January 2010
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A Tumblr wish
I wish there was a box in Customize > Advanced for adding customized HTML to header and footer of the page, so I could switch themes quickly without adding scripts like Analytics, etc. manually.
Am I too lazy?
Or is it there already?
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When will we see Facebook (and others) switch to HTML 5 and DUMP Flash?
“The thing that bothers me most about the iPad is this: if I had an iPad rather...”
– Alex Payne (via nikf)
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Loosely organized initial thoughts on the iPad
marco:
A lot of writers and journalists are expressing disappointment in the iPad because it didn’t live up to its insane hype. What’s most interesting to me is how unsurprising most of the launch was.
Most of us had some crazy ideas. John Gruber wanted Apple to reinvent mobile computing. I wanted Apple to reinvent portable input mechanics and novice usability. I think a lot of other people...
How to Build Your Dream →
azspot:
In the age of democratized industry, every garage is a potential micro-factory, every citizen a potential micro-entrepreneur. Here’s how to transform a great idea into a great product.
1) INVENT Stop whining about the dearth of cool products in the world — dream up your own. Pro tip: Check the US Patent and Trademark Office Web site to ensure no one else had the idea first.
2) DESIGN...
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iPad predictions are over, now to iPad bashing
Well, finally the iPad is out along with a new (minor) SDK. I’m sure everybody was sick to their stomach with all the predictionomania.
Now, we have many people (just check Twitter) nay saying about almost everything, perhaps the same people who were nagging about the 1st generation iPhone at the beginning.
Sure Apple’s hyper-marketing is as loud as always, but the iPad (apart from...
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“For most of history, Anonymous was a woman.”
– Virginia Woolf (via bitchville)
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Froth - Cocoa Web Applications →
sunstars:
Froth is an open-source, Objective-C web framework for Cocoa developers. It enables people who are familiar with iPhone and Mac development to feel at home as they develop scaleable web applications.
Howto articles for iPhone development, Objective C... →
(via ztaylor)
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52 Weeks of UX →
davidappleyard:
What a fantastic and beautifully executed idea. I’m looking forward to reading this throughout the year.
Followed instantly :)
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What if your only news sources were Facebook and... →
A Radio Canada journalist is among five French-speaking broadcast journalists who will test the limits of reporting solely with Facebook and Twitter.
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Foreigners will have their own court during the... →
B.C. has created a new “tourist court” for any visitors who get into trouble with the law during the Games.
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“The underlying secret to beautiful user interface design is realism: making 2D...”
– This is a wonderful article from Mike Rundle, looking into the thinking behind how realistic user interfaces are crafted. The advice and techniques are invaluable, whether you’re designing software or creating a website.
He also provides a downloadable PSD with a few of the examples in action.
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Re: Apple vs Google – Benevolent Dictatorship Vs... →
I disagree with comparing 20K slaes of newbie NexusOne with 1.6 million sales of veteran iPhone. It’s just not fair.
But it is true that dictatorship works better (sad, but let’s face it) in many cases. Apple’s strict policies are pain in the … for developers but result in better apps (some might argue) and happier clients in general.
We’ll see how Google’s...
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“Dr. Rosen said that the newest generations, unlike their older peers, will...”
– The Children of Cyberspace: Old Fogies by Their 20s, NYTimes.com
This writer insists he’s talking about a generation younger than mine, but I’m pretty sure this is just my generation, too. (I’m twenty-nine.)
(via timoni)
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PrimerCSS →
matthewb:
A webapp that “undercoats” your CSS by placing classes and IDs from your HTML into a starter stylesheet. (via Joshua Brewer)
jQuery 1.4 Released →
matthewb:
Highlights include siginificant performance improvements, per-property easing, better support for live events, and plenty of new methods (including a native delay()).
An Apple Search Engine? →
History is Bound to Repeat Itself
benjaminstein:
I get secret joy out of watching people speculate about upcoming Apple products. What amuses me is that people have a really hard time innovating themselves, and more importantly, a hard time believing that Apple can innovate.
Of the thousands of predictions about the Tablet/iSlate, they pretty much all boil down to two possibilities: a MacBook running OS X without a keyboard or...
“You are not a beautiful or unique snowflake, you are the same organic decaying...”
– Tyler Durden (via cocoageek)
marco:
Alex Payne, in Don’t Be A Hero:
If someone is working at four in the morning, something is deeply wrong. Figure out what’s broken and delegate the work out evenly across your team such that it doesn’t happen again. Don’t pat your hero on the back for “pulling another late-nighter”.
This is one reason why, when looking for a job a few years ago, I didn’t consider working for any...
