I’m learning code. Or at least I’m trying to. I gave up on my last lesson at Code Academy. Something about functions weren’t functioning right for me, so I put it off for a later date.
What strikes me as amazing – like communicating across the world through tiny little devices kind of amazing – is that all of these jumbled letters and symbols create what looks to be simple websites on our end. And at some point in time, someone (probably a nerd, or a nerd and Al Gore) sat down and said, OK, this is going to make this do this and this is going to make that do that and on and on and on, and it made enough sense that other like-minded people figured out the system. And then we got the Internet.
I bring this up because my favorite link of the week is this story from Frank Chimero, who is becoming a favorite of the Sweet Linkage. Chimero’s story is about a tiny horse at the Apple Store that no one seems to notice. No one!
I think in the same sort of way a lot of us don’t realize how amazing the Internet and webpages really are. The code is the tiny horse in the room.
After my coding lessons, I already have a greater appreciation for all the developers in my office. I see you tiny horse, and I think you’re incredible.
Now, on to something equally incredible, this week’s linkage…
- Saturday Night Live poking fun at Millennials. You think we’re bad? Wait until the next generation. They get trophies for showing up.
- Google and Kansas City’s marriage is off to a rocky start. Story this week from the KC Star.
- A good breakdown of what has made Pinterest successful.
- Robots building houses. It’s coming.
- An understandable explanation of SOPA. And the video below is an even better and more understandable explanation for why SOPA sucks.
- Sweet tagline.
- First, your mom starts tweeting, then your grandma. Next thing you know your plants are going to be tweeting at you. Wait, that’s already happening?! Oh technology, you fancy Dame you.
- My dog can climb a ladder and go down a water slide. Not many can beat that. Watch the video below. This dog wins.
- Next up: three beers in 37 seconds with no hands (by a human, not a dog)… Again, I’m impressed.
The Sweet Linkage is almost over, but before I go, I’ve got one thing to say:
