Monthly Archives: December 2012

In 2013: letters, encouragement, edification

By david.humphrey | Published: December 31, 2012
In 2013 I’m going to try something.  I don’t usually do New Year’s resolutions, but I like the idea of the cold-startup (I don’t know what the opposite of cold turkey and ’stopping’ is, but that).  For whatever reason, I need to do things all-or-none.  I’m someone who thrives on having discipline in my life, [...]
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The first view into Literature

By david.humphrey | Published: December 30, 2012
“Yet if the only form of tradition, of handing down, consisted in following the ways of the immediate generation before us in a blind or timid adherence to its successes, “tradition” should positively be discouraged. We have seen many such simple currents soon lost in the sand; and novelty is better than repetition. Tradition is [...]
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Code for Christmas

By david.humphrey | Published: December 29, 2012
Today our family gathered to celebrate Christmas on my wife’s side.  After the usual amazing food and gifts, we spent time making room for dessert, with some going for a walk on the newly snow-covered trails of the woods, and others sledding.  My eldest nephew and I stayed back so we could listen for my [...]
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Of dogfood and web making

By david.humphrey | Published: December 5, 2012
One of the things I’m currently doing is helping the Mozilla Foundation figure out how to evolve and grow the Webmaker project.  Mark has been writing about the plan for 2013.  I’m mainly thinking about ideas for tools, products, and how to do work like this at the scale of Mozilla, especially when it comes [...]
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