Looking at the JavaScript Promise Collection Methods / / No Comments Let me begin by saying that "Promise Collection Methods" is not something I’ve seen mentioned elsewhere, but is my own way of referring to the various methods of the Promise API that work with multiple promises. They are: Promise.all Promise.allSettled Promise.any Promise.race I’ve used Promise.all many times in the past, and I was aware of the other methods but had not taken the time to actually build a demo of them. This weekend I changed that. After spending a few hours in Sanctuary grinding my Necro character, I put down the controller and picked up the laptop. Here’s what I built. As a note, everything shown here works in modern browsers, but you can check MDN... more → Posted in: JavaScript Tagged with: collection, JavaScript, Looking, methods, promise
Introducing the Sunderland Collection / / No Comments The Sunderland Collection of antique maps has been digitized in full and can now be explored in detail on the new virtual platform Oculi Mundi (Eyes of the World). The Sunderland Collection was started by Dr Neil Sunderland in the 1990s. The collection now consists of around 130 vintage globes, maps and atlases which date back to as early as the 13th century. The new Oculi Mundi platform takes Maps Mania… more → Posted in: Interactive Maps Tagged with: collection, Introducing, Sunderland
How a fitness app revealed military secrets — and the new reality of data collection – Vox / / No Comments Vox How a fitness app revealed military secrets — and the new reality of data collectionVoxOver the weekend, news broke that a fitness-centered social media app called Strava had quietly, inadvertently divulged the locations of secret military bases around the world via its recently updated global “heat map.” Anyone wearing a fitness tracker …New map uses app data to show where Chicagoans like to run, ride bikesChicago Sun-TimesAll your base are belong to us: Strava exercise app maps military sites, reveals where spies jogThe RegisterFitness App Releases Data, Accidentally Reveals Top-Secret Military InformationBrinkwire (press release)all 10 news articles » map... more → Posted in: Interactive Maps Tagged with: collection, data, fitness, military, reality, revealed, secrets