Blog
Jens Oliver Meiert on philosophy, adventure, arts, and quality web development. Sometimes based on temper and to provoke, usually on thinking and to share.
The Reminder Trick
This tool is so powerful and at the same time so trivial to make a routine that I ask everyone who regularly employs it to transcend their disappointment—I’m mentioning it for the people I meet who don’t.
It’s Not Too Late
…to contribute to good causes.
Stream Theory
Not just since the Law of Attraction is there this idea of “like attracts like,” of self-fulfilling prophecies, of better being “careful” what we wish for. There’s another concept that I do like to work with though, in another thought experiment.
Trust
We must.
Violence
No violence.
Coding Guidelines, the Gist
What’s not to ♥ about coding standards.
The Law of Maintainability
One cannot not maintain. This is an important axiom to understand, critical even when we recognize how little understanding and prioritization this topic enjoys in our industry…
Endless Peace
Amidst all the wars we never wanted but our governments and industries wage and participate in regardless of our will, we threaten to lose sight of our goal. That goal, surely, is peace. That goal, clearly, is durable peace. That goal, indeed, is endless peace.
On Truth
The digital world shows how when everything can be forged, nothing can be considered “true.” One of many examples: digital photography. We cannot be sure whether a photo hasn’t been tampered with. We can be sure about very little…
New Book: The Little Book of HTML/CSS Coding Guidelines
Out of the blue! My latest book, “The Little Book of HTML/CSS Coding Guidelines,” is now available. It’s a brief introduction into the theory and practice of coding standards. Emphasis, as the title suggests, is on HTML and CSS, and furthermore on Google’s guidelines as examples…
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Biography
Jens Oliver Meiert is a German author, philosopher, adventurer, artist, and developer.
As a philosopher in spe Jens protests for the respect of life and peace but still sharpens his profile through the focused study of philosophy, psychology, social sciences, politics, &c.
As an adventurer Jens explores all conceivable activities (100 Things I Learned as an Everyday Adventurer) and localities (Journey of J.).
As an artist in spe Jens experiments with conventional and animated photography, charity, technical curiosities, as well as a teeny bit of performance art.
As a developer Jens is specialized in complex international websites (Google), works on standards (W3C), and writes for technical publishers (O’Reilly, Webdesign mit CSS, The Little Book of HTML/CSS Frameworks and Coding Guidelines; On Web Development).
