Excellent 30-minute talk about the need for the #indieweb by Jeremy Keith.

Short summary: get your own website, publish and own your own content, and strengthen the network.

https://vimeo.com/265121482

Fantastic visualisation of the London Tube: Tube Heartbeat http://tubeheartbeat.com/london

One great thing about the mountain of GDPR emails in my inbox is, that you realise exactly how many newsletters you are subscribed to, that you should've unsubscribed to a long time ago.

#gdpr

https://youtu.be/eT4shwU4Yc4

"The Damn. Chronic" by DJ Critical Hype - Dre's beats meets Kendrick's flow. Excellently executed. https://audiomack.com/album/dj-critical-hype/the-damn-chronic

Is now a good time to remind everyone of alternative social networks? It doesn't hurt to take a look around, and see what kind of community you could build if you were using another platform for your social life online.

I've been eyeing https://mastodon.social for a while, and it could be your new favourite social network. I'm @kongputer, and a newbie myself. Come say hi.

Song of the day: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mHzfhU8t5i8

"Developers, designers, and product need to talk more on how to achieve this. A 1,700 word article might weigh 10KB but by the time you load HTML, JS, CSS, images, 3rd-parties, and ads, it can range between 2MB to 8MB depending on the web site. Bear in mind, the first Harry Potter ebook is 1.1MB and that includes cover art."

https://projects.hearstnp.com/performance/

#webpagetest

Plastic particles found in bottled water - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-43388870 Reminds me of Anil Dash's write up about the bottled water industry: http://anildash.com/2007/07/bottled-water-is-still-a-scam.html. Get a container that you can reuse, and just fill it with tap water. Better for you, and the environment.

Rest in Power. Craig Mack's "Project Funk Da World" and Biggie's "Ready to Die" were my highlights of 94-95.

Craig Mack, rapper behind Flava in Ya Ear, dies aged 46 - https://www.theguardian.com/music/2018/mar/13/craig-mack-rapper-behind-flava-in-ya-ear-dies-aged-46

Shout-out to @starlingbank. Went three weeks to Costa Rica using Starling exclusively, and had 0 problems. Hotels, petrol, tours, restaurants, cornerstores, everything just worked. Bonus: after your vacation, it's easy to see what you spent your money on.

Thank you for the fiction. "Ursula K. Le Guin, Acclaimed for Her Fantasy Fiction, Is Dead at 88" https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/23/obituaries/ursula-k-le-guin-acclaimed-for-her-fantasy-fiction-is-...