The short-form week of 2–8 Dec 2013

09 Dec 2013

The week in review, 140 characters at a time.

This document was created automatically from my archive of my Twitter stream. Due to limitations in the Twitter API and occasional glitches in my archiving system, it may not be 100% complete.

Monday at 10:40am

Complex, brittle, clumsy div/span/css visualization (of my daily calendar) replaced by simple, robust SVG viz. #win —@ndw

Monday at 12:08pm

I'm sure it's by coincidence that sharp-eyed journalists have spotted a cute Amazon story on the year's busiest day for online shopping.—@htfb

In a conversation that started on Monday at 01:11pm

Pre-ordered my @Coin today! Follow me to glory at https://t.co/LnndG8hCBf—@DALDEI
@DALDEI @coin what I want is a credit card that will handle my expense reports for me. do that please.—@eedeebee
@eedeebee @DALDEI I just want a FREAKING chip-and-pin card. You know, something from the twenty-first century.—@ndw
@ndw @eedeebee @daldei I'd say "get an overseas account" but banks are leery of "toxic us persons" these days. http://exactcpa.blogspot.fr/2013/04/interview-andrew-f-quinlan-american.html —@aljopainter

In a conversation that started on Monday at 01:18pm

Is it me or are there dozens of reasons why Amazon Prime Air is not a good idea: Weather conditions determine availability of service.—@philipfennell
@philipfennell It got their name all over the press on Cyber Monday. Mission accomplished.—@ndw
@ndw @philipfennell Did you just write “Cyber Monday”?—@ebruchez

In a conversation that started on Monday at 02:38pm

Is http://www.w3.org/TR/rdfcal/ still the state of the art in representing calendar data in RDF?—@ndw
@ndw State of the art? No. In some state, yes.—@alexmilowski
@alexmilowski Thanks. That’s very help…no, nevermind.—@ndw
@ndw OK, OK ... You might be able to use this: http://www.schema.org/Event —@alexmilowski
@alexmilowski You jest. That’s not even close enough to be funny.—@ndw
@ndw I said "might" ... there isn't much out there besides things based on RFC 2554.—@alexmilowski
@ndw if you find otherwise (and it’s ripe for fresh eyes if so), do shout—@nevali
@nevali @ndw It is _perfect_ :-P—@libbymiller
@libbymiller @ndw :) it has an “interesting” approach to timezones…—@nevali
@ndw then art is in a sad state :-p—@hutchkintoot

In a conversation that started on Monday at 07:55pm

Assume I conclude that I can live w/o commercial apps (PS, Lightroom, …), I’m left with contacts and calendars and Exchange and oh %#@$!—@ndw
@ndw I use my phone or tablet for most calendar-related stuff (via @nitrodesk TouchDown) or OWA if I need to on my desktop.—@cramerdw
@cramerdw I guess that’s one option. But I like to build my own XML view of my schedule for various purposes so it’s not a perfect option.—@ndw
@ndw Evolution may help with some of those. Don't know which DE you're looking at, or which v. of Exchange you have to use.—@CanOfBees

Tuesday at 07:15am

XML Stars, the journal is out! http://paper.li/dominixml/1329135087 Stories via @ndw @XSLFO —@dominixml

In a conversation that started on Wednesday at 03:26am

Devs, would really like your feedback with a W3C spec I'm working on for "installable webapps". What do you prefer? https://t.co/PkyztYPAnb—@marcosc
@marcosc Complex syntaxes in attributes is generally a recipe for pain. Please no.—@robinberjon
@robinberjon @marcosc What Robin said. Times a million.—@ndw
@ndw @robinberjon please please please leave a comment in the gist as to why it's a bad idea. Would be super helpful! Will owe you 🍺.—@marcosc
@marcosc Will do when I get in front of a computer. @ndw —@robinberjon

In a conversation that started on Wednesday at 11:02am

Don't Panic! The Call for Papers for #xmlprague 2014 has been extended to 12th December: http://www.xmlprague.cz/call-for-papers/ #BeQuick #weListenToYou —@xmlprague
@xmlprague Does this mean that I can update mine?—@sgmlguru
@sgmlguru @xmlprague Yes, you can edit your submission until Dec 12th—@jirkakosek
@jirkakosek @sgmlguru @xmlprague Thank you for more time! Now all I need is a good idea...—@ndw
@ndw Maybe an intro to some of the next XProc version additions? Or the architecture of Calabash?—@georgebina

In a conversation that started on Wednesday at 01:51pm

OH “Inferencing is transformation you haven’t done yet."—@ndw
@ndw that's a good way of looking at it: in #RDF-land, inferencing literally transforms your triple bag into a bigger triple bag.—@dret
@ndw alternatively, you could say: inferencing is like default values on steroids, crack, and triple lattes all at the same time.—@dret

Wednesday at 02:07pm

MT @ndw: OH “Inferencing is transformation you haven’t done yet." <- some groups could adopt that as a slogan—@der42

Wednesday at 05:30pm

Thursday at 11:13am

RT @sally_lindsay: If we treated physical illness like we treat mental illness: http://t.co/rpHO2Yj6RT” I think this deserves another retw…—@ndw

Thursday at 12:08pm

“Unfortunately you cannot track USPS ground deliveries at this time”. Then why the heck do you put a “track” button on the page? #ux #fail —@ndw

Thursday at 12:19pm

RT @wcandillon: Why well designed URLs matter https://t.co/SIJQxeytOo—@ndw

Thursday at 12:32pm

RT @rem: I’m not sure I like this whole “testing” thing. It keeps showing me bugs in my code that I didn’t expect.—@ndw

Thursday at 03:21pm

XQuery getting some love from the Arango DB folks as the inspiration for their AQL // @ndw —@fidothe

Thursday at 03:22pm

@ndw though worryingly XQuery got autocorrected to coquetry—@fidothe

Thursday at 04:37pm

Thursday at 05:27pm

Leaf blowers. Please go away.—@ndw

In a conversation that started on Thursday at 07:13pm

The extent to which I am incapable of design must be nearly immeasurably large. Simple site, half a dozen elements, and it just sucks.—@ndw
.@ndw You seem to be competing with the reputation attributed to me by my students and colleagues;) Good prog/db seems incompatible with des—@phidip

In a conversation that started on Thursday at 07:48pm

I like the occasional cat video as much as anyone, but I’ve never found YouTube to be an enormous time sink. Then I found numberphile.—@ndw
@ndw going to resist going to numberphile then ....—@xquery

Friday at 07:15am

XML Stars, the journal is out! http://paper.li/dominixml/1329135087 Stories via @ndw —@dominixml

In a conversation that started on Friday at 01:57pm

Watching conversations about how to get a dev env setup on Windows always reinforces my determination to never, ever have to go there.—@ndw
@ndw um, didn't you askfor a Windows desktop.—@collwhit
@collwhit I’m not gonna *run* Windows on it!—@ndw
@ndw it’s like this country where people absolutely *need* to lock files in a repository, because how could it ever work otherwise!—@icing

Friday at 02:30pm

Funny thing is, I'm "there" now. RT @ndw Watching [ppl talk abt] a dev env setup on Windows reinforces my determination to never go there.—@hexmode

Friday at 04:43pm

RT @ACLU: We now know they’re collecting our location data. Here’s a chilling look at what they could one day do with it: https://t.co/KXYz…—@ndw

In a conversation that started on Sunday at 08:06pm

Pretty sure I'm going to go with the Lenovo W530. Now just have to commit. #linux #laptop —@ndw
@ndw I have a 520 that I have been pretty happy with. It has been sturdy and performs well.—@feralwriter

Sunday at 10:20pm

The 10 commandments of Logic #atheism http://i.imgur.com/ztsqRif.jpg —@denyreligion