.@SlackHQ has introduced reactions: a method of responding to a message with emoji http://slackhq.com/post/123561085920/reactions - I can see this idea spreading...
Commentary from today's thoroughly enjoyable Hack Day by @thesambarnes (with gems from his enviable gif folder) http://globaldev.co.uk/2015/07/hack-day-live/
Medium have adopted the passwordless login pattern: one-time expiring link via email instead of requiring a password https://medium.com/the-story/signing-in-to-medium-by-email-aacc21134fcd
MG Siegler on Facebook’s Instant Articles:
Facebook has put everyone else on notice. Your content better load fast or you’re screwed.
While I’m not overly keen on the prospect of content moving within Facebook’s walled garden, if it means existing news sites have to up their game and improve their dog-slow, bloated, marketing-led, advert-riddled mobile web experiences then we all benefit.
"The Waterloo Bridge Handicap". This clip of Leonard Rossiter 'racing' commuters was played at last night's B&S gig: https://youtu.be/xqMMRvQnzsY?t=10m30s
Superb Belle and Sebastian gig tonight. A few oldies: highlight was audience on stage to Boy With The Arab Strap:
https://twitter.com/NeilBennett/status/598250453198118912
In September 2006 I posted one of the first ever tweets about Arsenal Football Club, lamenting my team’s fondness for always trying to walk it in after watching a frustrating draw with Middlesborough at The Emirates. barryf.s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com…
Every now and again someone rediscovers it and I get a barrage of retweets and replies, some polite, others from goading fans of other teams seeing the activity and incorrectly assuming I’m talking about the current team.
So reluctantly I’ve...
Video of the Tech Talk I presented to my @globaldev team on the #indieweb and why it's important you #ownyourdata https://vimeo.com/globaldev/tech-talk-indieweb