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Where can I learn more about PHP
I discovered Kevin Powell at the right time. I'm no longer a CSS novice and he picks me up where I am and shows me new things that I don't know yet. And I have no problems following him.
What I want now is someone who picks me up at my PHP level. But I can't say for myself which one that is. I want to learn to understand APIs, even if the documentation is full of holes. And I'm not talking about WordPress. It's more general.
Suggestions are welcome as a reply to this post.
Super crowded for 7:30 in the morning. Double the people as usual.
Location: Minato, Tokyo, Japan
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Announcing Micro Camp 2024! Coming up next month. From Jean’s post:
Save the date! The 4th annual Micro Camp will be May 17. It will be a bit more micro this year, but we’re still doing it. 😇 Christina Warren / @film_girl@mastodon.social will join @manton and me for a chat about the evolution of blogging and social media to kick things off.
It’ll be a single day this time instead of multiple days. Should make for a simpler schedule. Hope folks can join us!
Thu, 18 Apr 2024
I wrote about Carousel being text only with sufficient friction meaning I likely wouldn't upload images etc. Well, don't know why but I repurposed the blog uploader.
An example of semaphore using email
Earlier this week, I commented on Ken Smith’s inquiry into the use of semaphore for communication, noting that I felt his interest in the use of semaphore was to inform people in case of a crisis. This morning, I received an email alert from the Americans of Conscience Checklist. This group sends email on a regular basis with selected actions to promote progressive issues (I am a subscriber). In this email alert, (called a “time-sensitive” action), subscribers were asked to call US senators to ask them to vote “No” on the FISA reauthorization bill. I think this fits the “use case” of semaphore that Ken Smith was discussing. The people subscribed to this list have been “trained” to take action on suggested items on a periodic basis, so they would have the necessary reflexes to take action for a time-sensitive request.
But, you may say, “I get emails asking me to do things (“buy stuff”) all the time – what is the difference?”. I think the difference is those emails mostly go unanswered, and the user has been trained to ignore most, if not all of them. If a group has been trained to take action in a certain way, and there is trust in the communication path, then emails like this can have an effect.
Following on from yesterday, another part of Rose Cartwright’s article caught my eye:
If the medical model is willing to examine its assumptions, it may admit that its research is often a repackaging of knowledge that the west has forgotten or destroyed. Every year, studies are published “proving” that things like nature, creativity, exercise and community make us happier, framing them as prescriptions for ills rather than age-old preventives.
If the medical model is willing to examine its assumptions, it may admit that its research is often a repackaging of knowledge that the west has forgotten or destroyed. Every year, studies are published “proving” that things like nature, creativity, exercise and community make us happier, framing them as prescriptions for ills rather than age-old preventives.
The idea of prescription versus preventive speaks to something I’ve come across elsewhere1; that there is something structurally very wrong with a society that has to prescribe those things that should be part and parcel of people’s lives, in order to cure the ‘ills’ arguably caused by the demotion of the very same things in favour of productivity and such.
- Oliver Burkeman’s Four Thousand Weeks certainly touches on it, but given I don’t currently have a copy, I can’t quote from it
Learning about the jury process for Trump’s trial, seems like even with the slow start they’ve got things well in hand. We can wait a few more days. There are limits in the system, so the defense can’t veto thousands of potential jurors until they find the rare Trump fan in NYC. 🇺🇸