Werdmullers everywhere

From a chart of the families that ran Zurich.

Tram riders

Public transport is integrated and works beautifully in Zurich.

The Fraumunster

Built on the remains of an abbey for aristocratic women. It has amazing stained glass by Marc Chagall but I couldn't take a picture.

If we want open software to win, we need to get off our armchairs and compete.

The reason Facebook dominates the Internet is that while we were busy having endless discussions about open protocols, about software licenses, about feed formats and about ownership, they were busy fucking making money. David Weinberger writes in the Atlantic: In the past I would have said that so long as

Compass

I love this app.

Point Lobos

Not pictured: the sound of birds and sea lions.

Community is the most important part of open source (and most people get it wrong)

This post by Bill Mills about power and communication in open source is great: Being belittled and threatened and told to shut up as a matter of course when growing up is the experience of many; and it does not correlate to programming ability at all. It is not enough

10 things to consider about the future of web applications

Twitter - by far the social network that I use the most - is struggling to break 300 million monthly active users and is not hitting revenue targets. (Contrast with Facebook's 1.44 billion monthly actives.) Even investor Chris Sacca has warned that he's going to start making

Remembrance on Memorial Day

Memorial Day is an American holiday that commemerates people who have lost their lives in service to the United States. It's similar to Remembrance Day in the commonwealth countries, except that it's also a long weekend that marks the start of the summer. My dad spent

A walk in the park

"Daddy," Wendy said, looking up at the sky, the cloudless blue stretching opaquely in all directions. "Can people fly?" I smiled at her. "They say that some people can," I said. "Can I fly?" I shook my head, smiling. "No, honey,

Publish on your Own Site, Reflect Inwardly

Known gives you the ability to share the content you create across social media platforms at the point of publishing, with just one click. I'm deliberately not doing that with this post. If you're reading it, it's because you came to my site, or

sanfrancisco

Beautiful day in the neighborhood.

#sanfrancisco