Here at WatzThis?, we recently starting looking at Google Cardboard. If you’re not familiar with what Cardboard is, it’s an inexpensive way to experience virtual reality using your Android or iOS phone and a viewer that can be built from
How monopolies harm content creators.
Musicians have been battling music streaming services, such as Spotify, for years. These services pay a minuscule royalty for each play of an artists song. David Lowery (of Camper Van Beethoven and Cracker) wrote an article titled My Song Got
No, We will not Have a Meeting
Last week, we decided that our company would no longer hold meetings. Even when only two people are involved, there’s something about having a “meeting” that sucks up all of the energy and increases the chances of a perfectly pleasant
“Cut It Out” With the New Languages
Last week, Apple announced the latest version of their language for writing apps for iOS: Swift 2. They also announced that they’ll be making Swift open source and that, in the future, app developers will be able to create iOS
Without You, We’re Nothing!
Last week was the launch of our first book, Coding with JavaScript for Dummies. We put out a call to action, and boy, did you answer! We were tweeted about, tagged in Facebook posts and sent a slew of congratulatory
If You Don’t Know, Teach
It cannot be helped. If you’re a teacher, there will always be more to learn and there will almost always be at least one person in the room who knows more than you do about a particular subject. If you
Help us make our new book #1!
This is a big week in the history of WatzThis?. Our company has just turned 6 months old, and we’re officially releasing our first book into the world. This book was challenging and fun to write. We’ve packed it with
Technical Threats to Freedom of Speech on the Web
The web has its roots in revolutionary ideas. Many of the core programs that run the web and built its foundation, were created as part of the Free Software Movement. The Free Software Movement advocates that software should be free
Step Right Up and Learn to Program!
Free speech isn’t only about people having the right to speak freely. As important as it is to be able to speak our minds freely, it is equally important that people are able to have free access to information and
Security vs. Free Speech
Mozilla, the non-profit foundation behind the Firefox web browser, announced last week that Firefox will stop supporting web pages that use non-secure web connections at some point in the future. What this means for people who use the web is