Hey all!
I've been busy as usual recently, making things and getting into life. I've not sent a newsletter from a while, so I won't cover everything that's happened since the last one, but here are some highlights.
Format of this letter for the curious: news, a recent website, and then stuff to read, to use, and to watch.
New Employer: Burnt Fen Creative LLC https://burntfen.com
That's right! I am now a full time employee of... myself. I'm going to be focusing on Burnt Fen Creative, my consulting and art company, for the foreseeable future.
*Get in touch if you want to work with me! *
This means I am no longer employed by Protocol Labs and IPFS http://ipfs.io/. After a year and a half of contributing full time to one of the most promising decentralization projects on the web, I've decided that I want to do more elsewhere. They're still awesome, let's be clear. I am now actively working on some different projects to improve the internet. I'll be letting you know about those here every week from now on.
While I work on these, if you know of any website that need help with their design and user experience, or if you know of JavaScript projects that need some love, I am very open to consulting. Get in touch and pass the world along!
New Website: StrandedByTrump.com http://StrandedByTrump.com
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While I was with HackerParadise http://hackerparadise.org/ in Buenos Aires this January, I got together with some friends one evening and made an information website to help out people who were stranded in airports by Trump. It has now been translated into Arabic and Somali, and while it's impact was small, I received many appreciative comments and was told it was useful in some cases. Victory. I'm keeping it up, although I am now only passively updating it.
To Read
I published Fighting Trump By Staring At My Toilet In Confusion https://medium.com/@richlitt/fighting-trump-by-staring-at-my-toilet-in-confusion-58f68cd1a2e2#.x5lw0lmdp on Medium recently. I talk about how little moments of curiosity are what will get us through this.
To Use
Here is a small Node module: is-github-user-or-org https://github.com/RichardLitt/is-github-user-or-org. Use it to find out if someone is a user or an organization on GitHub!
To Watch
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I've started a Cooking cum Elizabethan Philosophy show. So far, there are three episodes. I'll make new ones on the weekends; my plan is to get through the whole book, before moving on to Kevin Bacon and Eggs. This is clearly the most important thing I have ever done.
Watch it here... https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLYqf3zgG7JNPtk2z5Hnyh4-xEhLBkRfIG
That's all! Enjoy your weekend and take care, folks!
If you have any thoughts, just hit reply; I'll respond to every email I get here.
Best, Richard
Montreal, Canada.