months, so this was right up my street.

July 11, 2015

Had a mini test ride on a Specialized Fatboy today. I’m pretty sure my next bike will be a fat tyre bike. So comfortable!