john gruber

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

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 the possibilities opened up by Messages as a developer platform later in the week. But right now, I’m most

Adam Tinworth
Adam Tinworth
apple

Don't be a journalism algorithm Members Public

Gizmodo‘s Michael Nunez delved into the lives of Facebook’s contract journalists [http://gizmodo.com/want-to-know-what-facebook-really-thinks-of-journalists-1773916117] in a well-shared piece: > Over time, the work became increasingly demanding, and Facebook’s trending news team started to look more and more like the worst stereotypes of a digital media content

Adam Tinworth
Adam Tinworth
algorithms

Markdown versus CommonMark: the ambiguity and clarity dilemma Members Public

[https://i0.wp.com/www.onemanandhisblog.com/content/images/2014/09/crossroads.jpg] 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 [http://commonmark.org]“, respecting Markdown

Adam Tinworth
Adam Tinworth
digital tools

Writers, Coders and the Markdown landgrab Members Public

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

Adam Tinworth
Adam Tinworth
digital journalism

Once upon a blog... Members Public

[https://i2.wp.com/www.onemanandhisblog.com/content/images/2013/01/tell-me-a-tale.jpg] 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

Adam Tinworth
Adam Tinworth
Blogging

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

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, it’s about the culture that surrounds the making of a good website. I think this has been clearest in

Adam Tinworth
Adam Tinworth
dconstruct