<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></title><description><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link><image><url>http://direct.ecency.com/logo512.png</url><title>RSS Feed</title><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link></image><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2026 22:31:53 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/@pilcrow/rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Dubrovnik - City of stairs and cats (and Game of Thrones).]]></title><description><![CDATA[Last week I took a well-deserved holiday in Dubrovnik, Croatia. What a beautiful city, but damn they have so many stairs. They also had many cats so that kind of made up for it 😺. A newer part of Dubrovnik,]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/travel/@pilcrow/dubrovnik-city-of-stairs-and-cats-and-game-of-thrones</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/travel/@pilcrow/dubrovnik-city-of-stairs-and-cats-and-game-of-thrones</guid><category><![CDATA[travel]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[pilcrow]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 25 Sep 2017 15:04:36 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2gsjgna1uruvUuS7ndh9YqVwYGPLVszbFLwwpAYXYMnj87aweJs5B8tqgy1Tqp6YRxVvK9MSUEovoEkzTd2e7wGfotQPJuhek7wMpdpSsRsJCeLGbp?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[SteemSpectacles.com is live and open source! - Here's how the code works, and how you can contribute (if you want)]]></title><description><![CDATA[Finally! Yesterday @sjennon and I launched SPECTACLES, the Follower Tracking App we've been working very hard on for the past few weeks. It's far from finished, but it's a good start and we've already]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/steemdev/@pilcrow/steemspectacles-com-is-live-and-open-source-here-s-how-the-code-works-and-how-you-can-contribute-if-you-want</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/steemdev/@pilcrow/steemspectacles-com-is-live-and-open-source-here-s-how-the-code-works-and-how-you-can-contribute-if-you-want</guid><category><![CDATA[steemdev]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[pilcrow]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 14 Sep 2017 15:58:09 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/LcTxR7u1XKae8Zaj594qUJafNyNSBw9svATPAkZ7etiFDDfXNCFyf9jKw1mcuav3i6avQj1ZcWvTshhJCwMvwpEBzU6HyoVrh1CGMDZYqbZBhJF3RW5atVGWnwNU7DjLo7G3NduC1Ya7EomJL55jZPAo8?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[[Winner & Answer] Mini Crypto Challenge #3 - Congratulations again, @howtostartablog!]]></title><description><![CDATA[Yikes, I really have to make these challenges a little more uhm.. challenging? Again it only took about two hours before the Mini Crypto Challenge was solved. I guess winning challenge #1 wasn't enough]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/minicryptochallenge/@pilcrow/winner-and-answer-mini-crypto-challenge-3-congratulations-again-howtostartablog</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/minicryptochallenge/@pilcrow/winner-and-answer-mini-crypto-challenge-3-congratulations-again-howtostartablog</guid><category><![CDATA[minicryptochallenge]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[pilcrow]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 11 Sep 2017 19:11:21 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2gsjgna1uruvUuS7ndh9YqVwYGPLVszbFLwwpAYXZ1x87SxTpUEFHHZyqt2vPER34CJZ9Viwje66fL2AtTFjajjiFiHfu4MxhtJ9PgMcXD7pZ7jBQS?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[[$10 prize] Mini Crypto Challenge #3 - old rock edition]]></title><description><![CDATA[Paging all code breakers, puzzle fans, sleuths, hackers, smart-asses, wise guys and other smart alecks! Part three of the Mini Crypto Challenge — inspired by @timsaid's Steemit Crypto Challenge — is finally]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/minicryptochallenge/@pilcrow/usd10-prize-mini-crypto-challenge-3-old-rock-edition</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/minicryptochallenge/@pilcrow/usd10-prize-mini-crypto-challenge-3-old-rock-edition</guid><category><![CDATA[minicryptochallenge]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[pilcrow]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 11 Sep 2017 11:44:03 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2gsjgna1uruvUuS7ndh9YqVwYGPLVszbFLwwpAYXYwJz1R4R8ATonbpGM9KxDXsjG3gds7CcH3tErbYNxiPfSRw1rg2NWsacDwoPAaHEu6A2VJ6hxz?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Developers are the future of Steemit - let's start encouraging them more!]]></title><description><![CDATA[It seems every week a new app or website pops up in the Steemit ecosphere. Looking at the #steemdev tag there's always some announcements or updates of a bunch of Steem apps, and just looking at the plethora]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/steemdev/@pilcrow/developers-are-the-future-of-steemit-let-s-start-encouraging-them-more</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/steemdev/@pilcrow/developers-are-the-future-of-steemit-let-s-start-encouraging-them-more</guid><category><![CDATA[steemdev]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[pilcrow]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 06 Sep 2017 13:15:12 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[[Winner & Answer] Mini Crypto Challenge #2 - Congratulations, @hendrikcrause!]]></title><description><![CDATA[Wow, this time it took only two hours for my challenge to be solved! I might have to make them a little bit harder after all. This time it was @hendrikcrause who singlehandedly put together all the pieces]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/minicryptochallenge/@pilcrow/winner-and-answer-mini-crypto-challenge-2-congratulations-hendrikcrause</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/minicryptochallenge/@pilcrow/winner-and-answer-mini-crypto-challenge-2-congratulations-hendrikcrause</guid><category><![CDATA[minicryptochallenge]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[pilcrow]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 04 Sep 2017 20:35:36 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2gsjgna1uruvUuS7ndh9YqVwYGPLVszbFLwwpAYXZA5fDoXgQUjSNArndiEhJLXUV7tsifLQfCedXJgTJpEqr1SvsGBPe2H2zhaqLg5mXoXcGtuKGA?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[[$10 prize] Mini Crypto Challenge #2 - Emoji Edition]]></title><description><![CDATA[Paging all code breakers, puzzle fans, sleuths, hackers, smart-asses, wise guys and other smart alecks! Last week I introduced this new series of Mini Crypto Challenges, Inspired by @timsaid's Steemit]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/minicryptochallenge/@pilcrow/usd10-prize-mini-crypto-challenge-2-emoji-edition</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/minicryptochallenge/@pilcrow/usd10-prize-mini-crypto-challenge-2-emoji-edition</guid><category><![CDATA[minicryptochallenge]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[pilcrow]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 04 Sep 2017 13:09:21 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2gsjgna1uruvUuS7ndh9YqVwYGPLVszbFLwwpAYXZyH7QHY4ijjEvPL5zkeGZw47WLwAXYPSYx6mpQDq4uWJYx9AvUdr8z3E6SrP1R2V4EV2za9Ten?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[[Winner Announcement] Mini Crypto Challenge #1 - Congratulations, @howtostartablog! 🎉]]></title><description><![CDATA[After only two days the first Mini Crypto Challenge has already ended! @howtostartablog successfully pieced together all the hints and figured out the answer. Congratulations!! The $15 reward is all yours.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/minicryptochallenge/@pilcrow/winner-announcement-mini-crypto-challenge-1-congratulations-howtostartablog</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/minicryptochallenge/@pilcrow/winner-announcement-mini-crypto-challenge-1-congratulations-howtostartablog</guid><category><![CDATA[minicryptochallenge]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[pilcrow]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 31 Aug 2017 11:18:15 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2gsjgna1uruvUuS7ndh9YqVwYGPLVszbFLwwpAYXZtZmtA4Q1TiFhK7pFiqbJB2awW1hA5kYh6ZwA3rQXXfvXBh9vggEH7UqNnbQDddHc9HpUWeRNE?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[[$15 prize] Mini Crypto Challenge #1 - Do you have what it takes to break the code?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Paging all code breakers, puzzle fans, sleuths, hackers, smart-asses, wise guys and other smart alecks! Inspired by @timsaid's Steemit Crypto Challenge, allow me to introduce: The Mini Crypto Challenge]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/minicryptochallenge/@pilcrow/usd15-prize-mini-crypto-challenge-1-do-you-have-what-it-takes-to-break-the-code</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/minicryptochallenge/@pilcrow/usd15-prize-mini-crypto-challenge-1-do-you-have-what-it-takes-to-break-the-code</guid><category><![CDATA[minicryptochallenge]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[pilcrow]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 29 Aug 2017 18:57:24 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2gsjgna1uruvUuS7ndh9YqVwYGPLVszbFLwwpAYXYXDUhNCFwpWQ3JJYnXNLv6J2cZCXPe8qVtvLTdChHzbNc9QTgffVxkuRWtGge4Q2bxyT3ZGezr?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Which Steemit apps do you use the most?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Steemdb, steemnow, streemian, there's so many apps for Steemit nowadays. Which do you find you go back to regularly? As you might know I'm working on one myself called @spectacles, together with @sjennon.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/steemit/@pilcrow/which-steemit-apps-do-you-use-the-most-2017826t123528857z</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/steemit/@pilcrow/which-steemit-apps-do-you-use-the-most-2017826t123528857z</guid><category><![CDATA[steemit]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[pilcrow]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 26 Aug 2017 10:35:33 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[[Tutorial] Who replied to you the most? (using SteemJS)]]></title><description><![CDATA[I'm building an app called Spectacles, which shows who replies the most to your posts and comments (among many other things!). I already explained in an earlier post how to count who upvoted you the most,]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/steemdev/@pilcrow/tutorial-who-replied-to-you-the-most-using-steemjs</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/steemdev/@pilcrow/tutorial-who-replied-to-you-the-most-using-steemjs</guid><category><![CDATA[steemdev]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[pilcrow]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 25 Aug 2017 14:33:45 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2gsjgna1uruvUuS7ndh9YqVwYGPLVszbFLwwpAYXYmsAz6Po2FyBV2CTndmCefDyKPMsXsgfPGRQpdTSrvU9tmdtrrXt2rsbe8kA9NNwJmZYXUwAC6?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[[JavaScript Solution] Coding Challenge #2 - Polynomial]]></title><description><![CDATA[Here is my solution to @reggaemuffin's second Coding Challenge. Warning, it's become a pretty long post because there were a lot of tricky parts that I wanted to explain. If you're not a programmer this]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/coding-solution/@pilcrow/javascript-solution-coding-challenge-2-polynomial</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/coding-solution/@pilcrow/javascript-solution-coding-challenge-2-polynomial</guid><category><![CDATA[coding-solution]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[pilcrow]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 20 Aug 2017 20:29:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[[Tutorial] Calculating your Steem Power using SteemJS [bonus content: an Angular Pipe that does it for you]]]></title><description><![CDATA[A few posts ago we calculated a user's reputation. Next up is calculating your Steem Power. For this we're going to fetch the user's info again, but also something called Steem's "dynamic global]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/steemdev/@pilcrow/tutorial-calculating-your-steem-power-using-steemjs-bonus-content-an-angular-pipe-that-does-it-for-you</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/steemdev/@pilcrow/tutorial-calculating-your-steem-power-using-steemjs-bonus-content-an-angular-pipe-that-does-it-for-you</guid><category><![CDATA[steemdev]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[pilcrow]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 18 Aug 2017 11:58:36 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2gsjgna1uruvUuS7ndh9YqVwYGPLVszbFLwwpAYXZ6aDxX7j5PGAptxfTRWsH8WEtUo1yCvAVxrmRmz8ta2goEYdgD6C2Hb1sPy2BjT6RCWvn6AxYE?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ten reasons I'm going to quit smoking  —	 and how I plan to do it]]></title><description><![CDATA[I've been a smoker for 16 years now, and I'm totally done with it. I want to quit. Lately it's been bothering me more and more how I'm a slave to my addiction. The Dutch word for addiction literally translates]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/life/@pilcrow/ten-reasons-i-m-going-to-quit-smoking-and-mdash-and-how-i-plan-to-do-it</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/life/@pilcrow/ten-reasons-i-m-going-to-quit-smoking-and-mdash-and-how-i-plan-to-do-it</guid><category><![CDATA[life]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[pilcrow]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 14 Aug 2017 11:21:15 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/MvwLKy3SfvJwXFKCRMDAFrt961Si78iD59G4KMZqg?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[[Tutorial] Calculate who upvoted you the most (using SteemJS)]]></title><description><![CDATA[Last time we learned how to calculate a user's reputation. Let's kick it up a notch this time and do something a little more complicated. We'll answer a question I bet many Steemians are curious to know!]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/steemdev/@pilcrow/tutorial-calculate-who-upvoted-you-the-most-using-steemjs</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/steemdev/@pilcrow/tutorial-calculate-who-upvoted-you-the-most-using-steemjs</guid><category><![CDATA[steemdev]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[pilcrow]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 11 Aug 2017 11:04:27 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2gsjgna1uruvUuS7ndh9YqVwYGPLVszbFLwwpAYXYmsAz6Po2FyBV2CTndmCefDyKPMsXsgfPGRQpdTSrvU9tmdtrrXt2rsbe8kA9NNwJmZYXUwAC6?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[[Minnow Tip] Commenting really makes a difference in getting followers!]]></title><description><![CDATA[Over the past weeks I've been trying to figure out how to make the best out of Steemit. Seeing all those posts on Trending with hundreds of dollars when I first joined really made me excited, so I wanted]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/steemit/@pilcrow/minnow-tip-commenting-really-makes-a-difference-in-getting-followers</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/steemit/@pilcrow/minnow-tip-commenting-really-makes-a-difference-in-getting-followers</guid><category><![CDATA[steemit]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[pilcrow]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 09 Aug 2017 11:22:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2gsjgna1uruvUuS7ndh9YqVwYGPLVszbFLwwpAYXYvuo3bbGqxd2U4TE2ru8FhjAmq1qTU5eMzrBmmn7n7yMUWkTfiECVJ79E6dLWbEcYiTzvmzMGi?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Meditation is a lot easier than you think!]]></title><description><![CDATA[Ever been curious about meditation, but think that it's too hard? I hear a lot of people say that "they can't meditate", or that they think meditation is hard. A lot of people have the (very]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/meditation/@pilcrow/meditation-is-a-lot-easier-than-you-think</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/meditation/@pilcrow/meditation-is-a-lot-easier-than-you-think</guid><category><![CDATA[meditation]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[pilcrow]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 07 Aug 2017 11:17:51 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2gsjgna1uruvUuS7ndh9YqVwYGPLVszbFLwwpAYXZ5jY7vMWhcWzpuHibmon52FbK9gtHTH1Z2BUfya2ECArSxHhUU1wyi8pZz7kbHrmHagwJMBn3p?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Calculating a user's Steemit reputation score in JavaScript [bonus content: an Angular Pipe that does it for you]]]></title><description><![CDATA[Here's another tip for Steemit devs! When you retrieve a user's information from Steemit the reputation is a huge number, as you can see on sites like Steemd. This is usually called the "raw"]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/steemdev/@pilcrow/calculating-a-user-s-steemit-reputation-score-in-javascript-bonus-content-an-angular-pipe-that-does-it-for-you</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/steemdev/@pilcrow/calculating-a-user-s-steemit-reputation-score-in-javascript-bonus-content-an-angular-pipe-that-does-it-for-you</guid><category><![CDATA[steemdev]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[pilcrow]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 03 Aug 2017 09:05:36 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2gsjgna1uruvUuS7ndh9YqVwYGPLVszbFLwwpAYXZ6aDxX7j5PGAptxfTRWsH8WEtUo1yCvAVxrmRmz8ta2goEYdgD6C2Hb1sPy2BjT6RCWvn6AxYE?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[[Tutorial] Using Bootstrap 4 with SCSS in your Angular app]]></title><description><![CDATA[Bootstrap can be a very powerful front-end framework to quickly make your app look great, but there's a lot of pre-defined styles that you'll probably end up changing. For this reason using Bootstrap in]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/webdevelopment/@pilcrow/tutorial-using-bootstrap-4-with-scss-in-your-angular-app</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/webdevelopment/@pilcrow/tutorial-using-bootstrap-4-with-scss-in-your-angular-app</guid><category><![CDATA[webdevelopment]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[pilcrow]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 01 Aug 2017 15:46:45 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2gsjgna1uruvUuS7ndh9YqVwYGPLVszbFLwwpAYXYNDJU28GM4rkAcmc9EWVPNBpRNybAYVdVcZXGw1p3nUtpzfTA9BE4ZaEng43waNaqMvVHQvC8E?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[[Tutorial] Show Steemit posts in your Angular app]]></title><description><![CDATA[I'm working on a Steemit app in Angular and I'd like to take you guys along on my journey! I feel like Steemit doesn't give me enough control over which posts I'd like to see. For example, I'd love to]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/steemdev/@pilcrow/tutorial-show-steemit-posts-in-your-angular-app</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/steemdev/@pilcrow/tutorial-show-steemit-posts-in-your-angular-app</guid><category><![CDATA[steemdev]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[pilcrow]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 26 Jul 2017 14:52:48 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/6VvuHGsoU2QD2aHbJiivbVZV6nAA4BJrX2xi1Ybu2Xrng7SAbCDGoH1AfosFcadvarAwe8R8t7B5KAkqLwMRCC24PcqEsSaSz7SXDD9sPvs4yNwqiq8VAQxirxiFhg?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item></channel></rss>