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Still figuring this out.

  • 2nd February 2023
    https://twitter.com/TwitterDev/status/1621026986784337922 by Twitter Dev (Twitter)

    Starting February 9, we will no longer support free access to the Twitter API, both v2 and v1.1. A paid basic tier will be available instead 🧵

    Starting February 9, this account will no longer post notes from my website. Subscribe to my feed at https://scottmallinson.com.

  • 2nd February 2023

    Some wins, some losses today. Managed to get a bunch of plugins migrated at work. Huzzah! Dishwasher broke. Boo!

  • 31st January 2023

    The fun of self-hosting web apps. Following a step-by-step installation guide verbatim until you realise one dependency is newer/no longer available/renamed/no longer consumes other dependencies, and you hit a wall, hard.

  • 29th January 2023

    The week started well and got progressively better.

    I started Monday working with my taskforce colleagues in migrating the remaining plugins to the new framework and fixing any issues that arose as a result. By the end of the week we had migrated approximately 60% with two weeks until the deadline. It’s looking go so far, and barring any significant blockers, we should be able to complete in time.

    On Tuesday I had my annual review which I was pleased with. I received good, constructive feedback from my manager with actions I have already started to introduce into my way of working.

    New initiatives have been introduced at work to improve the quality of the code we deliver, which led to my playing around with Chrome DevTools Recorder, Testing Library Recorder and ChatGPT to create Jest tests and Gherkin feature files.

    The project I’m working on started our planning session on Wednesday afternoon, and thanks to the preparation work our team had done in advance, we had the next 8-10 weeks work laid out by Friday morning. There was still the slim possibility of a change of plans if other teams’ needed to shift focus or scope, but in the final readout session on Friday afternoon that didn’t materialise. A successful, though exhausting, session by all.

    The little one had his birthday on Saturday and we took him to the aquarium. It’s hard to tell what goes through their minds, but he seemed to enjoy it. Not sure if we’ll visit again though.

    In the evening we had friends visit for some drinks and boardgames. Settlers of Catan. My first time playing and though I didn’t win, I had a good time losing.

  • 27th January 2023

    Exhausted after a two and a half days planning the next 8-10 weeks of work, with some of it exciting and challenging. But for now, the weekend!

  • 25th January 2023

    I’ve been having a play around and with Chrome DevTools Recorder, Testing Library Recorder and ChatGPT you can create Jest tests and Gherkin feature files. Not perfect results but handy for getting started with UI integration and automation testing.

  • 25th January 2023

    Any recommendations for low-volume Mastodon or Pleroma hosting? I want to set up an instance for my own use. mastohost seem well-priced…

  • 23rd January 2023

    I’ve been playing around with ChatGPT and it’s fun to see the responses it generates across different domains. It pretty accurately generates HTML code, and can help break down complex, technical topics into more digestible material.

  • 22nd January 2023

    Last week started out pretty rough as in our retrospective I brought to light how we were failing in our ability to not have to work Fridays (we have been piloting a four-day working week). My views were well received by the team but it wasn’t pleasant to deliver.

    I’ve joined a taskforce at work to help with a significant in-house framework upgrade with breaking changes. It involves updating dependencies in more than 100 plugins, fixing and refactoring for the breaking changes, and testing and deploying to a test environment.

    The taskforce made strong progress during the couple of days we assembled and decided to take the Friday off. Necessary as next week the project I work on will have three days of planning for the upcoming project increment and the days are going to be long and tiring but productive and useful.

    Not working Friday was a luxury, and I spent most of it batch cooking for the little one and running errands. It paid dividends to get on top of everything before the weekend so we could all relax together as a family.

    This weekend I’ve been working on the self assessment for my annual review. It’s not been easy against the backdrop of layoffs within the tech industry.

  • 21st January 2023

    I’ve been working on the self assessment for my annual review, and it feels weird, to say the least, against the backdrop of the recent tech layoffs.

  • 20th January 2023

    15 years ago today I signed up for a Twitter account. Will it be #MyLastTwitterAnniversary?

  • 19th January 2023

    The recent changes to Google Maps Timeline in the Android app are buggy. When saving changes to past events it jumps to the most recent event, and scrolling is slow to the point that the UI becomes detached.

  • 19th January 2023

    A 970 file PR is one of the largest I’ve seen, and still a work in progress! It doesn’t seem like it can be broken down due to the architecture of the plugin and the nature of the breaking changes it needs to address.

  • 18th January 2023

    Working with Meta has made working across multiple repositories so much easier. Updating dependencies, running tests, linting etc. all from one command.

  • 17th January 2023

    Joined a taskforce at work to help with an in-house framework upgrade of more than 100 plugins and packages. Breaking changes affect only a few of the plugins, but due to the inter-dependencies between some of the plugins the changes/PRs are going to be many.

  • 16th January 2023

    The Sony NW-ZX707 is a thing of beauty but at a reported $800+ I’d be more interested if it was a ‘dumb’ Walkman without Android and it’s built-in obselence.

  • 16th January 2023
    House of the Dragon Ep 3: Second of His Name | Official Website for the HBO Series | HBO.com from hbo.com1 hour 3 minutes

    Stream Season 1 Episode 3 of House of the Dragon online or on your device plus recaps, previews, and other clips.

    Late to the party but I started watching House of Dragons last night… with Episode 3. Realised our mistake when the next episode timer appeared.

  • 15th January 2023

    Having had the in-laws stay with us since mid-December we were sad to see them leave Friday morning. Not only was it great to have extra hands to take care of the little one (in particular whilst we worked and he was off nursery), seeing his relationship with his grandparents develop is heartwarming. We’re not sure when we’ll see them next with no immediate plans for visit the UK. Maybe summer?

    The little one is coming down with another cold it seems. Streaming nose. Cough. Irritable. So we’re anticipating some bad nights’ ahead which is why I’ve spent most of the day batch cooking meals for them; lentil dahl, chili con carne, and if time permits tonight, cauliflower gnocchi. It’s mostly to replenish freezer stocks, but partly for the next couple of days at nursery.

    There was some antics at work this week by teammates that meant I worked Friday (side note: the company I’m working for is piloting a four-day working week if we can deliver our commitments in the reduced time). Again. It’ll be raised on Monday in our retrospective.

    I caught up with an old friend last night. Sharing the trials and tribulations of parenthood, discussing careers, as well as travel plans for 2023. It was good to catch-up after admittedly too long.

    On the Drobo issue, the power supply is dead. Given that the DroboStore is perma-out-of-stock of replacements I’m considering taking it to a computer store to see if they can test it as I’d rather not invest in a replacement power supply if the Drobo unit is also dead.

  • 10th January 2023

    I’m curious. Has anyone managed to build a personal (music) recommendation engine? Something where you could plug-in your own trusted sources. The same music daily across each of the eight personal Spotify auto-generated playlists is tiring.

  • 9th January 2023
    https://scottmallinson.com/blog/2023/01/06/894812/ by scottmallinsonscottmallinson

    Implemented better caching on my website through Cloudflare Cache Rules. Let’s see what impact it has on loading times as well as on server load and bandwidth.

    This post serves several purposes: to test caching changes I’ve made on my website, #indieweb replies, and Micropublishing to Twitter.

  • 8th January 2023

    Started back at work this week after the Christmas and New Year break. Only a short week however with some annual leave I had carried over needing to be taken, and Día de los Reyes on Friday.

    Día de los Reyes was celebrated with a Roscón del Reyes and a cavalcade in our neighbourhood the night before, and with an all-you-can-eat Chinese/Japanese buffet on the day.

    On work, it’s been a relatively quiet week. Our team is advancing on our commitments so I’ve largely been performing housekeeping tasks; updating dependencies, preparing plugins and micro-services for migration to Node 18, as well as general PR reviews. I’ve also started making notes for my annual review due by the end of the month.

    I’ve been making small improvements to my website. Firstly by getting Webmentions, Micropub, syndication links, and Twitter cross-posting working. There’s still room for improvement though. Something, somewhere seems to post to Twitter twice in certain scenarios, or just once but without syndication links in the other.

    Improvements are also needed for the caching I have enabled through CloudFlare. I need to invalidate/purge the cache of certain URIs when new content is posted. Though, in all honesty, the traffic to my website is so low is mostly as a learning opportunity than providing any actual benefit.

    I cashed in one of my Christmas presents from last year and had a manicure and pedicure on Saturday morning. Something I have never done before but I enjoyed the experience and the results, and I’m trying to get better at #selfcare.

    Also on the #selfcare front, I’m trying to get into reading as a more productive alternative to doomscrolling. I’ve started 2023 with 1984. If you feel so inclined, you can follow my progress on Literal.

    Today, Sunday, I prepared a sausage casserole for the slow cooker anticipation of us going out for the day. A trip with my wife, the little one, and the the in-laws, to the El Llobregat estuary and the Delta del Llobregat. It was cold, windy, and wet. It was cool to see planes taking off and landing so close though. The sausage casserole was a success when we got in.

  • 8th January 2023

    Went to El Llobregat estuary and the Delta del Llobregat today. It was cold, windy, and at times, wet. Fun to see the planes taking off and landing so close though.

  • 7th January 2023

    Starting off the New Year with a morning of self-care. Had a mani pedi courtesy of @tesshumphrys.

  • 6th January 2023

    Implemented better caching on my website through Cloudflare Cache Rules. Let’s see what impact it has on loading times as well as on server load and bandwidth.

  • 5th January 2023

    I had the dried bean in my piece of the Roscón de Reyes. That means I have to buy next year’s, right?

  • 5th January 2023

    The neighbourhood’s Cabalgata de Reyes or Parade of Kings, celebrated on the Twelfth Night, was somewhat underwhelming considering the significance Epiphany (Día de los Reyes Magos) receives here in Spain.

  • 3rd January 2023

    Literal has one of the best onboarding processes I’ve come across for a web app and a much better UI/UX than Goodreads.

    Looking to get into reading some more for 2023, starting with 1984.

  • 3rd January 2023

    A lunch break well spent. Managed to finally get webmentions working again by simply changing the microformat structure on my website. The output of microformat parsers can be a little challenging to interpret.

  • 3rd January 2023

    Looking at setting up a Pleroma instance for personal use as it seems lighter-weight than Mastodon and supports fediverse (OStatus and ActivityPub) standards.

  • 2nd January 2023
    Discover scottmallinson’s listening stats for Last.year (Last.fm)

    Check out scottmallinson’s 2022 in music on Last.fm

    • 10,099 scrobbles
    • 3,503 albums
    • 38% new artists
    • 67% new albums
    • 58% new tracks
    • 27 days, 11 hours listening time
    • 28 average daily scrobbles

    Sadly general listening stats are down compared to 2021. That needs rectifying.

  • 2nd January 2023
    Code Stats for 2022 (wakatime.com)
    • 581 hours coded
    • 3 hrs 2 mins daily average
    • Top languages: JavaScript, TypeScript, JSON, and Gherkin
  • 1st January 2023
    Bring back personal blogging by Monique Judge (The Verge)

    As social media changes, Twitter slowly falls, and the landscape seems bleak, let’s take a moment and consider blogging. The personal blog built the internet, and maybe it can help fix it.

    The personal blog built the internet, and maybe it can fix it.

    Source: Bring back personal blogging – The Verge

    A (long and slow) project I intend to undertake in 2023 is to work on my website and to IndieWeb-ify it in an effort to move away from Twitter, Instagram and Facebook.

  • 31st December 2022

    Heading back to Barcelona having spent a couple of days in a great spa resort. Feeling relaxed and refreshed ahead of the new year.

  • 22nd December 2022

    I’ve received an early Christmas present. My Drobo 5D seems to have died. Thankfully everything is backed up, but now considering alternative storage solutions. I’ll likely go for a NAS rather than DAS.

  • 7th January 2021
    https://twitter.com/scottmallinson/status/1346927108350746625 by Scott Mallinson (Twitter)

    I’ve spent most of Día de los Reyes Magos assembling a new desk and configuring my new workspace to find my Drobo unit has a vibration that’s now amplified to a low hum.

    The vibration is barely noticeable now and the hum is easily drowned out by typing and music. Looks like the Desk Cable Management Guide has advice for how to tidy up the rat’s nest I’ve made.

  • 6th January 2021

    I’ve spent most of Día de los Reyes Magos assembling a new desk and configuring my new workspace to find my Drobo unit has a vibration that’s now amplified to a low hum.

  • 3rd January 2021

    Installed Yarns microsub server and coupled with Indigenous as a reader/microsub client I can now respond to blog posts in a more social/IndieWeb kinda way.

  • 2nd January 2021

    Looking into PressForward as a replacement for Feedly based off Chris Aldrich’s write-up of the WordPress plugin. Being able to read and respond to blog posts in the same app is appealing and might even help me keep on top of my ‘Read Later’ list.

  • 2nd January 2021

    My Last.fm last.year listening report has confirmed what I’ve long suspected. Through our shared smart speaker @tesshumphrys has infiltrated my listening habits with @BlossomsBand being my most played artist of 2020.

  • 31st December 2020

    Google Home routines set
    IFTTT applets configured
    Data consolidated
    RSS unread count: 0
    Email unread count: 683
    Booting 2021…
    Happy New Year!

  • 30th December 2020

    On the topic of gardening, I’ve been spending the holiday period pruning duplicated and redundant files dispersed across various storage platforms and devices: NAS, DAS, external USB drives, and cloud services. I’m confident it’s all backed up following the 3-2-1 strategy.

  • 30th December 2020

    I’ve decided. My website is in need of an overhaul. I like the concept of cultivating a digital garden whilst also combining some of the social aspects of the IndieWeb, so in the New Year I’ll don my gloves, a trowel and see how I get on!

  • 27th December 2020
    Olivia Balmes Hotel
    41.39228022.1584754
  • 28th October 2020
    Señor Burrito
    41.37980862.1794448
  • 18th October 2020
    Taj Mahal Grill
    41.390922.198737
  • 18th October 2020
    Barceloneta Beach (Playa de la Barceloneta)
    41.37961012.1930385
  • 16th October 2020
    Yelmo Cines Icaria 3D
    41.3909962.1977209
  • 11th October 2020
    Dim Sum Cantonesas
    41.39370592.1775861
  • 9th October 2020
    Lonja de Tapas
    41.38328772.1829262
  • 4th October 2020
    Massamara
    41.4043142.141131
  • 2nd October 2020
    Goiko Grill
    41.4103052.180179
  • 28th September 2020
    Com a Itàlia
    41.41324182.1782675
  • 28th September 2020
    METRO Jaume I
    41.38394962.1785562
  • 27th September 2020
    Dim Sum Cantonesas
    41.39370592.1775861
  • 26th September 2020
    RENFE Granollers Centre
    41.59980242.2908326
  • 26th September 2020
    Bar Xeica
    41.5999572.2883105
  • 26th September 2020
    La Roca del Vallès
    41.58271922.323272
  • 26th September 2020
    Merlis bar-restaurant
    41.59658492.2901542
  • 26th September 2020
    Granollers
    41.60594772.2892738
  • 26th September 2020
    Barcelona Sants Railway Station (Estación de Barcelona-Sants)
    41.37961322.1409219
  • 26th September 2020
    Barcelona França Railway Station (Estación de Francia)
    41.38421482.1857429
  • 21st September 2020
    Viena
    41.3953362.1561248
  • 17th September 2020
    Buon Appetito
    41.38502332.1850621
  • 13th September 2020
    Bogatell Beach (Playa del Bogatell)
    41.39405892.2066426
  • 12th September 2020
    Ugarit
    41.39103042.1976526
  • 12th September 2020
    Camping
    41.3949252.203914
  • 8th September 2020
    Aldi
  • 4th September 2020
    Yelmo Cines Icaria 3D
    41.3909962.1977209
  • 2nd September 2020
    Buon Appetito
    41.38502332.1850621
  • 31st August 2020
    Aldi
  • 30th August 2020
    Parc de la Ciutadella (Parque de la Ciudadela)
    41.38870932.185921
  • 28th December 2019
    Five Guys – Plaza Catalunya
    41.3860122.169367
  • 24th December 2019
    Irati Taverna Basca
    41.38202172.1734781
  • 22nd December 2019
    Museu Marítim de Barcelona
    41.37578892.1758406
  • 21st December 2019
    The Monkey
    41.44163242.2461628
  • 20th December 2019
    El Roble
    41.39845772.1554937
  • 22nd November 2019
    Dionisos
    41.38557592.1855904
  • 1st November 2019
    A Familia
    41.3889552.179492
  • 1st November 2019
    Poblat ibèric de Puig Castellar
    41.46981862.2079287
  • 18th October 2019
    No. 10 Cafe Bar & Bistro
    53.991292-0.915183
  • 17th October 2019
    Birmingham Airport (BHX)
    52.4523135-1.7332729
  • 17th October 2019
    Barcelona–El Prat Airport (BCN) (Aeropuerto Josep Tarradellas Barcelona-El Prat)
    41.2956072.0762229
  • 17th October 2019
    Passeig de Gràcia Railway Station (Estación RENFE Passeig de Gràcia)
    41.3926712.1656544
  • 4th October 2019
    Yelmo Cines Icaria 3D
    41.3909962.1977209
  • 28th September 2019
    Casa Sanchez
    41.387852.201234
  • 22nd September 2019

    In spite of the torrential rain and thunderstorms on Saturday that almost put an end to our camping adventure, we had a great time visiting the Costa Brava. Historic Tossa de Mar was particularly splendid in the sun

  • 22nd September 2019
    Pastisseria J. Tomàs
    41.7188242.931229
  • 21st September 2019
    Cala Llevadó
    41.71328792.9072072
  • 21st September 2019
    La Roca de Tossa
    41.72015512.9317965
  • 20th September 2019
    Camping Cala Llevado
    41.71293592.9067928
  • 10th September 2019
    Palets
    41.39154212.1973821
  • 9th September 2019
    Decathlon Ciutat Vella
    41.38464662.1724502
  • 8th September 2019
    Foodies Barcelona
    41.4038182.203444
  • 7th September 2019
    Alquimista
    41.2795561.9770324
  • 7th September 2019
    Castelldefels
    41.28003181.9764662
  • 2nd September 2019
    Burger King
    41.38761772.1980516
  • 31st August 2019
    Parc de la Ciutadella (Parque de la Ciudadela)
    41.38812422.1849789
  • 25th August 2019
    Uaala! Gelateria
    41.41428842.1057666
  • 30th June 2019
    Plaça dels Voluntaris
    41.38777672.1962303
  • 22nd June 2019
    Sala Apolo
    41.37435492.1696682
  • 13th June 2019
    Decathlon Ciutat Vella
    41.38464662.1724502
  • 11th June 2019
    La Alcoba Azul
    41.38283352.1755058
  • 13th April 2019
    Casa Delfín
    41.38535532.1832339
  • 5th April 2019

    😍 The light in Barcelona! And look at those blue skies 👌

  • 30th March 2019
    La Central Hamburguesería – Laietana
    41.38669412.1749496
  • 29th March 2019

    Had a great time exploring the Stanley Kubrick exhibition at the Centre de Cultura Contemprània de Barcelona. Kubrick is one of my favourite directors and it was so inspiring to see his life’s work presented in such a way.

  • 29th March 2019
    Venus Delicatessen
    41.38069282.1779762
  • 29th March 2019
    Enkel
    41.38151812.1767016
  • 29th March 2019
    Centre de Cultura Contemporània de Barcelona (CCCB)
    41.383722.1665284
  • 29th March 2019

    Stretching our legs in the hills overlooking Barcelona city (our new home for now), just thirty minutes away from our apartment. Endless blue skies, warm weather and fresh air 👌

  • 25th March 2019
    Cafè de la Riera
    41.45681832.24152
  • 1st March 2019
    Sera Nera 青酱厨房
    31.299621120.637582
  • 23rd February 2019
    Sober Tipsy
    31.219308121.470001
  • 23rd February 2019
    Sober Kitchen
    31.21942121.469724
  • 23rd February 2019
    Sober Café
    31.2211176121.4654662
  • 23rd February 2019
    United Valley (集社)
    31.2225799121.4534486
  • 23rd February 2019
    Rangoli Indian Restaurant
    31.210387121.463126
  • 10th February 2019
    Wetherspoon
    52.4535461-1.7337211
  • 10th February 2019
    Brussels Airport (BRU)
    50.90077974.4847822
  • 9th February 2019
    Kasteel Van Moerkerke
    51.24495583.3404905
  • 8th February 2019
    B&B Het Kleine Paradijs
    51.2416483.343544
  • 8th February 2019
    B&B Het Kleine Paradijs
    51.2416483.343544
  • 8th February 2019
    Factory Bar and Kitchen
    52.4534939-1.7341527
  • 8th February 2019
    Green Motion
    52.4504426-1.7253792
  • 6th February 2019
    Cutlery Works
    53.3930158-1.4781717
  • 6th February 2019
    Malin Bridge Primary School
    53.4026679-1.5120548
  • 6th February 2019
    Boots
    53.4033678-1.5019896
  • 6th February 2019
    Cocoa
    53.3693872-1.4946934
  • 6th February 2019
    Sheffield Botanical Gardens
    53.3718593-1.4980459
  • 5th February 2019
    Malin Bridge Primary School
    53.4026679-1.5120548
  • 4th February 2019
    Boots
    53.3823741-1.468145
  • 4th February 2019
    Winter Gardens
    53.3799353-1.4680075
  • 4th February 2019
    Barclays
    53.3806649-1.4703575
  • 4th February 2019
    Morrisons Catcliffe Petrol Station
    53.3896143-1.3723391
  • 3rd February 2019
    The Miners Arms
    53.2845382-1.670754
  • 31st January 2019
    The Three Cups
    53.99197-0.9207889
  • 30th January 2019
    Iceland
    53.993061-1.098871
  • 30th January 2019
    Tesco Extra
    53.9911137-1.1042547
  • 30th January 2019
    Wilko
    53.9916057-1.1016535
  • 30th January 2019
    Aldi
    53.98421-1.095187
  • 29th January 2019
    Stratford upon Avon Parkway
    52.206864-1.7307697
  • 28th January 2019
    Stratford-upon-Avon Picturehouse
    52.1936824-1.7096673
  • 26th January 2019
    Green Motion
    52.4504426-1.7253792
  • 26th January 2019
    Air France Lounge
    49.00441592.5845629
  • 25th January 2019
    Terminal 1 (上海浦东国际机场1号航站楼)
    31.1514687121.799136
  • 7th January 2019

    The different perspectives of Busuanga Island from Mount Tapyas 🗻

  • 2nd January 2019
    Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University (西交利物浦大学 Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University)
    31.2750136120.7341396
  • 1st January 2019
    Fuzhou Changle Airport VIP Lounge
    25.932104119.6690058
  • 31st December 2018
    Francisco B. Reyes Airport (USU)
    12.1198223120.0987201
  • 29th December 2018
    Fernvale Leisure Club
    12.020373120.185628
  • 29th December 2018
    Mount Tapyas Cross
    12.0046357120.2046598
  • 28th December 2018
    Fernvale Leisure Club
    12.020373120.185628
  • 28th December 2018
    Fernvale Leisure Club
    12.020373120.185628
  • 27th December 2018
    Fernvale Leisure Club
    12.020373120.185628
  • 27th December 2018
    Caticlan Jetty Port & Passenger Terminal
    11.9277739121.9504122
  • 26th December 2018
    357 Boracay Resort
    11.9489919121.9312255
  • 26th December 2018
    357 Boracay Resort
    11.9489919121.9312255
  • 25th December 2018

    Merry Christmas from Boracay! We’re having a #whitechristmas on the soft, clean sands of White Beach.

  • 18th December 2018

    The theme of this year’s festival is ‘the wind of time’ and it features visionary work from some of the world’s most renowned photographers. The striking images, from fashion shoots to food factories, can be seen at the Lianzhou Museum of Photography in southern China until 3 January 2019

    Source: Vogue shoots and bike cemeteries: Lianzhou Foto festival 2018 | Art and design | The Guardian

  • 17th December 2018

    In the last month or so I gave three talks about blogs and me: one lightening talk at ViewSource, one at TODO London and another one at ReactJSGirls. Although I had applied for them at different times, they all happened close to each other and with IndieWebCamp, FFConf, organising a career panel and a work deadline in between it is fair to say that I had a busy November so only now I’ve had time to convert my talk into a blog post.

    Source: Oh Hello Ana – Blog

  • 14th December 2018

    All this WordPress 5.0 Gutenberg stuff got me thinking. With WordPress it seems like the Indieweb starts making serious and cool progress and the WordPress people come along and knock the game board…

    Source: Blog Engines and Indieweb Controlling Upstream | Brad Enslen

  • 13th December 2018

    Today, Nextcloud 15 has been made available. As there is so much new and improved in this release, we have dedicated separate blogs to each main area of improvement. This blog covers the brand new Nextcloud Social, introducing social networking to Nextcloud. Download now! The Mastodon project is excited that…

    Source: Nextcloud introduces social features, joins the fediverse – Nextcloud

  • 13th December 2018

    Since 2007, photographer Jono Rotman has been documenting the Mongrel Mob, a violent brotherhood with over 30 networks across New Zealand.

    Source: Up close with New Zealand’s most notorious gang

  • 10th December 2018

    Snapshots from a couple of weeks ago. These photos of @xjtlu’s Central Building – my second home – were taken 6 days apart when air pollution dropped from absurd to bearable 😷🙁

  • 18th November 2018
    China’s Orwellian Social Credit Score Isn’t Real by Jamie Horsley (Foreign Policy)

    Blacklists and monitoring systems are nowhere close to Black Mirror fantasies.

  • 13th November 2018

    Early days with my new OnePlus 6T but the night mode camera has produced some nice photos so far.

  • 9th November 2018
    At China’s Internet Conference, a Darker Side of Tech Emerges (nytimes.com)

    The World Internet Conference in Wuzhen, China, has long showcased flashy new tech. This year, discussions also dealt with counterterrorism, data breaches and surveillance.

  • 8th November 2018
    China’s state-run press agency has created an ‘AI anchor’ to read the news by James Vincent (The Verge)

    But the agency’s new host isn’t any more sophisticated than a CGI puppet

  • 8th November 2018
    How MTV Alumni Came to Rule Digital Media by Jessica Toonkel (The Information)

    MTV is trying to re-establish itself as the network for millennials. What would help is if it could hire back just a few of the many executives it has lost over the past decade to internet firms like Facebook, Spotify and YouTube.Perhaps more than any other TV network, MTV has been a hunting …

  • 7th November 2018
    A Contract for the Web (A Contract for the Web)

    The web was designed to bring people together and make knowledge freely available. Everyone has a role to play to ensure the web serves humanity. By committing to the following principles, governments, companies and citizens around the world can help protect the open web as a public good and a basic right for everyone.

    A great idea, but when companies such as Google and in particular, Facebook, are listed as supporters you have to wonder if they really intend to develop technologies that support the best in humanity and challenge the worst.

  • 6th November 2018
    Designing, laws, and attitudes. — ethanmarcotte.com (ethanmarcotte.com)

    What would happen if the law required us to design fast websites?

  • 5th November 2018
    The business value of design (McKinsey & Company)

    How do the best performers increase their revenues and shareholder returns at nearly twice the rate of their industry counterparts? The value of design comes from top management rigor, company-wide teamwork, rapid iteration, and relentless user-centricity.

  • 3rd November 2018
    We Need to Have an Honest Talk About Our Data (WIRED)

    VR pioneer Jaron Lanier talks with WIRED about why the original architecture of the internet forced us into a kind of information trickery, and how we can fix it—to everyone’s benefit.

  • 2nd November 2018
    China is making the internet less free, and US tech companies are helping by Shannon Liao (The Verge)

    While doing business in China, US tech companies must play by local rules — or face getting kicked out.

  • 2nd November 2018
    The Chinese Farmer Who Live-Streamed Her Life and Made a Fortune (The New Yorker)

    Liu Mama, a loud-mouthed, ruddy-cheeked Northern farmer with millions of online followers, is one of many Chinese streamers participating in a virtual gold rush.

  • 31st October 2018
    Measuring Performance With Server Timing (Smashing Magazine)

    The Server Timing header provides a discrete and convenient way to communicate backend server performance timings to developer tools in the browser. Adding timing information to your application enables you to monitor back-end and front-end performance all in one place.

  • 30th October 2018
    The EU’s Link Tax Will Kill Open Access and Creative Commons News (Electronic Frontier Foundation)

    All this month, the European Union’s “trilogue” is meeting behind closed doors to hammer out the final wording of the new Copyright Directive, a once-noncontroversial regulation that became a hotly contested matter when, at the last minute, a set of extremist copyright proposals were added and…

  • 27th October 2018
    How China complicates Apple’s chest-thumping about privacy by https://www.facebook.com/contentnewton (The Verge)

    A former Facebook executive points out that Apple likely has to make compromises, too

  • 27th October 2018
    Headless WordPress: The Ups And Downs Of Creating A Decoupled WordPress (Smashing Magazine)

    Everyone knows that if a website is slow, users will abandon it. Many studies demonstrate the connection between website performance and conversion rates. In this article, Denis Žoljom shares his experience and the basics of creating a decoupled WordPress.

  • 27th October 2018
    China systematically hijacks internet traffic: researchers (iTnews)

    Exploited omission in US-China cyber detente agreement.

  • 26th October 2018
    UK data watchdog fines Facebook maximum legal amount for Cambridge Analytica scandal by James Vincent (The Verge)

    The fine is just £500,000, but regulators say it should have been ‘significantly higher’

  • 26th October 2018
    Server to Client by Ali Alabbas (alistapart.com)

    Before anything can happen in a browser, it must first know where to go. There are multiple ways to get somewhere: entering a URL in the address bar, clicking (or tapping) on a link on a page or in another app, or clicking on a favorite. No matter the case, these all result in what’s called a navigation. A navigation is the very first step in any web interaction, as it kicks off a chain reaction of events that culminates in a web page being loaded.

  • 24th October 2018
    http://scottmallinson.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/44580389_504602653355225_534340483416876841_n-2.jpg

    Can I? Should I? Will I? A fellow @beijinghikers assessing one of the many peaks in the Baicheng Landform.

    41.773981.8689
  • 21st October 2018
    http://scottmallinson.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/43816407_128895578083109_1207915326575704037_n-1.jpg

    Thank you @mathiasheng for awarding me first prize 🏆 for this photo from our recent trip to Xinjiang. A special thanks to @beijinghikers for organising the incredible and eye-opening trip.

    41.773981.8689
  • 20th October 2018

    The Baicheng Landforms in Xinjiang are how I’d imagine the surface of Mars to look. Vast and barren with rich reds and browns.

  • 19th October 2018
    The tool and the task. — ethanmarcotte.com (ethanmarcotte.com)

    Our design tools change the design of our products and, at times, they can change us. How do we talk about that?

  • 19th October 2018
    Research, Empathy, Simplicity, Speed: A recipe for great digital products – Designer News (Designer News)

    Research, Empathy, Simplicity, Speed: A recipe for great digital products

  • 19th October 2018
    André Staltz – Reinvent the Social Web
  • 16th October 2018
    Google’s CEO confirms it’s returning to China with a censored search engine by Michael Grothaus (Fast Company)

    The censored search engine is known internally as “Dragonfly” and has been in testing since last year.

  • 16th October 2018
    A thread written by @real_vijay (threader.app)

    1/ Google is working on a new search engine code-named “Dragonfly” that will aid China’s effort to censor information from its citizenry.

    As a former Google engineer I wanted to share some information on what it’s like to be inside Google as these decisions are made https://t.co/HAts5wXwsU

  • 16th October 2018
    Google CEO says it’s ‘important for us to explore’ search in China by http://facebook.com/nickstatt (The Verge)

    Sundar Pichai downplays concerns that a China-centric search product would stifle freedom of thought

  • 16th October 2018
    How Poor Branding is Holding Chinese Companies Back Abroad (Sixth Tone)

    As domestic competition mounts, some Chinese brands are taking aim at international markets, but their strategies remain a work in progress.

  • 15th October 2018

    Sheep 🐑, cows 🐄, camels 🐪, and goats 🐐 all for sale at Kashgar’s livestock market.

  • 12th October 2018

    An evening wandering the dark, smokey streets of Kashgar’s Old City.
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  • 11th October 2018

    The legendary Tomb of the Fragrant Concubine near Kashgar, Xinjiang Province, China.

  • 11th October 2018
    How Google’s China project undermines its claims to political neutrality by Casey Newton (The Verge)

    A leaked internal presentation about censorship frames the issue correctly — but the company’s work in China contradicts it

  • 11th October 2018
    Rethink: Web (Open Space)

    When we struggle to explain the inherent qualities of a medium, we tend to defer to analogies and metaphors. This is especially true of the internet.

  • 9th October 2018

    Back to work in Suzhou after an eye-opening National Week holiday exploring Xinjiang in far-west China. Lots to process – photos, views/opinions, and memories.

  • 9th October 2018
    Workplace topology | Clearleft by Clearleft Ltd (Clearleft)

    Within our organisations, we have increasingly been introducing practises such as dev ops and design ops, to reduce operational inefficiencies.

  • 8th October 2018
    Shanghai Hongqiao Railway Station (上海虹桥站)
    31.195789121.3162601
  • 8th October 2018
    Zhengzhou Railway Station (郑州站 Zhengzhou Railway Station)
    34.7473781113.6537039
  • 7th October 2018
    Guang Dong Hotel
    34.7504401113.6610456
  • 7th October 2018
    Zhengzhou Xinzheng Intl. Airport Terminal 2 (郑州新郑机场T2航站楼)
    34.5269854113.8480427
  • 7th October 2018
    Lanzhou Zhongchuan Airport (LHW) (兰州中川国际机场)
    36.504557103.6150669
  • 7th October 2018
    Kashgar Airport / 喀什机场 (KHG)
    39.536877676.0102067
  • 6th October 2018
    Night Market (夜市)
    39.473001475.9866633
  • 6th October 2018
    Qinibagh Hotel, Kashgar
    39.475563575.9802465
  • 6th October 2018
    Id Kah Mosque (艾提尕尔清真寺)
    39.472348675.9850251
  • 6th October 2018
    Notes from a crosswalk. — ethanmarcotte.com (ethanmarcotte.com)

    On the route, the steps, and what follows.

  • 6th October 2018
    Herenbag
    39.47209975.98873
  • 6th October 2018
    Bashkram Markets
    39.473568276.0028853
  • 6th October 2018
    Kashgar Old Town
    39.470679175.9840728
  • 6th October 2018
    Apak Khoja Mausoleum (香妃墓)
    39.489923576.0229136
  • 5th October 2018
    Bahqa Saray
    39.46741775.987854
  • 5th October 2018
    Kashgar Old Town
    39.470679175.9840728
  • 5th October 2018
    Qinibagh Hotel, Kashgar
    39.475563575.9802465
  • 5th October 2018

    Stretching our legs on a 6km there-and-back trek to break up the drive from Baicheng to Aksu.

  • 4th October 2018
    Splendid Hotel
    41.17983980.270039
  • 4th October 2018
    Kizil Thousand Buddha Caves (拜城克孜尔千佛洞)
    41.78091382.5017881
  • 4th October 2018
    http://scottmallinson.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/41908419_959514290908392_1382031925790163352_n-1.jpg

    The ruins of Subashi, an ancient temple complex in the Taklamakan Desert, used continuously from the 3rd to 10th centuries. Subash is a Uyghur word meaning “the origin of water”.

  • 4th October 2018
    Yang Zi Shui Du Hotel
    41.79492581.875003
  • 3rd October 2018
    Baicheng Landform
    41.93421482.538238
  • 3rd October 2018
    Tianshan Mysterious Grand Canyon (新疆天山神秘大峡谷)
    42.108587883.0559982
  • 3rd October 2018
    Yardang Landform
    41.831644882.8512392
  • 3rd October 2018
    Kizilgaha Beacon Tower
    41.79271582.902925
  • 3rd October 2018
    Subashi Buddhist Temple Ruins
    41.85444983.046781
  • 2nd October 2018
    Kuqa Grand Hotel
    41.70425982.991504
  • 2nd October 2018
    King’s Palace
    41.71895882.921505
  • 2nd October 2018
    Kuqa Grand Mosque (库车大寺)
    41.719638782.9262605
  • 2nd October 2018
    Kuqa Grand Hotel
    41.70425982.991504
  • 1st October 2018
    http://scottmallinson.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/41523350_2162406580450042_364939382536859340_n-1.jpg

    Distant views from a short hike over the Tiemenguan, the end of the Great Wall of China in Korla, Xinjiang, and a key passage on the Silk Road.

  • 1st October 2018
    Pear City Garden Hotel (梨城花園酒店)
    41.75960686.15305
  • 1st October 2018

    Visited Tiemenguan, the western-most gate of the Great Wall of China, and a key passage on the Silk Road.

  • 1st October 2018
    鐵門關
    41.809806486.1926743
  • 1st October 2018
    Korla
    41.776232586.1461726
  • 30th September 2018

    The incredible sculptures at the Longmen Grottoes, painstakingly carved out of rock over several hundred years.

  • 30th September 2018

    Arrived into Korla earlier this evening. Hungry, we stumbled into the nearest eating establishment we came across. Only after ordering a couple of dishes did we realise it specialised in dog and donkey meat 😳

  • 30th September 2018
    Home | Solid (solid.inrupt.com)
  • 30th September 2018
    Ming Yue Crown Boutique Hotel
    41.7589386.181257
  • 30th September 2018
    Korla Airport (KRL) 库尔勒机场
    41.621233386.1410362
  • 30th September 2018

    Goodbye Zhengzhou. It’s been short but sweet. Hope to see you again. Next stop Korla (库尔勒).

  • 30th September 2018
    Zhengzhou Xinzheng International Airport (CGO) (郑州新郑国际机场)
    34.5271678113.8478975
  • 30th September 2018
    Innside Hotel By Melia 綠地怡思得酒店
    34.761576113.773006
  • 29th September 2018

    The Longmen Grottoes are truly spectacular. So many sculptures ranging from 2cm to several metres tall. It’d be an incredible feat to construct them today with modern tools, let alone 1,500 years ago!

  • 29th September 2018
    龙门石窟 Longmen Grottoes
    34.5631642112.4714477
  • 29th September 2018
    洛阳龙门站 Luoyang Longmen Railway Station
    34.5951224112.4529325
  • 28th September 2018

    Arrived in Zhengzhou and checked into our hotel. Initial impressions of the city: modern, clean, and illuminated. So many lights!

  • 28th September 2018

    Hurtling through China at 300km/h towards Zhengzhou, the first destination of our National Week trip.

  • 28th September 2018

    [Chile unveils Patagonian Route of Parks hiking trail](https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-45663960) Yes, yes, YES!

  • 27th September 2018
    How to Build a Low-tech Website? (LOW←TECH MAGAZINE)

    Our new blog is designed to radically reduce the energy use associated with accessing our content.

  • 26th September 2018
    Can Google make the web faster without taking over the web? by Nilay Patel (The Verge)

    Google’s Malte Ubl on The Vergecast

  • 26th September 2018
    My favorite design tool. — ethanmarcotte.com (ethanmarcotte.com)

    What if someone doesn’t browse the web like I do? Or like you do?

  • 25th September 2018

    Charging ALL THE DEVICES in excited anticipation of our trip to the north west of China for National Day Golden Week.

  • 25th September 2018
    China’s hunger for soybeans is a window into an encroaching environmental crisis by Jeff Nesbit (Fast Company)

    How China’s desperate efforts to source soybeans from all over the world is explained by the country’s fear of running out of water.

  • 25th September 2018
    Preparing a conference talk (adactio.com)

    I gave a talk at the State Of The Browser conference in London earlier this month. It was a 25 minute spiel called The Web Is Agreement.
    While I was putting the talk together, I posted some pictures of my talk preparation process. People seemed to be quite interested in that peek behind the curtain,…

  • 25th September 2018
    http://blog.bellebcooper.com/leaving-microblog.html by Belle B. Cooper (blog.bellebcooper.com)
  • 23rd September 2018
    It Isn’t About The Technology (blog.dshr.org)

    A year and a half ago I attended Brewster Kahle’s Decentralized Web Summit and wrote: I am working on a post about my reactions to the fi…

  • 22nd September 2018
    The Beautiful Market (美丽市场)
    31.324743120.7077216
  • 22nd September 2018
    Fresh Mart (鲜品馆)
    31.32233120.710422
  • 22nd September 2018
    Starbucks (星巴克)
    31.3202547120.7107701
  • 22nd September 2018
    My foreword for Image Performance. — ethanmarcotte.com (ethanmarcotte.com)

    I was asked to write an introduction for Mat Marquis’ new book on images and performance, which I loved. (I think you’ll love it, too.)

  • 22nd September 2018
    Google Suppresses Memo Revealing Plans to Closely Track Search Users in China by https://www.facebook.com/lhfang (The Intercept)

    The company forced employees to delete the document, which stated that a Chinese partner would have “unilateral access” to user data.

  • 21st September 2018

    The vast, impressive, and arid landscapes of Gansu Province in Western China.

  • 21st September 2018
    See the ghostly remains of a failed techno-utopia by Jesus Diaz (Fast Company)

    These secret cities of the former Soviet Union point to a “perfect technocratic future that never happened.”

  • 21st September 2018
    A framework for web performance | Clearleft by Clearleft Ltd (Clearleft)

    Here at Clearleft, we’ve recently been doing some front-end consultancy. That prompted me to jot down thoughts on design principles and performance:

  • 21st September 2018
    Whatever Happened to the Semantic Web? (twobithistory.org)

    In 2001, Tim Berners-Lee, inventor of the World Wide Web, published an article in Scientific American.

  • 19th September 2018
    Google is giving up some control of the AMP format by Dieter Bohn (The Verge)

    Sending the project to committee

  • 19th September 2018
    RevAMP. — ethanmarcotte.com (ethanmarcotte.com)

    Google’s Accelerated Mobile Project (AMP) has announced it’s moving to a more open governance model, which is great. I still have some questions.

  • 19th September 2018
    zemo cafe
    31.2769752120.7351437
  • 18th September 2018
    Décathlon (迪卡侬)
    31.3005773120.7433245
  • 18th September 2018
    Tech in Asia – Connecting Asia’s startup ecosystem (techinasia.com)
  • 18th September 2018
    Cloudflare goes InterPlanetary – Introducing Cloudflare’s IPFS Gateway (The Cloudflare Blog)

    Today we’re excited to introduce Cloudflare’s IPFS Gateway, an easy way to access content from the the InterPlanetary File System (IPFS) that doesn’t require installing and running any special software on your computer.

  • 18th September 2018
    What is ActivityPub, and how will it change the internet? by Jeremy (Jeremy Dormitzer)

    A new kind of social network
    There’s a new social network in town. It’s called Mastodon. You might have even heard of it. On the surface, Mastodon feels a lot like Twitter: you post “toots” up to 500 characters; you follow other users who say interesting things; you can favorite a toot or re…

  • 17th September 2018
    Sam’s Club (山姆会员商店)
    31.298532120.7139532
  • 17th September 2018
    Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University (西交利物浦大学 Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University)
    31.2754168120.7345993
  • 16th September 2018
    Rong Vietnamese Cuisine
    31.3250185120.7100178
  • 15th September 2018
    Holiday Inn Express
    30.8840286121.9676986
  • 13th September 2018
    McDonald’s (麦当劳)
    31.2780165120.7407196
  • 13th September 2018

    The weather here in Suzhou has been much cooler and more humid these past days, so I’m thinking warmer, drier thoughts of our California road trip earlier this year that took us through Joshua Tree.

  • 13th September 2018
    zemo cafe
    31.2769752120.7351437
  • 13th September 2018
    Today, Europe Lost The Internet. Now, We Fight Back. by Cory Doctorow (Electronic Frontier Foundation)

    Today, in a vote that split almost every major EU party, Members of the European Parliament adopted every terrible proposal in the new Copyright Directive and rejected every good one, setting the stage for mass, automated surveillance and arbitrary censorship of the internet: text messages like…

  • 13th September 2018
    Taking back control of my digital life – Timo Zimmermann by Timo Zimmermann (screamingatmyscreen.com)
  • 13th September 2018
    Google Is Handing the Future of the Internet to China by Suzanne Nossel (Foreign Policy)

    The company has been quietly collaborating with the Chinese government on a new, censored search engine—and abandoning its own ideals in the process.

  • 12th September 2018
    EU approves controversial Copyright Directive, including internet ‘link tax’ and ‘upload filter’ by James Vincent (The Verge)

    Those in favor say they’re fighting for content creators, but critics say the new laws will be ‘catastrophic’

  • 12th September 2018
    Why we’re building a social network supported by people, not advertisers by The Are.na team (Fast Company)

    The designers behind Are.na explain the thinking that led to their nascent social platform, winner of the 2018 Innovation By Design General Excellence award.

  • 12th September 2018
    The top four web performance challenges | Clearleft by Clearleft Ltd (Clearleft)

    Counting down the charts—what will be in the number one spot?

  • 11th September 2018
    The future of the Home of the Future by Dan Seifert (The Verge)

    We join Grant Imahara in examining where the Home of the Future goes next.

  • 11th September 2018
    Robustness and least power | Clearleft by Clearleft Ltd (Clearleft)

    A tale of two principles.

  • 10th September 2018
    Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University (西交利物浦大学 Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University)
    31.2754168120.7345993
  • 10th September 2018

    To prevent overfishing and to improve the quality of the environment, fishing is banned on Lake Tai for 6 months of the year. On 1 September, the first day of the finishing season, I was invited out on one of the boats.

  • 9th September 2018
    Suzhou Railway Station (YUQ) (苏州站)
    31.3317186120.60673
  • 9th September 2018
    http://scottmallinson.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/40381048_621053524959352_3642464660146896654_n-1.jpg

    Had fun exploring the less visited, more wild parts of Hangzhou with @lands_remote this weekend.

  • 9th September 2018
    Hangzhou East Railway Station (杭州东站)
    30.2934637120.2078629
  • 9th September 2018
    eShine eats 壹向轻食
    30.26009120.16241
  • 8th September 2018
    college b&r
    30.261289120.120205
  • 8th September 2018
    R•S
    30.226668120.134081
  • 8th September 2018
    Longjing Tea Plantation – the Dragon Well Village
    30.2217655120.1084625
  • 8th September 2018
    茅草屋
    30.2341353120.1185525
  • 8th September 2018
    三台阁
    30.2315975120.1211074
  • 8th September 2018
    Citynest Youth Hostel
    30.226065120.134149
  • 8th September 2018
    McDonald’s (麦当劳)
    31.3323099120.6065327
  • 7th September 2018
    Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University (西交利物浦大学 Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University)
    31.2754168120.7345993
  • 6th September 2018
    Three tools to help automate your SEO workflow (Econsultancy)

    As digital marketers, we find ourselves limited on the most valuable resource: time.

  • 6th September 2018
    Décathlon (迪卡侬)
    31.3005773120.7433245
  • 6th September 2018
    Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University (西交利物浦大学 Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University)
    31.2754168120.7345993
  • 4th September 2018
    Burger King
    31.259756120.730379
  • 4th September 2018
    zemo cafe
    31.2769752120.7351437
  • 3rd September 2018
    Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University (西交利物浦大学 Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University)
    31.2754168120.7345993
  • 2nd September 2018
    Fresh Mart (鲜品馆)
    31.32233120.710422
  • 2nd September 2018
    Sam’s Club (山姆会员商店)
    31.298532120.7139532
  • 1st September 2018
    Accessibility is not a feature. — ethanmarcotte.com (ethanmarcotte.com)

    Lately, I’ve been reflecting on some of the language I use to talk about accessibility. It might be language you use, too.

  • 31st August 2018
    Airlio
    31.318129120.716798
  • 31st August 2018
    Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University (西交利物浦大学 Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University)
    31.2754168120.7345993
  • 30th August 2018
    欧尚 Auchan
    31.3002141120.7421616
  • 30th August 2018
    Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University (西交利物浦大学 Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University)
    31.2754168120.7345993
  • 30th August 2018
    Subway (赛百味)
    31.2771659120.7339594
  • 30th August 2018
    McDonald’s (麦当劳)
    31.3323099120.6065327
  • 30th August 2018
    Suzhou Railway Station (YUQ) (苏州站)
    31.3317186120.60673
  • 30th August 2018
    Digi.me wants to put you back in charge of your personal data by Jared Newman (Fast Company)

    Harnessing the data that companies collect about you sounds like a great idea, but how much are they willing to share?

  • 30th August 2018
    Shanghai Railway Station (上海站)
    31.2511119121.4508319
  • 30th August 2018
    Holiday Inn (假日酒店)
    31.2478692121.450076
  • 29th August 2018
    Beef & Liberty
    31.2183637121.4516545
  • 29th August 2018
    Sony Style
    31.2192931121.4557534
  • 29th August 2018
    Shanghai Railway Station (上海站)
    31.2511119121.4508319
  • 29th August 2018
    Logged off: meet the teens who refuse to use social media by Sirin Kale (the Guardian)

    Generation Z has grown up online – so why are a surprising number suddenly turning their backs on Instagram, Facebook and Snapchat?

  • 29th August 2018
    Suzhou Industrial Park Railway Station (苏州园区火车站 | Suzhou Industrial Park Railway Stn.)
    31.3433957120.7064003
  • 29th August 2018
    Café Mersey
    31.273195120.738417
  • 29th August 2018
    McDonald’s (麦当劳)
    31.2780165120.7407196
  • 29th August 2018
    Facebook has removed all cross-posted tweets (TechCrunch)

    Facebook users are complaining the company has removed the cross-posted tweets they had published to their profiles as Facebook updates. The posts’ removal took place following the recent API change that prevented Twitter users from continuing to automatically publish their tweets to Facebook…

  • 29th August 2018
    Café Mersey
    31.273195120.738417
  • 29th August 2018
    The Low Hanging Fruit of Web Performance – Media Temple (The Media Temple Blog)

    There is so much to know about making websites fast. It’s rather incredible. Things like understanding servers and networks, how browsers parse things and make decisions, efficient coding…

  • 29th August 2018
    zemo cafe
    31.2769752120.7351437
  • 28th August 2018
    Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University (西交利物浦大学 Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University)
    31.2754168120.7345993
  • 28th August 2018
    http://scottmallinson.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/37565309_462267427590321_6654518982919323648_n-1.jpg

    The different landscapes of Joshua Tree National Park 🌵⛰🌴🏜

  • 28th August 2018
    The Real Deal About rel=”me” by Martijn van der Ven (wiki.zegnat.net)

    Earlier today, Barry Schwartz published a piece over on Search Engine Roundtable called Google Does Not Use rel=me Microformats. The article got shared around Twitter a lot, and those tweets surfaced on the microformats IRC channel. In it he mentions a few things that I would like to respond to, tha…

  • 28th August 2018
    This island’s “water microgrid” is saving its aquifer from tourists by Eillie Anzilotti (Fast Company)

    Bluewater is making Baltic Sea water drinkable for visitors to the tiny Swedish island of Sandhamn–and helping other water-strapped communities thrive.

  • 27th August 2018

    As WordPress provides sufficient insight into how visitors use my website through Jetpack, I’ve now removed Google Analytics tracking from [scottmallinson.com](http://scottmallinson.com). Immediately seen an increase in performance.

  • 27th August 2018
    Café Mersey
    31.273195120.738417
  • 27th August 2018
    Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University (西交利物浦大学 Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University)
    31.2754168120.7345993
  • 26th August 2018
    http://scottmallinson.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/38989751_274499799829330_7747410807666769920_n-1.jpg

    More from our Southern California roadtrip. We stopped at Salvation Mountain ⛰ to witness one man’s commitment to God.

  • 26th August 2018
    欧尚 Auchan
    31.3002141120.7421616
  • 26th August 2018
    Décathlon (迪卡侬)
    31.3005773120.7433245
  • 25th August 2018
    Suzhou Industrial Park Railway Station (苏州园区火车站 | Suzhou Industrial Park Railway Stn.)
    31.3433957120.7064003
  • 25th August 2018
    Shanghai Railway Station (上海站)
    31.2511119121.4508319
  • 25th August 2018
    Wagas (沃歌斯)
    31.2459512121.4504307
  • 25th August 2018
    Sony Style
    31.2192931121.4557534
  • 25th August 2018
    Home Thai
    31.2250545121.4693601
  • 25th August 2018
    Original Coffee Bakery
    31.216472121.461678
  • 25th August 2018
    W.W. Chan & Sons Tailor Ltd.
    31.2168846121.4576554
  • 25th August 2018
    Shanghai Railway Station (上海站)
    31.2511119121.4508319
  • 25th August 2018
    Suzhou Industrial Park Railway Station (苏州园区火车站 | Suzhou Industrial Park Railway Stn.)
    31.3433957120.7064003
  • 24th August 2018
    Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University (西交利物浦大学 Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University)
    31.2754168120.7345993
  • 24th August 2018
    zemo cafe
    31.2769752120.7351437
  • 23rd August 2018
    http://scottmallinson.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/39064769_1856408357776893_1228673002447568896_n-1.jpg

    Trekking the 49 Palms Oasis Trail in Southern California earlier this year

  • 23rd August 2018
    McDonald’s (麦当劳)
    31.2780165120.7407196
  • 23rd August 2018
    Café Mersey
    31.273195120.738417
  • 23rd August 2018
    zemo cafe
    31.2769752120.7351437
  • 22nd August 2018
    Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University (西交利物浦大学 Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University)
    31.2754168120.7345993
  • 22nd August 2018
    Café Mersey
    31.273195120.738417
  • 22nd August 2018
    zemo cafe
    31.2769752120.7351437
  • 21st August 2018
    Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University (西交利物浦大学 Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University)
    31.2754168120.7345993
  • 21st August 2018
    Café Mersey
    31.273195120.738417
  • 21st August 2018
    Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University (西交利物浦大学 Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University)
    31.2754168120.7345993
  • 21st August 2018
    zemo cafe
    31.2769752120.7351437
  • 20th August 2018
    Café Mersey
    31.273195120.738417
  • 19th August 2018
    Xietang Laojie (斜塘老街)
    31.3062814120.7308105
  • 19th August 2018
    韩庭院 Korean BBQ
    31.305315120.731782
  • 18th August 2018

    Already thinking about my next trip 🤔 Somewhere away from the oppressive heat of the city, like the hike we did earlier in the year in Ninghai 🚶🏻‍♂️🏕⛰

  • 18th August 2018

    Has it been a week already since Tioman Island?! 😯🌴☀️⛰

  • 17th August 2018
    Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University (西交利物浦大学 Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University)
    31.2754168120.7345993
  • 16th August 2018
    Shanghai Railway Station (上海站)
    31.2511119121.4508319
  • 14th August 2018
    文星广场 Wenxing Plaza
    31.2783746120.7374057
  • 12th August 2018
    Citi Hotel
    3.1320143101.68795
  • 12th August 2018
    Vishal Food And Catering
    3.1351522101.6919687
  • 12th August 2018
    KFC
    2.4312065103.8353666
  • 12th August 2018
    Kg. Genting Jetty
    2.7616388104.1226094
  • 10th August 2018
    Sea Side Cafe Kg Mukut Pulau Tioman
    2.7191127104.1773967
  • 9th August 2018
    Tunamaya Beach & Spa Resort , Tioman
    2.7202025104.1523381
  • 9th August 2018
    Pulau Tioman
    2.8168302104.1573086
  • 9th August 2018
    Vision Commerce Duty Free Shop
    2.8165943104.1573143
  • 9th August 2018
    Juara turtle centre
    2.7819275104.2047188
  • 9th August 2018
    Tekek Jetty
    2.8188969104.1579384
  • 7th August 2018
    SK Mukut Pulau Tioman
    2.7186859104.1743436
  • 7th August 2018
    Sea Side Cafe Kg Mukut Pulau Tioman
    2.7191127104.1773967
  • 5th August 2018
    Mersing Harbour Center
    2.4334576103.8393578
  • 1st August 2018
    Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University (西交利物浦大学 Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University)
    31.2754168120.7345993
  • 28th July 2018
    Eslite Bookstore (誠品書店)
    31.3228437120.7056943
  • 25th July 2018
    Suzhou Center (苏州中心)
    31.3180514120.6744075
  • 24th July 2018
    Starbucks Reserve (星巴克臻选)
    31.3171092120.7366797
  • 20th July 2018
    Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University (西交利物浦大学 Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University)
    31.2754168120.7345993
  • 19th July 2018
    Starbucks (星巴克)
    31.265563120.736093
  • 17th July 2018

    Gaokao exam results are being released and we’re starting to see spikes of traffic to our admission results system at www.xjtlu.edu.cn/gaokao/. If you’ve applied to @XJTLU, good luck!

  • 9th July 2018

    Things I love about MacOS… NOT! Hello MacOS, please meet iCloud Drive.

  • 15th May 2018

    Is it valid to write … enclosing a whole page’s content, navigation etc. within a schema type?

  • 13th May 2018

    Testing…1…2

  • 10th May 2018

    Trying to work out a publishing strategy that combines the benefits of POSSE, captures engagement through webmentions, and importantly makes sense.

  • 4th May 2018

    Back in Hong Kong 🇭🇰 Spent the evening wandering around Kowloon taking in the Blade Runner-esque sights

  • 22nd April 2018

    It’s fascinating to see how Shanghai has changed since its portrayal in 1987’s Empire of the Sun. Whilst the Bund remains largely unchanged, the same can’t be said for the rest of the city. The skyline is quite different!

  • 22nd April 2018
    Hiking in China – exploring the Ninghai national trail system (Lands Remote)

    China's first national hiking system, the National Trail System – Ninghai, offers 500km of waymarked hiking trails through the mountains near Ninghai city in Zhejiang province, China. Ninghai is just 2.5 hours south of Shanghai on China's highspeed train.

    Hard work but had great fun getting away from the office, and into nature on this trail.

  • 19th April 2018

    That feeling when the web service you’re pulling data from changes their encoding, doesn’t do any testing nor informs you of the changes 🤦

  • 18th April 2018

    Finally getting the hang of #webmentions. Managed to successfully poll and retrieve responses for scottmallinson.com and landsremote.co.

  • 16th April 2018

    The only emails I seem to receive from Apple are either invoices or to sell me a new product. As someone who has invested a lot of 💰 in Apple products, would it hurt to send the occasional email offering advice on how I can get the most out of my purchases?!

  • 14th April 2018

    There are definitely worse ways to spend your Saturday morning/lunch. Devouring excellent food at The Commune Social in Shanghai.

  • 13th April 2018

    Excited to see Bill Bailey in Shanghai!! #internationalcomedyfestival

  • 12th April 2018

    Trying to get my head around microblogging, #IndieWeb, WebMentions, valid RSS feeds, and a #POSSE strategy.

  • 11th April 2018

    New toy. For work, of course! #raspberrypi

  • 8th April 2018

    We haven’t quite managed the 50km of the Ninghai Trail we intended to do, but we’re happy with the 35km or so we’ve covered. Resting our feet before catching our train later.

  • 7th April 2018

    Yesterday we managed between 18 and 21km on the Ninghai Trail (distance varies between GPS watches). Attempting to do another long stint today. Had a cold night camping with a colder one to come.

  • 6th April 2018

    Breakfast at @McDonalds. On our way to Ninghai for a long weekend of camping and hiking.

  • 5th April 2018

    Since getting a @Sonos speaker I’ve found I’m listening to a lot more music and, through @Spotify, discovering more artists 🤘🔊 https://www.last.fm/user/boardstupid/library?from=2018-03-01&rangetype=month

  • 2nd April 2018

    Prepping for hiking the Ninghai Trail this weekend. Aiming to complete 50km over three days. Need to test out our tent 🏕️, make sure our packs 🎒 aren’t too heavy, whilst ensuring we’ve enough food and water!

  • 2nd April 2018

    CloudFlare’s new DNS 1.1.1.1 blocked in China 🤷‍♂️

  • 31st March 2018

    Fun afternoon-into-evening in Shanghai drinking coffee, beers, cocktails meeting up with friends, old and new.

  • 30th March 2018

    Busy, productive day 👨‍💻😓💪 followed by drinks and food🍹🍔. Hello weekend!

  • 29th March 2018

    [https://www.wired.com/story/china-megacities-gallery/](Spectacular!)

  • 29th March 2018

    Had a productive meeting with a local web development agency here in #Suzhou to undertake a priority project 🤞

  • 28th March 2018

    So I’ve set up a little micro.blog over at [http://scottmallinson.com] as a means of POSSE-ing to Twitter and Facebook. If I’ve set up Webmentions correctly, comments and likes should backfeed to my website 🤞

  • 28th March 2018

    Let’s see if this works…

  • 1st January 2018

    Last year was great for traveling. Here are my #2017bestnine. Spot the photo that wasn’t taken in 2017.
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    #2017bestnine #2017 #happynewyear #2018 #bestnine2017 #newyear #instagood #photooftheday #instadaily #photography #travelgram #travel #travelphotography #explore #life #wanderlust #travellife #travelpic #best9 #instatravel #trip

  • 10th December 2017

    Tianjin West Railway Station 🚊throwing some shapes
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    #tianjinwestrailwaystation #tianjin #china #railwaystation #reflection #trainstation #train #highspeed #instasize #shotoniphone6 #iphoneography #highspeedrail #architecturephotography #exploretianjin #archilovers #vsco #building #chineseexperience

  • 9th December 2017

    Minyuan Stadium, Tianjin, built in 1926 and modelled after Stamford Bridge in London. Now home to shops, hair salons, and eateries
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    #minyuanstadium #tianjin #china #wudadao #minyuan #vsco #vscocam #minyuanplaza #stadium #daily #architecture #travel #5thavenue #yellow #sunset #oldbuilding #building #fiveavenues #igworldclub #instadaily #agameoftones #weekend #structure #tj #architecturalphotography #nightlights #plaza #arch #dailyphoto #travelphotography

  • 7th December 2017

    Part of the adventure is the journey ✈️ .
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    #adventure #travel #explore #wanderlust #photography #instagood #travelgram #travelphotography #love #photooftheday #instatravel #beautiful #vacation #picoftheday #traveler #traveling #trip #fun #lifestyle #life #instadaily #photo #travelling #holiday

  • 5th December 2017

    Looking out over the Sea of Clouds 🌊☁️⛰
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    #huangshan #china #anhui #travel #mountains #nature #yellowmountain #mountain #hiking #landscape #traveling #travelphotography #asia #yellowmountains #travelgram #huangshanmountain #instatravel #instagood #nationalpark #holiday #clouds #wanderlust #photography #love #adventure #beautiful #explorechina #view

  • 3rd December 2017

    A fun weekend hiking Mount Huangshan with @t.ennis27 and @lands_remote

  • 2nd December 2017

    Ascending Mt. Huangshan

  • 13th November 2017

    Suzhou’s Panmen Gate looking resplendent in the Autumn sun 🌞

  • 5th November 2017

    En route to Ningbo

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