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Basic intro to Slack bots with with node.js and Botkit

Learn to make a simple Slack bot and host it for free with OpenShift

#blog #bots #tutorial #slack #openshift #node #nodejs #node.js #botkit
Posted on September 15, 2016

Simple Sharing Buttons, now open source!

#indieweb #opensource

#blog #simple sharing buttons #project #update #indieweb #opensource
Posted on August 21, 2016

One year of Botwiki

Happy birthday, Botwiki!

#blog #bots #botwiki #one year #project #update
Posted on July 13, 2016

Make an image Twitter bot with node.js

Learn to make a simple Twitter bot that posts images of cute animals.

#blog #bots #tutorial #twitter #openshift #images #node #nodejs #node.js
Posted on May 20, 2016

Detective 2.0

Finally, a leaderboard!

#blog #detective #opensource #update
Posted on April 24, 2016

FW: How to enjoy bots as a "noncoder"

Botwiki and bots are for everyone!

#blog #botwiki #bots #tech #diversity
Posted on April 6, 2016

Open-sourcing Detective

#blog #detective #opensource
Posted on April 5, 2016

You Are The Bot

An intervention for bot developers.

#blog #bots #essay #bot ethics #botmaking
Posted on March 18, 2016

Go ahead!

#stealthisidea

#blog #steal this idea #message
Posted on February 29, 2016

FW: The High Price of Free

"As an industry we have become accustomed to getting hundreds of hours of work, and the benefit of years of hard-won knowledge for free."

#blog #reblog #tech #free #labor
Posted on January 29, 2016

FW: Toward Humane Tech

"Maybe we've been designing everything wrong."

#blog #reblog #tech #humane #anil dash
Posted on January 25, 2016

Hello #indieweb!

Four Ton Fish, version 4.0!

#blog #website update #update #indieweb
Posted on January 23, 2016

How to make a Twitter bot with node.js and Cloud9 (and OpenShift)

Create your own Weather Web App mashup!

#blog #tutorial #api #twitter #nodejs #node.js #bot #cloud9 #openshift
Posted on November 28, 2015

Custom Apache Status page

#blog #web development #tutorial #apache
Posted on September 11, 2015

How to Prevent Image Hotlinking

#blog #blacklivesmatter #image hotlinking #webdev #social justice warrior
Posted on August 11, 2015

Botwiki.org

In my previous blog post I mentioned building my first Twitter bot. Now I built a (Twitter) bot wiki.

#blog #twitter #bots #botally #nodejs #botwiki
Posted on July 22, 2015

Bartleby The Twitterbot: Building a Twitter Bot with node.js and ttezel/twit

I just built my first twitterbot.

#blog #node.js #twitter #bot #tutorial #ttezel/twit #in_reply_to_status_id #twitterbot #literature #bartleby_scrvnr
Posted on July 9, 2015

Simple Sharing Buttons Generator Version 2.8: Updated design, new blog and a new SVG icon set

#blog #simple sharing buttons #update #svg
Posted on July 8, 2015

Open Letter to Mozilla, RE: Webmaker Mobile App

Oh boy, where do I start.

#blog #mozilla #webmaker #android #app #open letter #response
Posted on June 16, 2015

Translating technological terms throws up some peculiar challenges

"Crash" became hookii (a cow falling over but not dying); "timeout" became a honaama (your fish has got away). "Aspect ratio" became jeendondiral, a rebuke from elders when a fishing net is wrongly woven.

#blog #technology #languages #firefox #mozilla #reblog
Posted on October 27 2014

Custom PayPal Button With Font Awesome

#blog #tutorial #web development #web design #paypal #button #font awesome #resources
Posted on October 09 2014

THAW: Proof-of-concept interface design project

#reblog #technology
Posted on September 15 2014

RE: "If a robot can do my job, I’m not doing it properly"

#blog #technology #human race #capitalism #profit #robots #response
Posted on September 06 2014

Edit your Webmaker Thimble make with a bookmarklet

#blog #webmaker #thimble #edit make #bookmarklet #javascript #hacking
Posted on August 15 2014

So I heard that you were bored

Make sure to hit the Remix button!

#blog #teachtheweb #webmaker #css3 #animation #web development
Posted on August 14 2014

A 3D printing project helps the blind discover the wonders of the world

#reblog #3d printer #3d printing #blind #tech
Posted on August 10 2014

Simple Sharing Buttons Generator v2.6.2

#blog #simple sharing buttons #update #web development
Posted on August 08 2014

Webmaker tutorial tip

#blog #mozilla #webmaker #teachtheweb #tutorial #hacking
Posted on August 02 2014

Adventures in VPS Land Part I: Seting Up Multiple Flask Apps

#blog #python #flask #php #vps #digitalocean #apache #server #web development #retrospective
Posted on July 21 2014

Simple Sharing Buttons Generator Updated to 2.6

#blog #simple sharing buttons #update #web development #social media #no javascript #nightmode
Posted on July 18 2014

Apply for a Webmaker Badge

#blog #mozilla #webmaker #teachtheweb #badges #openbadges #web development
Posted on July 15 2014

It's Just Like Starting a Fire

#blog #personal #life #quitting work #learning #web development #stay at home dad #retrospective
Posted on July 14 2014

SiteSummary: Social Media Data

#blog #sitesummary #simple sharing buttons #api #social media #angular
Posted on Sun Jun 22 2014

Simple Sharing Buttons Generator v2.5

#blog #simple sharing buttons #social media #web development #font awesome #share buttons
Posted on June 22 2014

Mozilla Webmaker: Featured teaching kit

#blog #teachtheweb #mozilla #webmaker #web literacy #tutorial
Posted on June 18 2014

Simple Sharing Buttons Generator updates

#blog #simple sharing buttons #social media #share buttons
Posted on June 09 2014

Simple Sharing Buttons Generator Updated to v2.4

#blog #simple sharing buttons #update #web development #social media
Posted on May 28 2014

Webmaker Blog: Community Literacies #1

#blog #teachtheweb #mozilla #webmaker #teaching kit #web development
Posted on May 22 2014

Simple Sharing Buttons Generator Updated to Version 2.3

#blog #simple sharing buttons #font awesome #social media #update
Posted on May 15 2014

Simple Sharing Buttons Generator v2.2

#blog #simple sharing buttons #update #social media #web development #web design #opengraph
Posted on May 05 2014

Simple Sharing Buttons v2.1

#blog #simple sharing buttons #social media #font awesome #web development #html
Posted on April 14 2014

Make your own social media sharing buttons

#blog #tutorial #web development #web fonts #css #html #social media #share buttons
Posted on April 13 2014

Four Ton Fish 2.0

#blog #website update #update #python #flask #digitalocean #redesign
Posted on April 07 2014

Make Your Own "About Me" Page Part I: Introduction to Web Fonts

#blog #teachtheweb #webmaker #tutorial #web fonts #web development
Posted on March 14, 2014

"Dear Marginalized People Coming Into Tech"

By Kronda Adair, Model View Culture

#reblog #link #tech #marginalized people
Posted on March 12, 2014

Make Your Own Web Mashup

Create your own Weather Web App mashup!

#blog #teachtheweb #webmaker #tutorial #mashup #web development #weather #javascript #flickr #api
Posted on March 03, 2014

Space and Quotes: Behind the Scenes

#blog #space and quotes #space #quotes #galaxy #universe #python #flask #web development #image preloading #backend #no javascript #css #hack #quotes by women
Posted on February 16, 2014

Object recognition-powered games

#blog #object recognition #game #drag and drop #countries #flags #capitals #demo #api #object recognition powered games
Posted on February 06 2014

Space and Quotes

#blog #deep #space #quotes #galaxy #universe #quotes by women #wasting time #python #flask #space and quotes
Posted on February 06, 2014

Introducing: Tumblr Tag Explorr

#blog #tumblr #tags #tumblr tag explorr #tumblr #api #cats AND dogs AND penguins #angularjs #web development #feature
Posted on January 29 2014

Dynamically add directives in AngularJS (while ditching jQuery)

#blog #angularjs #tutorial
Posted on January 21 2014

Hello World!

#blog #hello #hellosalut #google maps #api #web development #web app #hello world #github #open source #world #maps #map
Posted on January 13 2014

Sexism and tech and love

#blog #women in tech #gender #tech #hacker news
Posted on December 19 2013

humans.txt

"We are people, not machines"

#blog #web development #humans.txt #nerds #easter eggs
Posted on December 08 2013

My Color Palettes.app Beta 1.1

#blog #color palettes #webapp #web design #web development #angularjs #bootstrap #mcp.app
Posted on December 08 2013

"Why There Are No Women on Twitter’s Board"

#blog #hacker news #tech #women in tech #reblog
Posted on November 21 2013

14 Ways to Contribute to Open Source without Being a Programming Genius or a Rock Star

#blog #open source #programming
Posted on November 21 2013

This Is Me Beta 2: Retrospective

#blog #archived #thisis.me #retrospective #programming #revisiting #old code #progress
Posted on November 14 2013

Why does JavaScript need a style guide?

#blog #javascript #web development #programming #coding #github
Posted on November 11 2013

HelloSalut: Hello as a service

#blog #hello #salut #web development #web service #github #openshift #opensource #php #mysql #work in progress
Posted on November 05 2013

Fall I (2013)

#blog #fall #2013 #nature #flowers #autumn #photography
Posted on November 04 2013

Fall II (2013)

#blog #fall #2013 #nature #river #trees #leaves #autumn #view #colors #ducks #photography
Posted on November 04 2013

A proposal for a better contact form experience

#blog #web design #web development #contact form #github #bootstrap #mail.php #ux #ui
Posted on October 27 2013

Longer Than: Now a Facebook app

#blog #facebook #app #webapp #celebrity #entertainment #dating #married #openshift #web-development
Posted on October 22 2013

My Color Palettes.app

#blog #webapp #web app #web design #angular #angularjs #bootstrap #feedback #free #mcp.app
Posted on October 20, 2013

MyColorPalettes

Slackbot for "people who need Siberian Huskies, now".

#blog #free #open source #web development #web design #manage #color palettes #github #my color palettes
Posted on September 28 2013

Simple Sharing Buttons

#blog #social media #free #icons #tool #webapp #web development #web design #simple sharing buttons
Posted on September 10 2013

Two small projects

#blog #archived #project #thisis.me #longerthan.com #web development #web app
Posted on August 15 2013

galleryIO Beta 1

#blog #archived #project #update #galleryIO #web development #gallery #app #dropbox #google #skydrive
Posted on April 19 2013

DropShow 1.0

#blog #archived #project #update #dropshow #dropbox #gallery #web app #web development
Posted on April 11 2013

dropShow Beta 2.1

#blog #archived #project #update #dropshow #dropbox #gallery #web app #web development
Posted on April 05 2013

dropShow Beta 2

#blog #archived #project #update #dropshow #dropbox #gallery #web app #web development
Posted on April 04 2013

Spring 2012, At a Lake

#blog #photography #spring #lake #slovakia #bratislava
Posted on March 31 2013