Daniel gets over the flu while Manton doubles down on coffee shops. The two discuss the value of “Office Hours” and “Coder Nights” as a means of getting out and meeting like-minded people. They discuss Facebook’s Instant Articles as a potential boon to the open web, react to the new Apple TV Tech Talk videos, and Daniel admits he never bought a 1st-generation iPhone.
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Links:
- Coffee Shops in Austin – Manton’s summary page for his 30 days, 30 coffee shops challenge.
- Isaiah Carew – Daniel’s old TA, and Manton’s current coffee-shop buddy.
- Cafe Bedouins – Weekly meet-up in Austin to work together on side projects.
- Damon Clinkscales – Organizer of Cafe Bedouins and friend of the show.
- Accelerated Mobile Pages – Project by Google to accelerate web page loading.
- Facebook Instant Articles – Fast content publishing platform from Facebook.
- Helps the Open Web – Dave Winer makes the case for Facebook Instant Articles’s value.
- Instant Articles Quickstart – Developer documentation for the technology.
- River5 – Latest incarnation of Dave Winer’s “river of news” RSS client software.
- Managing Bias – Collection of educational materials from Facebook aimed at helping people recognize their biases.
- WordPress VIP – The premium hosted WordPress service that many Facebook pages are hosted on.
