Monthly Archives: October 2021

The First Remote Worker

Posted on 2021-10-21 by jcs

In response to my post A Broken Way of Working, Perry Metzger left a comment pointing me at a podcast about the first remote developer. That would be Paul Lutus, who, among other things, wrote Apple Writer for the Apple … Continue reading →

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How To Avoid Search Warrants

Posted on 2021-10-20 by jcs

Last week, DuckDuckGo tweeted that they have had zero search warrants since their founding in 2008. That’s because they don’t log their users’ searches so there’s no useful information for law enforcement to demand access to. Contrast that to Google … Continue reading →

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RSS for the Researcher

Posted on 2021-10-19 by jcs

At the beginning of his Elfeed video, John Kitchen mentioned a paper by James Fraser on RSS for the researcher. This is notable for two reasons. First, there’s the paper itself, of course, but there’s also the very nice way … Continue reading →

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Emacs as a Tool for Scientists

Posted on 2021-10-18 by jcs

Recently, John Kitchin tweeted a pointer to the draft of a paper by Timonthy Johnson that makes the case for Emacs as the tool for scientists to organize and report their research. The paper, Emacs as a Tool for Modern … Continue reading →

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A Broken Way of Working

Posted on 2021-10-17 by jcs

I’ve written several times about the future of work and my fascination with what used to be called digital nomads. The idea of remote work has become so common that the term “digital nomad” no longer makes sense and there … Continue reading →

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Scimax Notebook

Posted on 2021-10-16 by jcs

As I’ve said before, John Kitchin is producing so many videos that it’s hard to keep up. One of his recent videos is about Scimax Notebook, his implementation of digital notebooks based on Projectile, Bozhidar Batsov’s project interaction package. In … Continue reading →

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Prosecuting the Press

Posted on 2021-10-15 by jcs

As you all know, Irreal doesn’t think very highly of journalists and the press. What Irreal likes even less is know-nothing politicos who nevertheless feel fully qualified to opine and pass judgment on technical matters. The Congressional hearings on social … Continue reading →

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Lets in Elisp

Posted on 2021-10-14 by jcs

John Kitchin has a short video in his Scimax channel that considers another Elisp construct. This video talks about let and its siblings. One of the first non-trivial things a new Lisper learns is how to deal with local variables … Continue reading →

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Zamansky-79: Project.el

Posted on 2021-10-13 by jcs

Mike Zamansky, on the heals of his last video, has another offering in his Using Emacs Series. This time it’s about the new Project library built into the latest Emacs. If you’re familiar with Bozhidar Batsov’s Projectile package, you can … Continue reading →

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How Kitchin Uses Elfeed

Posted on 2021-10-12 by jcs

John Kitchin has been vlogging up a storm. He’s producing so many videos, Irreal is having a hard time keeping up. One of his recent offerings is a really great1 video on one of my favorite Emacs packages: Elfeed. Elfeed, … Continue reading →

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