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David Putney

David Putney

Transcript of a CNN panel discussing President Whitmore’s speech given on July 4, 1996 concerning…

The president survived an alien invasion blowing up the White House, but can he survive the 24-hour news cycle?

Jul 6, 2018

Transcript of a CNN panel discussing President Whitmore’s speech given on July 4, 1996 concerning…

Jul 6, 2018

David Putney

Dear Resistance, we need to talk

Anti-Trumpers think yelling is the same as winning. But the results say otherwise

Jul 2, 2018

Dear Resistance, we need to talk

Jul 2, 2018

David Putney

The Backlash Awakens

A cool, calm, rational discussion of why people objecting to “The Last Jedi” are wrong

Dec 31, 2017

The Backlash Awakens

Dec 31, 2017

David Putney

A treatise on the nature and implications of Santa’s surveillance state as described in “Santa…

When one hears the phrase “surveillance state” one’s mind immediately goes to Russia’s notorious KGB or East Germany’s Stasi secret police.

Dec 17, 2017

A treatise on the nature and implications of Santa’s surveillance state as described in “Santa…

Dec 17, 2017

David Putney

Now on NPM: Convert your pixels to rems or ems using this PostCSS plugin

Have you every had a dozen people coming over for dinner in 20 minutes only to discover that you need to convert a bunch of CSS with items…

May 28, 2017

May 28, 2017

David Putney

This is why we can’t have nice things

Facebook Paper was the best app in the world. But that’s not enough.

Jul 2, 2016

This is why we can’t have nice things

Jul 2, 2016

David Putney

Apple Watch, revisited

I work many mornings from a coffee shop near my apartment before heading into the office.

Jan 28, 2016

Apple Watch, revisited

Jan 28, 2016

David Putney

That PostCSS. It’s so hot right now

Web developers suffer from the worst kind of imposter syndrome.

Jul 12, 2015

Jul 12, 2015

David Putney

Newspapers have had 15 years to adapt to the internet. They have barely started.

If newspapers hope to survive, they need to change. They seem unlikely to do that or even want to.

Feb 7, 2015

Newspapers have had 15 years to adapt to the internet. They have barely started.

Feb 7, 2015

David Putney

David Putney

David Putney works for a Boston technology consulting company. He previously worked in the news industry for more than 25 years. He blogs at davidputney.com

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