Creativity, curiosity, and code
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With the release of CommandUI there has suddenly been a lot of people looking deeply at how my own product Turbo Admin works. This post addresses some of the philosophy behind Turbo Admin, and clarifies some things about the tool that aren't necessarily obvious.
I feel I should say some things about the “business model” behind Turbo Admin, my command palette for WordPress. I've been thinking about this a lot lately.
If you don’t know, three years ago I made and launched a WordPress “command palette” tool called Turbo Admin. Now, there’s a new WordPress command palette on the block (no pun intended)! And actually, it looks really awesome and Calvin did a great job. I give you CommandUI! You should check it out. I love […]
So… I’m not diagnosed with any form of ADHD or ASD, but I do often feel like I’m not neurotypical. If I am then I’m very high-functioning, with enough coping strategies that you probably wouldn’t notice. But I have a pile of books about topics like this ready to go. Jesse J Anderson is what […]
[Contains mild spoilers] I’m not sure how I came across Blake Crouch. Probably recommended by the Kobo algorithm. Or his book was in a sale and sounded cool. I remember downloading a free preview of “Dark Matter” and reading it and thinking it was good. Anyhow, I ended up reading “Recursion” first. “A compulsive, breathtaking […]
I’m a big fan of using RSS and I’ve loved the iOS and MacOs Reeder app for years. Recently a new version of Reeder came out that’s in many ways different, but in many ways similar. I immediately tried it out as Reeder is so good and I use it a lot. I was keen […]
I actually finished this a good while ago. I’d heard a lot about Brandon Sanderson, and – as is my probably-not-very-ethical-really way – I saw The Book of Kings on offer on Kobo and bought it to see if I could get into it. And WHAT a book. I mean, it’s epic. Literally. It’s huge. […]
Well this was a wild ride. I’ve not read anything like this before. I got a collection of eBooks of Cory Doctorow‘s novels on Humble Bundle. I was curious about his fiction work. I think this book fits into the category of post-scarcity sci-fi. It’s Doctorow’s first novel and is actually released under a creative […]