As I wrote on my first post, this “blog” will work in part as some kind of archive of stuff that I got my attention online. So for may 2019:
The report has a positive spin, saying that “it is not too late to make a difference.” But that difference requires more than 100 developing and nondeveloped nations to work together to bring about change.
https://devblogs.microsoft.com/commandline/introducing-windows-terminal/
I have to hand it to Microsoft. WSL 2, Windows Terminal, and Edge based on Chromium. Microsoft really is doing some fantastic work for their users.Meanwhile, macOS will get new emojis in 10.15. (s)
If you want to be great, stay close to great companies
https://www.w3.org/International/questions/qa-personal-names
How do people’s names differ around the world, and what are the implications of those differences on the design of forms, databases, ontologies, etc. for the Web?
https://gizmodo.com/20-years-ago-microsoft-changed-how-we-mouse-forever-1834274151
Twenty years ago, in April 1999, Microsoft introduced an update to its IntelliMouse line of input devices. On top it didn’t look much different than its predecessors—it still had a few buttons and a scroll wheel—but underneath it introduced a technology to the masses that brought an end to the prehistoric days of cleaning dirt and grime out of computer mice.
