Aaron Parecki

Jackson Palmer http://ummjackson.com • Nov 12
I just feel like all of this stuff is so outdated and needs rethinking.

We've been working on exactly that! https://indieweb.org/Webmention

Portland, Oregon, USA

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Nitin Khanna http://nitinkhanna.com • Nov 7
I did a write-up on setting up Compass (and it's few pitfalls) -> http://www.nitinkhanna.com/running-compass-on-vultr/

wow, that's an amazing writeup, thanks!! I'll answer your questions in a bit, and hopefully can improve the docs from this!

Portland, Oregon, USA

Tue, Nov 7, 2017 5:02pm -08:00
Jer Warren http://nyquil.org • Nov 6
Doesn't Amazon use .mobi?

@nyquildotorg .mobi which is built by converting from the epub file. It's been a long process.

Portland, Oregon, USA

Mon, Nov 6, 2017 6:12pm -08:00
Ryan Barrett https://snarfed.org/ • Nov 5
Ironically these look less sad than most plants I have ever had at home.

Portland, Oregon, USA

Sun, Nov 5, 2017 6:21pm -08:00
colinwalker https://micro.blog/colinwalker • permalink
@aaronpk Enjoyed that episode 👍and I like your implementation. I’d be interested to know about the tweaks you mentioned you had to make to display the video.

Thanks! I'm planning on doing a little writeup of the tech behind it soon.

Portland, Oregon, USA

Sun, Nov 5, 2017 12:04pm -08:00
Nitin Khanna http://nitinkhanna.com • Nov 2
And what is Nav under Desired Activity? (The loss of opening up to users - questions!)

@nitinthewiz Those settings are all described here: https://github.com/aaronpk/Overland-iOS#settings I should probably move that to the app's website now!

Portland, Oregon, USA

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Thu, Nov 2, 2017 6:33pm -07:00
Nitin Khanna http://nitinkhanna.com • Nov 2
The server is an interesting thing. Considering setting it up on a vultr VPS.
This seems to beat Moves by miles btw!

@nitinthewiz aw thanks. Don't give it too much credit tho. It doesn't do automatic mode or place detection like Moves.

Portland, Oregon, USA

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Thu, Nov 2, 2017 6:27pm -07:00
Eve Froster👩‍🔬❄️🧠 https://twitter.com/EveForster • Nov 2
So long as it's optional, that's a great addition!

You have to run a server to catch the data rn, so iCloud drive would be easier. Doesn't tick the "data never leaves the device" box though.

Portland, Oregon, USA

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Thu, Nov 2, 2017 11:24am -07:00
Aaron Parecki https://aaronparecki.com/ • Nov 2
@eveforster I've been doing this for years! Just published an app for this, you configure where to send the data https://overland.p3k.io

I'm thinking about making it store data in iCloud Drive as well so it'd be easier to use. Would that be an ok compromise?

Portland, Oregon, USA

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Thu, Nov 2, 2017 10:34am -07:00
FestEve🎅Froster❄️🧠 https://twitter.com/EveForster • Nov 2
I'm looking for an iPhone app that tracks/stores GPS data 24/7/indefinitely. Ideas?
#qs #quantifiedself

@eveforster I've been doing this for years! Just published an app for this, you configure where to send the data https://overland.p3k.io

Portland, Oregon, USA

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Thu, Nov 2, 2017 10:31am -07:00
Tyler Gillies http://kodo.fairuse.org • Nov 1
Why are you even making epub? is that what kindle uses?

@tylergillies All the eBook readers except kindle use it, and Amazon provides a tool to convert from ePub to their format

Portland, Oregon, USA

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Wed, Nov 1, 2017 6:53pm -07:00
Isaac😱Rabinovitch http://picknit.com • Nov 1
Or maybe I'm just mis-stating the argument, which might be really between advocates of structure and those who just want to hack out content

@isaac32767 There's plenty of structure in these HTML files, that's how the ToC is generated.

Portland, Oregon, USA

Wed, Nov 1, 2017 12:36pm -07:00
Isaac😱Rabinovitch http://picknit.com • Nov 1
In other words, you're using a legacy workflow. Moving on from it may not be practical, but you should at least consider it.

@isaac32767 What's legacy about that? It's an actively developed tool, and I was following their rec's: http://www.princexml.com

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Wed, Nov 1, 2017 12:24pm -07:00
Isaac😱Rabinovitch http://picknit.com • Nov 1
There are a lot of off-the-shelf workflows for converting XML to any user doc format you could name. So if you *start* in XML ... 2/2

@isaac32767 I'm starting in HTML which is what Prince uses to generate the print PDF. That part works great.

Portland, Oregon, USA

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Wed, Nov 1, 2017 12:17pm -07:00
Isaac😱Rabinovitch http://picknit.com • Nov 1
Instead of jumping through hoops to generate the XML, consider authoring in XML in the first place.

@isaac32767 I'm not going to maintain individual XML files for the ncx/opf files. Those need to be generated automatically from my content.

Portland, Oregon, USA

Wed, Nov 1, 2017 12:09pm -07:00
Isaac😱Rabinovitch http://picknit.com • Nov 1
Curious to know what format your source files are in.

PHP for conditional rendering of content for the epub vs print editions, e.g. "on page X" vs hyperlink, and to get images to flow properly

Portland, Oregon, USA

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Wed, Nov 1, 2017 10:56am -07:00
Isaac😱Rabinovitch http://picknit.com • Nov 1
Curious to know what format your source files are in.

HTML, a file for each chapter and section, with Microformats to indicate chapter names for building the ToC...

Portland, Oregon, USA

Wed, Nov 1, 2017 10:55am -07:00
Isaac😱Rabinovitch http://picknit.com • Nov 1
You're writing XML without a validating editor? I hope your insurance has good mental health coverage.

by "hand", I mean with some PHP scripts. e.g. the TOC is generated by parsing my source files, etc.

Portland, Oregon, USA

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Wed, Nov 1, 2017 10:47am -07:00
mcepl https://matej.ceplovi.cz/ • Nov 1
yum install java-1.8.0-openjdk-headless # your OS doesn't offer separate Java from the browser plugin?

I haven't had a Java browser plugin in ages thankfully. macOS.

Portland, Oregon, USA

Wed, Nov 1, 2017 10:42am -07:00
Isaac😱Rabinovitch http://picknit.com • Nov 1
Also, the two leading xml editor both run on the JRE. So how did you get that Epub file in the first place?

@isaac32767 Generator? I'm creating it by hand. It's quite a mess of various XML formats and namespaces with no meaningful significance

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Wed, Nov 1, 2017 10:41am -07:00

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