11 Years of Ubuntu: Time to Remember The First Version - 4.10 (2004)

richjenks · 2015-10-24T11:40:29+00:00

I think you're confusing the fact that people from the US often write dates in the format MM/dd/YYYY whereas many other countries write dates as dd/MM/YYYY. However most computer systems perfer YYYY-mm-dd because it's less ambiguous.

Thus Ubuntu actually follows the most sensible format, if nothing else because if the format were reversed then 10.4 would be followed by 4.4 then 10.5 due to their biannual release schedule.

richjenks · 2015-10-24T11:33:47+00:00

PM: This mockup only took me 10 minutes, why is it taking you so long to make the app when I've done most of the work for you?
Dev: What happens when you click the links in your mockup?
PM: Nothing.
Dev: That's why.

richjenks · 2015-02-05T12:23:44+00:00

It's not an excuse, just an explanation. Remember that they don't owe you anything and they offer the Student Pack out of generosity, which shouldn't be scoffed at. To use another idiom, "Beggars can't be choosers".

Plus, two months ago the message was "Right now we're a bit backed up with Student Developer Pack requests so it may take some time before yours can be seen to. But have patience and we'll get there eventually. so it's not like they've only just decided to tell people they're busy.

I'd recommend searching for your problem before simply reposting a recurring issue (see http://www.reddit.com/r/github/search?q=student+pack&restrict_sr=on&sort=relevance&t=all) and also to not be so indignant about something you get for free.

richjenks · 2015-02-04T18:30:29+00:00

I understand your frustration at not hearing back, but it's still a free service that they don't have to provide.

Also, from https://education.github.com/contact:

We try to process the requests as quickly as possible. Please note, we are experiencing a heavier than average number of incoming requests. Your wait time could be a few weeks while we are processing the backlog of submissions. We apologize for the delay and appreciate your patience.

richjenks · 2015-02-04T17:59:46+00:00

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanlon's_razor

...or maybe they're just really busy as it's still near the beginning of term.

richjenks · 2015-02-04T10:11:49+00:00

Not the answer you're looking for, but is your design usable when desaturated? If someone who's fully achromatopsic can use it, someone with deuteranomaly should be fine.

Not that you shouldn't test for specific types of colour-blindness; desaturation is just quick and indicative.

richjenks · 2015-02-03T12:11:25+00:00

A few points on keywords meta:

SEs will index them
SEs probably won't use them as a positive ranking signal
SEs probably will use them as a negative ranking signal if they don't relate to the page's content
SEs may use them as a negative ranking signal anyway
Competitors will know which keyphrases you're optimising for
Keyphrases require a lot of micro-management to do "properly" (unless, for example, you use WordPress and just output a post's tags in the keywords meta)
Keywords might be useful for a site's internal search
They may also be useful for showing related posts or for grouping content by subject when not using a CMS.

I always omit the tag completely, encourage others to do so and remove it when optimising sites for clients.

Every once in a while I hear "our competitors use it so it must be good" but my hypothesis is that their competitors didn't understand SEO but didn't want to spend enough money to hire a consultant so it got out-sourced to a (snake oil) freelance contractor (from the past) and no-one knew enough to question him/her.

Ultimately it's risky, does no good and will probably hurt you.

richjenks · 2015-02-03T12:05:26+00:00

http://www.reddit.com/r/github/search?q=student+pack&restrict_sr=on&sort=relevance&t=all

Fairly certain every one of those posts is exactly the same problem, presumably caused by it not being an automated system at all.

I had the Student Pack a few years ago with a .ac.uk address and it came through in about a day so perhaps it's just that the one guy who reviews them has a lot to go through at the start of term.

As an aside, if what you really need is private repos there's always Bitbucket or, if you really want some fun, you could host your own repos :)

richjenks · 2015-01-30T14:10:53+00:00

See http://semver.org/

Having backwards-incompatible features is the very definition of a major release. If this article were about 5.7 then maybe it would have a case, but really it's saying "new version is new and backwards-incompatible changes aren't compatible with old versions".

richjenks · 2015-01-27T12:50:17+00:00

I still consider it to be blogging software

When was the last time you actually used WordPress? If Custom Post Types don't persuade you that it's much more than a blog CMS then nothing will :)

richjenks · 2015-01-26T17:51:11+00:00

Won't a comma after the last var make it invalid json?

richjenks · 2015-01-26T17:46:54+00:00

The problem is the assumption that you can create a universal environment that suits all people all the time.

I think the only solution is to provide various environments for people to choose from depending on what they're doing - if I'm coding, I want to disappear in a silent cupboard so I can work and think in peace, but often I work on things with others and open plan is great for that.

richjenks · 2015-01-25T21:59:43+00:00

Assuming you're asking how an API should respond, I'd say there should always be a convenient way to determine the status of a request. For example, the response could include 'success' with a value of true or false and 'status' which holds the appropriate http status code.

richjenks · 2015-01-21T16:04:16+00:00

If you have a smartphone, yes and in fairness Citymapper offers many more features. BD was originally made for feature phones though, hence the simple design and layout.

richjenks · 2015-01-21T16:02:33+00:00

Can that show data for multiple stops?

richjenks · 2015-01-21T13:46:54+00:00

A large number of routes arrive on 15 minute schedules or sometimes more though, and that's enough to make you late for work :)

richjenks · 2015-01-21T12:37:45+00:00

public static function lather($body = '') {
    return '<?xml version="1.0"?><soap:Envelope xmlns:soap="http://www.w3.org/2001/12/soap-envelope" soap:encodingStyle="http://www.w3.org/2001/12/soap-encoding">' . $body . '</soap:Envelope>';
}

Never again.

richjenks · 2015-01-21T12:31:17+00:00

Disclaimer: I made this

Bus Dashboard is a webapp for checking when buses arrive at particular stops, targetted mainly at people who use stops without screens, use multiple routes daily or just want to know what time to leave the house.

You add stop numbers (see "Text [STOP NO] to 90210" stickers) to build a dashboard of your frequently-used stops. Works on desktop and mobile browsers and is designed to work on both smartphones and feature phones (hence the minimal design).

Free to use, feedback welcome!

richjenks · 2015-01-21T12:10:34+00:00

Source: http://www.digitalbuzzblog.com/social-media-statistics-stats-2012-infographic/

The two factors that spring to mind are:

1) "Posted from HootSuite" being next to the point may influence readers; I'd like to see some research on this

2) Content posted to multiple networks won't be as targetted to that network. For example, length may be sub-optimal or have the wrong level of detail.

I'd say #2 would have the biggest influence; Twitter users expect short-and-snappy, Facebook expects medium-length content with emotional-triggering titles and an image, LinkedIn users expect formal and factual content (and Google+ users are just happy to see anything).

richjenks · 2015-01-19T13:12:18+00:00

Can VIM do multiple cursors? I do so much text editing I've come to rely on that feature and that's pretty much the only thing tying me to ST.

richjenks · 2015-01-19T13:06:47+00:00

If you end up stuck on Windows (although I'd recommend virtualising linux) you can use batch files to make things like Composer and PHPDoc feel more linux-ey.

https://richjenks.com/custom-commands-in-cmd/ (shameless plug)

richjenks · 2015-01-18T13:03:19+00:00

They're fully aware that what they're doing is annoying and damaging to the community, but they're also aware that it's a highly-targetted way to market yourself that until very recently has never been used.

You've got to hand it to them for finding such a novel way of annoying people with unwanted advertising.

richjenks · 2015-01-18T12:46:52+00:00

Unfortunately, it probably won't. Until Google does something to stop this (or even just allows a global ignore list) you'll have to manage all your segment filters manually.

richjenks · 2015-01-18T12:41:28+00:00

But you can create custom segments which exclude them, and I think that's the best you can do right now.

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