Things learned today:

  • Word of the day: Halcyon - A time in the past that was idyllically happy and peaceful. Greek origin.
  • Avoid getting spammed from your personal site. Favorite method is using client-side JS to populate the mailto href and div content.
  • Tips for cross browser testing. Two good options are BrowserStack or SauceLabs. Signed up for SauceLabs with a free account.
    • Browsersync is a free tool to reload multiple browsers at the same time.
    • Browserling is a free online VM service.
  • Videos from PyCon 2015.
  • Make sure to test sites at large resolutions as well. Can test CSS changes in devtools from here.
  • Recommendations for UI fonts include Lucida Grande, Verdana, Fira Sans, Roboto, Ubuntu, & Segoe UI.
  • A talk by Yanis Varoufakis, current finance minister of Greece, giving his thoughts on economic recovery in Europe.
    • The conception of the EU was intended to be both monetary and political, but the founders knew that a political union would fail. Their hope was that given a monetary union, an inevitable crisis would bring the nations closer together politically. However, this has been the opposite of what has happened.
  • The story of how scurvy was cured twice.
  • The Socratic method is a good way to engage students when a topic has a logical nature. It is hard to create a lesson in this way and requires preparation.