If This, Then That

21 November 2024

How to Do Great Work

Long-form, old-school piece, but still great advice.

Imaginary Problems Are the Root of Bad Software

Amen! One of the previous engineers where I once worked had spent lots and lots of time solving problems that didn't actually exist.

There’s a new form of keyless car theft that works in under 2 minutes

Scary stuff: clearly automotive networks need better security

The Extraordinary Ways Rhythm Shapes Our Lives

Like I've said since college "everything resonates"

The modern way of serving images

Making images truly responsive is hard. Here's the current thinking on the subject.

I like using ifttt.com, which stands for "if this, then that." It can take data from lots of sources and do things with it. They call these procedures recipes. Yes, it can do things with RSS. When I checked, I found 24 Recipes using RSS. These do things like

take your instagram photos and store them to OneDrive
send you an email when a new item appears in an RSS feed
put a feedly article into a category on pocket
take an item from feedly with a specific tag and post them to your WordPress blog

and so it goes. Take a look and browse around.

Brent's Bookmarks

21 November 2024