Hey everyone! I got the Tumblr button working over at…
Hey everyone! I got the Tumblr button working over at www.salon.com, where I work, so you all should go over there, find an article you like, and try it out! Tell me how it works!Anyone having any problems with it?
Life and Code’s Greatest Hits
Life and Code is a learn-to-code blog written with journalists in mind (but useful to anyone who wants to learn).
By far the most popular items on Life and Code are these two:These are the other Greatest Hits.
- Every time you feel like giving up, watch this first.
- Four Tests for Startups — I don’t take on any project unless they pass these four tests.
- And now a moment of reverent silence to begin our Daily Hour of Code. Take two.
- In Praise of Fluff – an essay on what cat pictures and celebrity news add to journalism.
- If You’re a Busy Person and Want To Learn to Program, How Far Can You Get in 30 Days?
- The Role of Faith in Learning Something New
- It Takes About Six Weeks for Programming To Get Fun
- Choosing an entry point when you want to learn to program
- Startups for Journalists
- Why am I learning to code? Because a lot of things piss me off.
- Paying a developer money to build something for you? Write a spec. No, seriously, write a spec.
- Lisa’s Guide to Boston (in case you come for a conference)
- Programming, Journalism, and Bullshit — on how stupid, sexist stereotypes about programmers hold you and everybody else back.
- Learning to Program for the Web: Starting from Scratch
Peaking into Facebook’s algorithmic black box.
This article is cross-posted from my personal blog, where the code looks cooler. Read more…
FileZilla upgrade screws with TLS requirement
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