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Inbox Zero

~2 years ago by Peter Harkins on Push cx.
A few minutes ago, for the first time in around a decade, I emptied my email inbox. I’ve been steadily whittling it down (or at least holding the line...

Survey of Conference Attendees

over 2 years ago by Peter Harkins on Push cx.
If you have attended a conference this year where people have used Twitter, IRC, or similar tools to carry on conversations during the live event (a â€...

Back in Chicago

over 2 years ago by Peter Harkins on Push cx.
A quick, belated post to note that I’m back in Chicago and continuing to work on my projects. I have a few posts lined up to hopefully resume a regular...

Serenity Green

over 2 years ago by Peter Harkins on Push cx.
Here’s a common question: Why doesn’t Joss Whedon’s Firefly have any Chinese people? The backstory for Firefly is pretty simple, China and America...

Redirecting Users’ URLs

over 2 years ago by Peter Harkins on Push cx.
I got an email in response to an old post on how I designed NearbyGamer’s discussion URLs. It asked how to create readable URLs for a community site where...

A Straight-Up Thug Town

over 2 years ago by Peter Harkins on Push cx.
This is where I live: Except for the few shots on the Metro, I recognize pretty much every single shot as within walking distance of my home… though...

JavaScript: The Good Parts

over 2 years ago by Peter Harkins on Push cx.
In JavaScript, there is a beautiful, elegant, highly expressive language that is buried under a steaming pile of good intentions and blunders. The best...

Investigating Theme Spam

over 2 years ago by Peter Harkins on Push cx.
If you’re interested in what spammers are up to these days, check out Snarky’s blog post Evil Eval() investigating the obfuscated spam code hidden in...

Athenge Ops Playtested

over 2 years ago by Peter Harkins on Push cx.
Over the weekend Snarky dropped by for some ribs and playtesting. I think of early playtesting as scientific experimentation and had a specific question...

Developer Day Notes

over 2 years ago by Peter Harkins on Push cx.
I’m attending Developer Day DC and taking notes. They’re fairly rough and sort of only cover the things that catch my attention, but here they are in...