Thomas Rigby
Thomas Rigby
Thomas Rigby
A Gen-X/Millennial cusp (Xennial), I'm old enough to remember life before the internet but not (quite) old enough to have seen Nirvana live. Or, as my wife puts it, I adapt to technology like a Millennial but get angry about it like a Boomer.
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There are some websites I come back to time and time again. This is one of them; coolors.co
One thing that’s worth remembering. The pandemic proved that states can meaningfully change the lives of people, providing massive resources to make change happen. They will make us pay for this. Not because there’s somehow a real debt...
There are some websites I come back to time and time again. This is one of them; placedog.net
Replacing costly libraries with native APIs is one of my favourite things to do.
In my experience, 95% of all VC funded competitors in our areas will vanish when you are playing the long-term game and just wait long enough. The other 5% will become so expensive that they end up as enterprise systems for a very...
I hate technology but I like breakfast
Several years ago at Microsoft, I saw an observation that there were 3 primary business models in big tech… — Dare Obasanjo
Ten random songs from my collection
Is the internet OK?
…it probably isn't going to have the impact people seem to be expecting… — Gary Marcus
I was today years old when I learned why concertina leaflets are called Leporellos
Gain access to secret wisdom with this one amazing life hack
Internet fame and chiasmus
Make more movies about toys! No. Make more movies by and about women! — Randall Park
When programmers train themselves to develop in these environments, they are gaining expertise in adding value to a monopolist's ecosystem, locking themselves in with their own expertise. This a classic example of software freedom for...