Six years old and still ensuring that my RSS subscriptions are easy to digest and manage. Happy Birthday Feedbin!
Focus this week for Markcase is to add a registration screen that is only open until the number of accounts reaches a certain limit. The idea here is to allow a limited number of registrations without having to worry about scaling. Much easier than me handling invitations.
Switched to the annual plan for Micro.blog account. Another great reason to love Micro.blog!
I need to learn the shortcut keys for Slack. The constant clicking between accounts is such a distraction. Three shortcuts to learn for the week that I think will make a difference. Quick switch (Cmd K), Browse DMs (Cmd Shift K) and All Unreads (Cmd Shift A).
The kettle is on, notebooks are out and I’m about to kick off a weekly planning session.
I’m already having to change the plans for today. Ethan’s golf coaching has been cancelled and there’s no way it looks like we’ll get out for a few holes either today thanks to the rain.
Me, Jennifer and the boys went to see Captain Marvel yesterday. A great and enjoyable movie as well as being something a bit different from many of the Marvel movies. A nice lead in to End Game next month. A nice hap tip to Stan Lee at the start as well.
Okay, the device in The Expanse is not a cell-phone. Still, it looks more environmentally friendly.
Apparently, Apple is now under demand to deliver a foldable iPhone. Nevermind a foldable iPhone, how about delivering something like those handhelds that are used in The Expanse instead?
You can now play your PS4 games on your iOS devices
As with these other platforms, the idea behind the iOS app is to let you enjoy your PS4 titles without having to sit in front of your TV (so you can let your family watch a show, and pick up where you left off on your phone). Your game will be streamed to your mobile device, and use on-screen overlay buttons to control the action. Unfortunately, unlike with Android, you can’t pair a Dualshock 4 controller to your iPhone or iPad for use with this app.
— You can finally run PS4 games on your iPhone or iPad with Remote Play
I’m on the fence with this one. While the idea comes from good intentions, not hogging the television for your gaming, it leads me to think how often I’ll need to chase my oldest off his iPad and iPhone. That’s only when he has a iPad or iPhone that can support the remote play though, as I think his devices are too old for this.
I normally relay gaming news and updates to my oldest, but I think I’ll let this one slip under the radar for as long as I can.
Web Design 3.0
A very detailed post over at NicePage about the changes in web design, the gap between site builders and designers and how you can design for the new 3.0 era.
My design skills as a web developer are definitely lacking, but I can do enough to get by and make a functional user-interface. I prefer to use Bootstrap, but I’ve also been using the Vuetify framework recently as well.
I think Bootstrap gets a lot of bad press for being the popular framework out there, and sure there are a lot of designs that look similar, but there are alternatives out there. The Themes For App site provides free themes based on Bootstrap and looking at them, you couldn’t say for definite that they are built using Bootstrap. They make good use of whitespace and visuals and lean towards NicePage’s 3.0 trend.
Another Bootstrap based theme I’ve been looking at is Material Kit. Take the Bootstrap framework and wrap it in a design influenced by Google’s Material Design.
I’m glad to see there is a new trend in web design. It keeps everyone in the industry on their toes and ensures that there is something else to work towards. It’s not for everyone, and I love minimal plain text designs just as much. It’s good though that we can have this choice as users of the internet.