Derek Erb
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Derek Erb
@derekerb.com
💾 Programmer/developer 45+ yrs

👾 Full-Stack developer since the beginning of the web.

🤓 Geek, American in 🇫🇷 for 40+ yrs,
Father, Cancer Survivor,
Lover of wine🍷🍾, jazz 🎷& life

📚 Host of both of the Silent Book Clubs in Paris

https://derekerb.com
This is entirely for me. It's both a celebration and a declaration.

20 years ago today I was diagnosed with tonsil cancer.

Surgeries, radiation therapy and chemotherapy and I am still here.

Certain treatment side effects are forever.

But. Again. I still hear.

Fuck Cancer!

#cancer #fuckcancer
September 9, 2025 at 8:13 AM
As someone who loves ebooks, and for whom 90% of their reading is done digitally, this just had to be shared.

It's from 11 years ago and yet it is still oh so pertinent.

Enjoy the bookbook 😀

youtu.be/MOXQo7nURs0?...

#booksky #books #reading
Experience the power of a bookbook™
YouTube video by IKEA Singapore
youtu.be
September 4, 2025 at 9:16 AM
Reposted by Derek Erb
Meet our newest book, “Accessible UX Research” — now available for pre-order. Michele A. Williams takes us for a deep dive into the real world of UX research, with a roadmap for including users with different abilities and needs.

↬ Get your copy: www.smashingmagazine.com/2025/06/acce...
June 20, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Frightening.

But also very possible and possibly even probable.
😱
June 18, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Reposted by Derek Erb
❤️
May 25, 2025 at 7:29 PM
I just realised that my birthday is the same as @iamclarkgregg.bsky.social and he is only 1 year ahead of me. One of us has amazing genes. The other one lives in Paris 🇫🇷
April 3, 2025 at 3:45 AM
@css.cafe I have just bought my tickets (finally) for CSS Day 2025 and the workshop.

Are there any plans for CSS Cafe to do anything before or after the conference?

I want to block my hotel and travel to make sure I will attend.
March 28, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Reposted by Derek Erb
One of the most common criticisms of the Mercator map is that it exaggerates the size of countries nearer the poles while downplaying the size of those near the equator.
With this tool, you can play around and compare the actual size of countries: www.thetruesize.com/
March 19, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Reposted by Derek Erb
ENGLISH SILENT BOOK CLUB PARIS

The summary of our 50th session, from 20th January 2025, is now available

mailchi.mp/cbcc72d2aa7c...

#silentbookclubparis #silentbookclub #bookclubs #instabooks #bookstagram #books #reading #booktok #booksky
English Language Silent Book Club Paris
The Silent Book Club in Paris for English language readers
mailchi.mp
February 4, 2025 at 3:20 PM
And people in the audience applauded?

They tried exactly this about 90 years ago. They called it "Deutschland über alles".

We've been here before.
It didn't end well for the "purists"
Elon Musk: "race mixing is bad. Italy for Italians!"

*woman next to him moves as far away as possible*
January 27, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Reposted by Derek Erb
ENGLISH SILENT BOOK CLUB PARIS

The summary of our 49th session, from 23rd December 2024, is now available

mailchi.mp/a07b027d76ab...

#silentbookclubparis
#silentbookclub
#bookclubs
#instabooks
#bookstagram
#books
#reading
#booktok
#booksky
January 20, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Reposted by Derek Erb
ENGLISH SILENT BOOK CLUB PARIS

The summary of our 48th session, from 9th December 2024, is now available

mailchi.mp/b30519d27220...

#silentbookclubparis #silentbookclub #bookclubs #instabooks #bookstagram #books #reading #booktok #booksky
English Language Silent Book Club Paris
The Silent Book Club in Paris for English language readers
mailchi.mp
January 16, 2025 at 12:00 PM
La 48ème séance du club de lecture silencieuse Paris
mailchi.mp
January 9, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Reposted by Derek Erb
Posting this story about how Ann Telnaes got censored not least bc it'll disseminate the image Jeff Bezos censored.

anntelnaes.substack.com/p/why-im-qui...
Why I'm quitting the Washington Post
Democracy can't function without a free press
anntelnaes.substack.com
January 4, 2025 at 1:36 AM
The summary of the 45th session of The English Silent Book Club Paris, from 25th November 2024, is now available

mailchi.mp/c01e6254fac1...

#silentbookclubparis #silentbookclub #bookclubs #instabooks #bookstagram #books #reading #booktok #booksky
English Language Silent Book Club Paris
The Silent Book Club in Paris for English language readers
mailchi.mp
January 1, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Prochaine Séance - le 16 décembre 2024
mailchi.mp
December 12, 2024 at 3:27 PM
"Following" 😎 concept easy to understand. Threads from those I am Following.

"Popular with friends" I assume are threads that are the most seen, followed or liked by those I follow?

"Discover"? N*I. Not a clue.

But. No matter what. Shouldn't these lists be exclusive of each other?
#bluesky #bsky
December 9, 2024 at 2:10 PM
The next session of the English Silent Book Club Paris will be on Monday, 9th December 2024 19:00-21:00

linktr.ee/englishsilen...

#silentbookclubparis #silentbookclub #bookclubs #instabooks #bookstagram #books #reading #booktok #booksky
English S.B.C. Paris | Instagram, Facebook | Linktree
Paris - France 🇫🇷
linktr.ee
December 5, 2024 at 5:36 PM
This was a no-brainer.

After all these years I've been following for free.
December 3, 2024 at 7:51 PM
The summary of our 46th session from 11th November 2024

The English Silent Book Club Paris

mailchi.mp/22ff37bae392...

#silentbookclubparis #silentbookclub #bookclubs #instabooks #bookstagram #books #reading #booktok #booksky
English Language Silent Book Club Paris
The Silent Book Club in Paris for English language readers
mailchi.mp
November 28, 2024 at 11:13 AM
This is the first person I subscribed to on GitHub and I never regretted it.

This is going to be my go to newsletter for quite some time to come.
"babe, new craft of ui jus' dropped"
babe: 😴

what happens when you stay up to publish a post before Thanksgiving 💀

👉 craftofui.substack.com/p/scrolling-a-page-out-of-the-playbook
November 28, 2024 at 10:26 AM
Reposted by Derek Erb
La France est l’un des derniers pays de l’Union européenne à n’avoir pas légalisé ou dépénalisé l’usage de stupéfiants. Pourtant, cette question reste totalement absente des options envisagées dans la lutte contre le narcotrafic. https://www.mediapart.fr/journal/france/111124/legalisation-des-drogu…
Légalisation des drogues : l’isolement et l’aveuglement de la France
La France est l’un des derniers pays de l’Union européenne à n’avoir pas légalisé ou dépénalisé l’usage de stupéfiants. Pourtant, cette question reste totalement absente des options envisagées...
www.mediapart.fr
November 11, 2024 at 4:16 PM
A great idea and inciting real-life playing away from online screens...

Board Game Friends App
www.kickstarter.com/projects/boa..., via Kickstarter
Board Game Friends App
A community platform to coordinate in-person board game meetings in North America, Europe, Australia and New Zealand.
www.kickstarter.com
September 11, 2023 at 6:01 AM