January 2010
Adactio: Journal—The iPad and the web →
That’s why I’m slightly mystified about the App Store grumblings. Yes, it’s a closed system that Apple controls completely. But the same devices that support the App Store also come with a very advanced web browser. Personally, I think that if a device is capable of running HTML, CSS and JavaScript, I don’t think it can be described as “closed”.
The Origins of Agile →
For [product software] teams especially, the Agile methods represent significant improvements. They improve the communication between the customer and the engineers. They significantly reduce the risk by building smaller, more frequent iterations so that the customer can learn whether he really likes something or not much sooner, rather than wait for the end of a long process. They help introduce...
Web developers can rule the iPad - O'Reilly Radar →
Internet Marketing Software - Performable →
Performable’s easy-to-use technology can pick and choose from literally thousands of creative elements in real-time, testing everything from a single word to an entire layout. These elements can be optimized depending on factors including where your visitor came from, location, user demographics, the time of day, or even results from your previous tests.
43 Folders - Interview with “Linchpin”...
Should Americans get more vacation? « Scott... →
We should reward people who kick significant ass and then go home. Early. Not those who pull all-nighters for things that were never that complex to begin with. All sorts of goodness happens when managers learn to reward results, not effort. And this starts but getting past the stupid pretense of effort known as hours.
Event Delegation in jQuery and Performance (live... →
Ghost in the Pixel » Panic! at the user interface →
Fresh off my unfortunate experience of having my GMail and Facebook accounts hacked–resulting in an overwhelming task of simultaneously allaying fears, changing passwords, and canceling credit cards–I’ve lately been wondering how to design for panic.
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Also of great help would be some friendly, empathetic “counseling tips”, about what to do if you think you’ve been hacked/phished and how...
Unobtrusive JavaScript is not necessarily... →
Unobtrusive JavaScript is normally mentioned to emphasise that a script uses progressive enhancement to cater for people who use a browser without JavaScript support. But that does not mean that a script is accessible, since two key accessibility issues tend to be overlooked – keyboard navigation and screen readers.
The Winchester job interview theory « Scott... →
The theory goes as follows: Interviewing is mostly bullshit.
As the theory goes, most of us make instinctive judgments on factors we don’t understand in the first five minutes, and spend the rest of the time, and the time discussing with other interviewers, back-filling logical reasons to support an intuitive response we’re largely in denial of.
code · Video for Everybody! →
The Numbers Behind the Paywall →
(via colin)
Embedding video files without JavaScript | 456... →
Simon Collison | Colly | The Celebrated Miscellany →
Beautiful, quirky new redesign by Colly.
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Drive not always explained by rewards : NPR Search (BETA)
Moving from Basecamp to ActiveCollab [Drew... →
“He has been criticized by female counterparts for not being willing to have sex...”
– ‘Prostidude’ starts work at Nevada brothel - Life- msnbc.com
Deliverables vs. Delivery
52weeksofux:
Wireframes, flow diagrams, personas, card sorts, content strategy documents, etc. All of these things are important to design, and designers need some combination of them to synthesize their user research and communicate what they’re doing with the other members of the team.
But too often these deliverables are the last line of contact for designers. Too often these deliverables...
Twitter grows up in aftermath of Haiti earthquake... →
Should You Use JavaScript Library CDNs? « Lickity... →
…48 sites are using Google’s JavaScript Library CDN to serve jQuery, and of those 36 sites are using jQuery 1.3.2. That means jQuery 1.3.2 is used by 1.8% of the Alexa 2000 websites. SWFObject and Prototype came in next at 6 sites each, or less than 0.334% of the sites. When you factor in version numbers, their penetration drops to around 0.10%.
So what is the best case here? What are...
“Another suprising effect was that chats became slower and more thoughtful....”
– On how Google Wave surprisingly changed my life
LukeW Ideation + Design | Digital Product Strategy... →
Nice redesign by LukeW.
Adactio: Journal—HTML5 business as usual →
WaPo: Skywalkers in Korea Cross Han Solo →
newsweek:
complicatedshoes:
Best. Headline. Ever.
Nwk approves.
Watchtldr - Interfaces for Large-Scale Online Discussion Spaces
The ambiguity of “web developer” | mathematism →
Web Designer Notebook » The CSS3 :target... →
Via @snookca
History of the user-agent string | NCZOnline →
Pew Research asks questions about the Internet in... →
‘Eff with Pew Research! (Also, interesting answers about the next decade’s technology from the O’Reilly bloggers.)
Planet Money: Would You Bing For Free News?
NPR...
Social Media Analytics: Twitter: Quantitative &... →
Vowpal Wabbit (Fast Online Learning) →
5 Things You MUST Do Before a Job Interview →
