john gruber - One Man & His Blog

These are the days of the dickbar

You know those little floating sharebars that appear on sites like Medium? You know, they look like this: Well, John Gruber is no fan: I’m sure “engagement” does register

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apple

Apple has embraced the new niche media - and you should be paying attention

There’s a number of interesting things that journalists can take away from last week’s Apple keynote. I’ll return to things like the changes to Apple News and

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algorithms

Don't be a journalism algorithm

Gizmodo‘s Michael Nunez delved into the lives of Facebook’s contract journalists in a well-shared piece: Over time, the work became increasingly demanding, and Facebook’s trending news team

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digital tools

Markdown versus CommonMark: the ambiguity and clarity dilemma

The “standard Markdown” controversy seems to be over and done. I was essentially offline for the weekend, and I came back to find that what was “Standard Markdown” has now become “CommonMark“, respecting Markdown co-creator creator John Gruber’s wishes and licence for the

Writers, Coders and the Markdown landgrab

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digital journalism

Writers, Coders and the Markdown landgrab

If Standard Markdown (now CommonMark) wants to replace Markdown, it needs to acknowledge that it's not just a markup standard for coders.

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blogging

Once upon a blog...

Blogs are narratives. Or, at least, the good ones are. Some are unconciously so, the result of one person naturally expressing the narrative of the ideas they’re exploring in their own lives. Some are very, very conciously so, with a skilled blogger exploring

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dconstruct

dConstruct 2010: John Gruber on why your site needs an auteur

dConstruct is proving to be more a cultural conference rather than a design or tech one. And I don’t mean cultural in the “theatre, opera, arts, daaaahling” sense. No,