Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸
@thereisnocat
Advocating Semantic Markup since 1987. Not posting here any more. Married to @JerseyGrrrl. On Mastodon: @thereisnocat@toot.cafe
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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 31, 2011 at 5:41:27 PM
@goodwitch it would be harder to understand if @chrisdavidmills didn't tower above mere mortals. :-)
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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 31, 2011 at 4:43:39 PM
I have to say, I love the comments in the CSS on http://modernizr.com.
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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 31, 2011 at 1:48:31 PM
@iheni Yay! Congratulations!
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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 31, 2011 at 1:47:39 PM
not <data> http://instagr.am/p/SN9kk/
Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 31, 2011 at 12:19:51 PM
just got the news that my new project will be using responsive web design, which is what I was hoping I wasn't too late to push #yay #phew
Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 31, 2011 at 9:58:32 AM
Lynda Barry Will Make You Believe In Yourself: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/30/magazine/cartoonist-lynda-barry-will-make-you-believe-in-yourself.html
Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 30, 2011 at 7:31:54 PM
@dylanw you want a Dukla Prague Away Kit. #halfmanhalfbiscuit
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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 30, 2011 at 4:00:17 PM
@goodwitch sorry I won't be able to watch, but it's up against Sexiest Vixens. I'm sure you understand.
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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 30, 2011 at 1:34:15 PM
@dylanw after she finishes.
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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 29, 2011 at 3:59:42 PM
@jschwartzdesign I hear you. The hurricane kept us from leaving for vacation in England, but I was glad to be here for it. Safe travels!
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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 29, 2011 at 2:54:27 PM
@jschwartzdesign thanks for gloating. :-)
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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 29, 2011 at 1:07:37 PM
Starting to get nasty out.... @ Ulta Beauty http://instagr.am/p/R6LwH/
Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 29, 2011 at 12:01:16 PM
Skipped going to Philadelphia due to the weather. Instead, brunch on a blustery beach! – at Riverfront Cafe http://gowalla.com/stories/5bwmm
Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 28, 2011 at 10:18:19 PM
The Big East today announced that they're changing their name to The Really Big East to accommodate the addition of Boise State.
Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 28, 2011 at 9:41:32 PM
how is it that nobody here has told me about http://badlipreading.tumblr.com/ before? Shame on you!
Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 28, 2011 at 3:13:29 PM
@goodwitch /me sighs.... ;-)
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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 28, 2011 at 2:42:24 PM
@jenseninman That truck was in our neighborhood on Tuesday. Sadly, I was out of town, but my wife went by. Hoping to see them in Philly tomw
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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 27, 2011 at 9:58:53 PM
@autumnd next month, it'll be someone else's turn. :-)
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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 27, 2011 at 9:58:33 PM
@autumnd right now banks are an easy target. November 5 is "move your money to a credit union" day because of silly bank fees.
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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 27, 2011 at 9:54:13 PM
@autumnd no. Aimed at whoever *did* design the page that he called out. :-)
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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 27, 2011 at 9:53:09 PM
@autumnd don't think it has anything to do with you, though.
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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 27, 2011 at 9:52:22 PM
@autumnd Yeah, he tweeted 2 hours ago about a potential talk regarding banks. I don't follow him, so I didn't see it, but it's there.
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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 27, 2011 at 9:48:36 PM
@autumnd @kingkool68 post from who? I see a number of posts from an hour ago, but you and I don't necessarily follow the same people.
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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 27, 2011 at 8:29:50 PM
@danrubin I've never seen that happen. I think it's just the calculation routine getting confused
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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 27, 2011 at 8:22:51 PM
@danrubin I see that sort of thing on my iPad all the time
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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 27, 2011 at 6:22:08 PM
@autumnd funny, that's what I have for breakfast every morning when I'm not having my every whim catered to by the fine folks at #aea :-)
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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 27, 2011 at 5:58:53 PM
made it home safe and sound from #aea. Thanks to friends old and new. It was a blast.
Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 27, 2011 at 1:45:43 PM
Good enough to eat @ Ann's Dari-Creme http://instagr.am/p/RpsBQ/
Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 27, 2011 at 12:39:06 PM
@jenseninman funny, we watched that talk at a lunch meeting last Friday. Had at least 40 people in the room. Very moving talk.
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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 27, 2011 at 8:54:40 AM
Verified reader @ Library of Congress - James Madison Memorial Building http://instagr.am/p/RoLaF/
Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 27, 2011 at 8:20:46 AM
Library of Congress @ Library of Congress — Madison Building — Mumford Room http://instagr.am/p/RoBsm/
Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 27, 2011 at 4:35:49 AM
@kingkool68 was a pleasure to meet you too. Have a wonderful time in London!
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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 26, 2011 at 5:40:01 PM
nClud after party – at Union Street Public House http://gowalla.com/stories/5aXJ1
Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 26, 2011 at 3:24:42 PM
Zed-index FTW!!!! #speakingcanadian #aea
Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 26, 2011 at 2:58:25 PM
@iheni that explains where your daughter learned the language you were tweeting about the other day #swearbox
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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 26, 2011 at 2:48:46 PM
"What's going on in iOS is one of the two most interesting things happening in a11y today." —@feather #aea
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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 26, 2011 at 2:44:05 PM
can see using Voiceover to test accessibility. I don't have to learn the 7 million keystrokes of JAWS #aea
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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 26, 2011 at 2:40:44 PM
Really impressed with the thought Apple put into VoiceOver on iOS devices. #aea
Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 26, 2011 at 1:33:56 PM
wants to know if White Castle uses role="slider" on its site #aea #a11y
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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 26, 2011 at 1:31:12 PM
"You know that site Damn you Autocorrect? We need Damn you VoiceOver." — @feather #aea #a11y
Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 26, 2011 at 1:25:05 PM
@kingkool68 Did you look at the site with a screen reader? Maybe @autumnd knows all about accessible Flash. It's possible, no? :-)
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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 26, 2011 at 1:12:03 PM
had a great lunch with @feather and @autumnd
Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 26, 2011 at 1:06:45 PM
@mezzoblue @feather also joked that because you were Canadian you would no doubt apologize for that. :-)
Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 26, 2011 at 1:06:09 PM
@mezzoblue @feather was joking that your invention of CSS sprites got everyone putting presentational images in the CSS instead of HTML.
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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 26, 2011 at 12:12:47 PM
Last day – at An Event Apart DC http://gowalla.com/stories/5aUmd
Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 26, 2011 at 11:42:11 AM
"If you think you need to add a role of button to something, maybe you need to use a button instead." — @feather #aea
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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 26, 2011 at 11:36:15 AM
"When you're changing the role of something in the interface, you have to deal with all the expected behaviors as well." — @feather #aea
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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 26, 2011 at 11:32:20 AM
"We will get to a point where we have really good ARIA support everywhere, but we're not there yet." — @feather #aea
Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 26, 2011 at 11:09:53 AM
Need to combine good semantic markup with ARIA attributes that express meaning more fully. — @feather #aea
Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 26, 2011 at 11:08:22 AM
"We often express meaning with CSS" — @feather #notcool #aea
Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 26, 2011 at 11:02:52 AM
ARIA lets you express relationships that aren't programmatically expressed by default programmatically — @feather #aea
Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 26, 2011 at 10:57:33 AM
Rather than using # as a link, use #<id>; link to item itself. Retains focus. - @feather #aea
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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 26, 2011 at 10:43:22 AM
Why does every accessibility session I ever go to use a tree as the ARIA example? I haven't coded a single tree in my entire career. #aea
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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 26, 2011 at 10:38:56 AM
"The importance of certain content changes with time and place." — @feather #aea
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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 26, 2011 at 9:49:43 AM
"We start with web standards, but we have to keep building from here." — @feather #aea
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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 26, 2011 at 9:33:13 AM
"Most of us got into the web because we were doing something else, saw the web, and said 'Holy crap, that's it! I'm in!'" — @feather #aea
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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 26, 2011 at 9:30:53 AM
"If it's on the screen it needs to be under the screen as well." — @feather #aea
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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 26, 2011 at 9:26:29 AM
Everything inaccessible on the web is @mezzoblue's fault — @feather #aea
Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 26, 2011 at 9:15:45 AM
"If you're not familiar with ARIA, you'll get familiar with it today, believe me." — @feather #aea
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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 26, 2011 at 9:11:34 AM
"Nobody comments on blogs anymore. Feel free to comment on my blog. I get lonely up in Canada." #aea
Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 26, 2011 at 9:09:57 AM
been trying to get into one of @feather's all day workshops for at least four years. Finally! #aea
Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 26, 2011 at 12:05:05 AM
@feather I'll be there with two of my co-workers
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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 25, 2011 at 9:40:24 PM
OH curling is a cross between bocce, ice skating, and housekeeping
Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 25, 2011 at 5:36:25 PM
Yay! @jmspool is working on a book! #aea
Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 25, 2011 at 5:15:39 PM
Worst possible link is "Click here to learn more" — @jmspool #aea
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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 25, 2011 at 5:08:24 PM
"We found people who needed women's apparel. Most of them were women." — @jmspool #aea
Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 25, 2011 at 4:51:10 PM
"Kittens die when marketing people win." @jmspool #aea
Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 25, 2011 at 4:49:21 PM
"For those of you who weren't around when Fitts' Law was put through the legislature...." - @jmspool #aea
Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 25, 2011 at 4:43:22 PM
I think the first time I saw @jmspool talk about the Scent of Information was at CHI in LA back in 1998. Yes, 13 years ago. #aea
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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 25, 2011 at 4:14:44 PM
Another #razorfish reference at #aea, this time by @halvorson, and again to @rlovinger's Nimble report
Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 25, 2011 at 3:58:30 PM
"Developers, don't make the metadata up. Push back." - @halvorson #aea
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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 25, 2011 at 3:57:41 PM
"Metadata ultimately is an editorial undertaking. You need to make decisions about what to tag content with." - @halvorson #aea
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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 25, 2011 at 3:29:52 PM
"You want a blog? You'll have to write. Regularly. Want a Twitter feed? Now you'll have to tweet." - @halvorson #aea
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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 25, 2011 at 2:41:15 PM
not learning anything I didn't know about CSS animations/transforms, etc., but the slides are engaging #aea
Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 25, 2011 at 2:38:28 PM
"Really simple subtle movement can be used to great effect." - @malarkey #aea
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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 25, 2011 at 2:11:19 PM
"The more limiting the technology, the more opportunity for creativity." - @malarkey #aea
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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 25, 2011 at 2:10:24 PM
"People think I model myself on Don Draper. Really, I'm more influenced by Yogi Bear." - @malarkey #aea
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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 25, 2011 at 11:51:10 AM
"You don't have to be the best ____. You just have to be a person with ideas." - @aarron #aea
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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 25, 2011 at 11:44:51 AM
"Hardest thing is to get started. Get it down on paper, build a prototype, and show it to someone." - @jack on video #aea
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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 25, 2011 at 11:41:16 AM
Twitter coming out of the crushing of Odeo as an example of why businesses can profit from embracing independent projects. #aea
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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 25, 2011 at 11:35:15 AM
"When you get stuck in the circle of execution, you can lose your creative thinking." - @aarron #aea
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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 25, 2011 at 10:00:02 AM
eCSStender, @aarongustfson's library: http://blog.easy-designs.net/archives/2011/08/04/experimenting-with-grids-using-ecsstender/ #aea
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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 24, 2011 at 4:49:38 PM
The point @beep just made about the canvas limiting our view of the medium ties in nicely with the talk @danrubin gave at #brooklynbeta #aea
Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 24, 2011 at 4:35:53 PM
RT @halvorson: I vote that @karenmcgrane should write a book. Who's with me?! #aea #everyoneelse
Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 24, 2011 at 4:06:35 PM
It's encouraging that NPR has largely succeeded at the kind of stuff @karenmcgrane is talking about. It *is* possible. #aea
Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 24, 2011 at 4:02:19 PM
"The CMS interface looked like a database got drunk and vomited all over the screen." -@karenmcgrane #aea
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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 24, 2011 at 3:51:23 PM
"Blobs vs. Chunks; We have to support the chunks. We cannot let the blobs win." -@karenmcgrane #aea
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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 24, 2011 at 3:34:18 PM
Funny to hear @karenmcgrane talking about value of structured content; we were doing that at Lucent 20 years ago #aea
Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 24, 2011 at 3:30:09 PM
@surlyshirley I had lunch with John Croston, @jfciii. Small world, eh? :-)
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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 24, 2011 at 3:24:12 PM
@surlyshirley Did you just hire someone to do accessibility named Tema? Had lunch with someone whose friend was hired by Nationwide.
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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 24, 2011 at 3:18:09 PM
@surlyshirley An Event Apart; web conference I'm attending in Washington DC
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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 24, 2011 at 2:57:59 PM
@dylanw Perfect! Give 'em something to think about!
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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 24, 2011 at 2:57:18 PM
You don't get the opportunity to reinvent the web every day - @lukew #aea
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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 24, 2011 at 2:55:46 PM
if we don't experiment with the seemingly silly and nonsensical, we'll be stuck with links and pages forever -@lukew #aea
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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 24, 2011 at 2:40:19 PM
New HTML5 input types make mobile web more usable #aea
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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 24, 2011 at 12:25:04 PM
@klayon NimbleKit is great for content-heavy apps, but Titanium is better for interaction-heavy apps. I use each as appropriate.
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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 24, 2011 at 12:14:17 PM
@danielmall @bigspaceship actually, computers are lousy at math; they can only count to 1.
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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 24, 2011 at 11:49:54 AM
"Is it just me, or is this stuff kind of creepy?" -@andybudd #aea
Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 24, 2011 at 11:43:39 AM
"We see up to 5,000 branding messages per day" - @andybudd (illustrated by Times Square; I must get more than that working there....) #aea
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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 24, 2011 at 11:25:32 AM
Skipped the chocolate croissant at the break, went straight for the fruit. @JerseyGrrrl would be proud of me. #aea
Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 24, 2011 at 10:56:51 AM
@RussellHeimlich it needs to be a rating element; star is presentational. :-)
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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 24, 2011 at 10:47:51 AM
"Anyone here from the patent office? It's around the corner. We should go there with pitchforks." OH from @adactio #aea
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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 24, 2011 at 10:31:16 AM
Browsers are the perfect implementation of Postel's Law. So sez @adactio #aea
Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 24, 2011 at 9:58:53 AM
"Try to like your clients" @zeldman #aea
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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 24, 2011 at 9:46:20 AM
XKCD Venn Diagram at http://xkcd.com/773/ because @zeldman forgot to include it on a slide #aea
Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 24, 2011 at 9:40:20 AM
Progressive enhancement is a universal smart default; call out of @AaronGustafson's book http://easy-readers.net #aea
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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 24, 2011 at 9:29:15 AM
NYT: We're all going to be unemployed, eating out of garbage cans, killing each other, but first, an ad from Tiffany's. #aea
Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 24, 2011 at 9:02:50 AM
An improvement in hearing aids: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/24/science/24loops.html
Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 24, 2011 at 8:37:08 AM
Gowalla isn't posting my updates to Twitter any more, so I'll have to let you all know manually that I'm in the ballroom at An Event Apart
Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 23, 2011 at 2:15:27 PM
The view from lunch @ The Jetty Restaurant & Dock Bar http://instagr.am/p/RMltd/
Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 23, 2011 at 2:08:10 PM
Stopped for lunch on the Eastern Shore – at Jetty http://gowalla.com/stories/5aoTF
Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 23, 2011 at 11:09:21 AM
On my way to Alexandria. – at Walt Whitman Service Area http://gowalla.com/stories/5amGb
Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 22, 2011 at 11:30:02 PM
Holy flying fuck. What an amazing ending to the Wisconsin-Michigan State game.
Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 22, 2011 at 1:40:44 PM
His and Hers Drawdios http://instagr.am/p/RC37S/
Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 22, 2011 at 10:00:37 AM
Just completed a 1.75 mi walk - Brisk walk on a brisk day. http://rnkpr.com/ay032y #RunKeeper
Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 21, 2011 at 2:03:25 PM
@KuraFire screenshot sent. Just happened to have my VM and IE8 open.
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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 21, 2011 at 12:30:19 PM
in a business meeting having breakfast for lunch and watching a video of a guy playing Bohemian Rhapsody on ukulele. I'll miss this account.
Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 21, 2011 at 9:24:55 AM
Subtitles for video from Sirte: "Dictator season!" "Rebel season!" "Dictator season!" "Rebel season!" "Rebel season!" "Dictator sea..." BLAM
Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 21, 2011 at 9:12:21 AM
is impressed with the daily rushes coming out of Misuratah. Looking forward to the final cut of Weekend at Muamaar's.
Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 20, 2011 at 8:51:09 PM
My friend Myke Weiskopf wants to go to Timbuktu to record music he can hear there on the radio. http://kck.st/nJHjYQ
Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 20, 2011 at 8:34:42 PM
is looking forward to the Rapture tomorrow. No more Tea Party!
Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 20, 2011 at 8:58:09 AM
News reports saying Gadhaffi is either dead or alive. After seeing his photo, I propose an alternative: Gadhaffi is undead. #zombiegadhaffi
Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 19, 2011 at 9:50:29 AM
@surlyshirley happy to say that we only do M-B's web site, not their commercials. That's another agency. :-)
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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 17, 2011 at 8:14:45 PM
Elvis and Elmo (plus Cookie Monster): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KxardpBReQc
Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 17, 2011 at 2:33:15 PM
is spending half the day chasing away woodpeckers.
Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 17, 2011 at 11:54:41 AM
@danrubin also, check to see that your rollers are clean. That's what the problem looks like to me.
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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 17, 2011 at 11:49:35 AM
@danrubin if you e-mail ImpossibleUSA support, they'll replace the pack that shows those symptoms. Impressed with the colors u get, at least
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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦- 🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 16, 2011 at 2:27:12 PM
Deutscher Club Clark http://instagr.am/p/QY23c/
Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 16, 2011 at 2:02:02 PM
Herren @ Deutscher Club Of Clark http://instagr.am/p/QYrfh/
Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 16, 2011 at 2:01:00 PM
Damen @ Deutscher Club Of Clark http://instagr.am/p/QYq_Q/
Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 16, 2011 at 1:07:23 PM
Brats and beer – at Deutscher Club Of Clark http://gowalla.com/stories/58B9y
Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 15, 2011 at 9:20:21 PM
some days it sucks to be the grown up
Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 15, 2011 at 5:56:18 PM
@markjfine nope. Although I did think about posting a video of the radio those tubes are attached to working. Built it today.
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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 15, 2011 at 12:48:59 PM
@surlyshirley safe travels.
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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 15, 2011 at 10:46:46 AM
Taking advantage of the fact that I'm sick and don't want to go anywhere to make the tube radio kit I bought at Maker Faire last month
Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 15, 2011 at 8:22:10 AM
@iheni Yay! Hope the photo survived the vicissitudes of the trans-Atlantic crossing in the care of the post office with no damage. :-)
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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 15, 2011 at 1:27:23 AM
Great shirt for a night like this. I hate being sick. http://instagr.am/p/QLtzM/
Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 14, 2011 at 1:00:05 PM
@jenstrickland because the world is also full of good, and if you don't, the evil wins.
Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 14, 2011 at 8:17:16 AM
Getting home at 2:30 last night + hour-long delays on NJ Transit trains into Penn Station = I'm working from home today.
Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 14, 2011 at 12:54:43 AM
Hosing down, cleaning up @ NJ Transit Track 3 http://instagr.am/p/QEwoh/
Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 14, 2011 at 12:38:49 AM
Missed my train. Next (and last) train is at 1 am. Meh. – at Penn Station http://gowalla.com/stories/57ZUV
Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 14, 2011 at 12:24:12 AM
Brooklyn Bridge from DUMBO http://instagr.am/p/QEoPB/
Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 13, 2011 at 9:37:58 PM
Dinner with my co-workers Mike, Andrew and Mariano – at reBar http://gowalla.com/stories/57YRU
Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 13, 2011 at 7:39:37 PM
Learning about the 17 different ways to implement client side local storage, most of which don't work widely yet. Cool stuff tho #cutthecord
Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 13, 2011 at 7:12:43 PM
Brooklyn Week on the 4:30 Movie – at HUGE http://gowalla.com/stories/57XGc
Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 13, 2011 at 5:49:46 PM
wondering if Sprint & Verizon's willingness to unlock SIMs in their iPhones will lead AT&T to change their policy of never unlocking iPhones
Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 13, 2011 at 5:05:24 PM
@danrubin worked like a charm :-)
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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 13, 2011 at 12:51:16 PM
Taking @danrubin's advice and going for a walk to clear my head
Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 12, 2011 at 11:25:00 PM
@dylanw It was a lot of fun until the PR people showed up and thought they understood how the web worked. :-)
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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 12, 2011 at 11:06:33 PM
@dylanw I used to see Dennis Ritchie in the hallway when I would visit Murray Hill when I worked for Bell Labs. Truly a giant.
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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 12, 2011 at 9:49:44 PM
Holy flying fuck, #brooklynbeta was amazing today. Wish I had tix for the next two days.
Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 12, 2011 at 10:36:58 AM
Brooklyn Beta Wednesday Whatnot! – at Invisible Dog Gallery http://gowalla.com/stories/53tq7
Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 12, 2011 at 7:31:11 AM
@hansv your loss. ;-)
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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 12, 2011 at 7:30:51 AM
@svenlauwers so far, so good. Just got on the 7:27, which showed up a couple of minutes early. Fingers crossed.
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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 12, 2011 at 12:02:59 AM
Adding chunes to the @brooklynbeta Spotify playlist. Captive audience! ;-)
Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 11, 2011 at 9:02:54 PM
must really need to keep learning about detachment, because life seems to make damned sure I get regular refresher courses
Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 11, 2011 at 5:01:36 PM
@svenlauwers @denisejacobs The Lady hasn't replied, so Playwright Tavern it is. See you (hopefully both?) there at 5:30?
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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 11, 2011 at 3:46:25 PM
@svenlauwers @denisejacobs Options: http://www.playwrighttavern.com/ (Irish pub, close) or http://balinusaindahnyc.com/ (Indonesian, a bit further away)
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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 11, 2011 at 2:48:50 PM
@denisejacobs @svenlauwers any dietary restrictions to keep in mind for dinner? Any preferences?
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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 11, 2011 at 2:32:22 PM
Moving photos of free Burmese dissidents honoring their imprisoned compatriots: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/gallery/2011/oct/11/burma-political-prisoners-gallery
Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 11, 2011 at 12:04:16 PM
@hansv @svenlauwers @denisejacobs so no dinner for Hans tonight? Oh well; I'll see you tomorrow at Brooklyn Beta then
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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 11, 2011 at 10:59:35 AM
@denisejacobs @svenlauwers @hansv 5:30 would work for me
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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 11, 2011 at 10:11:37 AM
@svenlauwers @hansv @denisejacobs turns out I have a work commitment at lunch time today. If you're free for dinner, let me know.
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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 11, 2011 at 9:30:45 AM
@hansv @svenlauwers @denisejacobs are you guys around and available for lunch or dinner, or will you still be in your conference cocoon?
Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 10, 2011 at 3:11:39 PM
Getting in our last licks – at Napoli Boys Homemade Ice Cream http://gowalla.com/stories/52ZZs
Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 10, 2011 at 12:29:23 PM
Looking for SPLÖRG – at IKEA http://gowalla.com/stories/52Vjs
Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 10, 2011 at 10:40:53 AM
I checked in at Riverfront Cafe (1034 Ocean Ave) on #Yelp http://bit.ly/oc741d
Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 9, 2011 at 8:49:27 PM
@hansv @denisejacobs jealous! Are you both still in town on Tuesday?
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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 9, 2011 at 7:49:04 PM
Listening to R.E.M.'s "Nightswimming" at the beach on an AM station (Absolute Radio) from England. I'm such a geek sometimes.
Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 8, 2011 at 8:05:50 PM
at @JerseyGrrrl's 30 year high school reunion. – at Merchant House Tavern http://gowalla.com/stories/52kCa
Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 8, 2011 at 6:39:18 PM
Victory formation is the most beautiful setup in football
Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 8, 2011 at 9:50:06 AM
Just completed a 2.19 mi walk - Nice brisk walk by the fort this morning. http://rnkpr.com/awzdb8 #RunKeeper
Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 7, 2011 at 3:56:36 PM
@scenariogirl :-(
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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 7, 2011 at 3:43:41 PM
@scenariogirl no? Does that mean you're not going to be at Brooklyn Beta? Or just that you're coming later?
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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 7, 2011 at 10:17:42 AM
@hansv @denisejacobs looking forward to seeing you all too!
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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 6, 2011 at 2:59:56 PM
when did @drobo start spamming? I'm getting unsolicited e-mails from them. Pity. Was considering buying one, but I don't buy from spammers.
Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 5, 2011 at 10:35:16 PM
128 -> 512 -> Plus http://instagr.am/p/POd4q/
Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 5, 2011 at 10:32:55 PM
The Mac was the only computer that smiled at you when you started it http://instagr.am/p/POdFB/
Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 5, 2011 at 8:17:54 PM
had no idea 26 years ago that my mind needed a bicycle, but someone did. Thank you.
Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 3, 2011 at 10:21:47 PM
@surlyshirley still going on, and yeah, pretty damned good. Middle of second encore now.
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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 3, 2011 at 7:48:27 PM
Oh, and if you want to come by, we hear there are 500 unsold seats in this 1500 seat theater. You have 15 minutes 'til showtime!
Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 3, 2011 at 7:46:10 PM
http://post.ly/3TFDj Spinning song wheel stage, complete with Kitten McCracken Memorial Go-Go Cage. Same setup as 25 years ago.
Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 3, 2011 at 7:43:10 PM
Back here for the second time in four days. Tonight's treat is Elvis Costello. http://gowalla.com/stories/4ZfV2
Ralph Brandi 🇺 🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 3, 2011 at 2:31:44 PM
@andrea my condolences. I know how hard it was for us to do the same a few years ago.
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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 2, 2011 at 5:21:49 PM
was sitting in the other room when a familiar song came on the TV. Turns out Heineken is using "Jaan Pehechaan Ho" in their latest ad.
Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 2, 2011 at 10:01:48 AM
Big band music and the best breakfast on the shore. Mmmmmm.... http://gowalla.com/stories/4YKLd
Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 2, 2011 at 9:44:42 AM
Just completed a 2.90 mi walk - Beautiful morning on Sandy Hook. http://rnkpr.com/awinds #RunKeeper
Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 1, 2011 at 7:37:53 PM
Last weekend for ice cream at Anna's http://gowalla.com/stories/4YsJz
Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 1, 2011 at 6:42:12 PM
Schnitzel, spätzel, and hefeweizen hell. It must be Oktoberfest! With accordions and tuba! http://gowalla.com/stories/4YryS
Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 1, 2011 at 10:20:26 AM
Just completed a 1.82 mi walk with @runkeeper. Check it out! http://rnkpr.com/awfurj #RunKeeper