http://www.foundread.com/view/how-to-work-the-room
"So you’ve got your engineering degree, and your marquee MBA, and a business-plan. You’re on your way. But at some point you’re going to have to ‘grace’ your way through an important networking or social event. How you handle this matters–probably more than you care to admit.
Anyone who has attended a Silicon Valley networking event can attest to the fact that “Social Graces” often elude us founders. But if we were “hacking” or “grocking” our way to better methods of networking, the user manual would be 10 inches thick! There is such a thing as “Social-Business Protocol.” Not all of us in the startup universe are born with it, we can all learn it. So, here are my 10 tips for founders en route to the power-party circuit."
Saturday, June 30, 2007
Thursday, June 28, 2007
Life at Google - The Microsoftie Perspective
http://no2google.wordpress.com/2007/06/24/life-at-google-the-microsoftie-perspective/
"The following has been making the rounds on just about every internal email list I belong to in Microsoft. Here it is to share a little insight with the rest of the world. Microsoft is an amazingly transparent company. Google is not. Any peek is a good peek."
"The following has been making the rounds on just about every internal email list I belong to in Microsoft. Here it is to share a little insight with the rest of the world. Microsoft is an amazingly transparent company. Google is not. Any peek is a good peek."
PC Magazine: 100 Blogs We Love
http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,133119-page,10-c,sites/article.html
"Here are our favorite stops in the blogosphere, covering everything from high tech to low comedy and all manner of pursuits in between."
"Here are our favorite stops in the blogosphere, covering everything from high tech to low comedy and all manner of pursuits in between."
Wednesday, June 27, 2007
A List Apart: Human-to-Human Design
http://www.alistapart.com/articles/humantohuman
"It’s not new to say that we now live in an age in which survival in business depends on your ability to communicate effectively through the internet.
"It’s not new to say that we now live in an age in which survival in business depends on your ability to communicate effectively through the internet.
What is new is the realization that just having any old website isn’t enough. The quality of your site and the nature of its content are paramount and your ability to communicate with your audience is the key."
Yahoo! News: Pixar perfectionists cook `Ratatouille'
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070626/ap_en_ot/film_perfect_pixar_2
"LOS ANGELES - Pixar Animation will serve no rodent before its time.
The outfit behind such animated smashes as "Toy Story," "Finding Nemo" and "The Incredibles" has a simple secret: The company takes its time and lets a story mature to its finest."
"LOS ANGELES - Pixar Animation will serve no rodent before its time.
The outfit behind such animated smashes as "Toy Story," "Finding Nemo" and "The Incredibles" has a simple secret: The company takes its time and lets a story mature to its finest."
particletree.com: Web App Autopsy
http://particletree.com/features/web-app-autopsy/
"Some of the most difficult questions about a startup have to do with making predictions about the future. Estimates are just part of the game if you’re trying to manage the precious few resources you have at various points in the beginnings of your company. The problem is we’re all pretty terrible about extrapolations because if you’re an entrepreneur, by definition, all your estimates will be wildly optimistic.
Making mistakes about your skills and speed can lead you to hold off on a billing system until the last minute or estimate that you have 1 month to launch when you really have 4. And if you’re not careful, hubris might kick in and have you predicting a $1 million in revenue within 8 months of launch."
"Some of the most difficult questions about a startup have to do with making predictions about the future. Estimates are just part of the game if you’re trying to manage the precious few resources you have at various points in the beginnings of your company. The problem is we’re all pretty terrible about extrapolations because if you’re an entrepreneur, by definition, all your estimates will be wildly optimistic.
Making mistakes about your skills and speed can lead you to hold off on a billing system until the last minute or estimate that you have 1 month to launch when you really have 4. And if you’re not careful, hubris might kick in and have you predicting a $1 million in revenue within 8 months of launch."
Tuesday, June 26, 2007
List of Web 2.0 Lists - Keeping Tabs on Web 2.0
http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/keeping_tabs_on_web_20_lists.php
"Even with consolidation going on left and right, the galaxy of sites that make up what we call "web 2.0" is expanding at a frantic rate (or perhaps that elusive goal of being snapped up by a bigger fish is helping to drive it). So how do you keep up with this ever growing array of web 2.0 sites? That is, other than reading Read/WriteWeb. The answer: via the ever growing array of web 2.0 lists."
"Even with consolidation going on left and right, the galaxy of sites that make up what we call "web 2.0" is expanding at a frantic rate (or perhaps that elusive goal of being snapped up by a bigger fish is helping to drive it). So how do you keep up with this ever growing array of web 2.0 sites? That is, other than reading Read/WriteWeb. The answer: via the ever growing array of web 2.0 lists."
Monday, June 25, 2007
Yahoo! Hotjobs: 10 Mistakes Managers Make During Job Interviews
http://hotjobs.yahoo.com/jobseeker/tools/ept/careerArticlesPost.html?post=138
"Career advice from BNET: Hiring is one of the hardest parts of managing a team. A lot is riding on the initial meeting, and if you're nervous or ill-prepared -- or both -- it can make you do strange things. The following mistakes are all too common, but they're easy to avoid with some advance preparation"
"Career advice from BNET: Hiring is one of the hardest parts of managing a team. A lot is riding on the initial meeting, and if you're nervous or ill-prepared -- or both -- it can make you do strange things. The following mistakes are all too common, but they're easy to avoid with some advance preparation"
Bored Stop: If Fire Was Made Of Water
http://www.boredstop.com/liquidfire.htm
Bored Stop: If Fire Was Made Of Water
Bored Stop: If Fire Was Made Of Water
Sunday, June 24, 2007
WWDC Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard) Videos
http://www.macrumors.com/2007/06/23/wwdc-mac-os-x-10-5-leopard-videos/
"Someone posted video clips to Brightcove demonstrating Apple's Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard (WWDC Build).
The videos highlight many of the functions of Leopard, including: CoverFlow, Screen Sharing, Stacks, Speech, Preview and PDFs, Printing, Quicklook, Parental Controls, Front Row 2, Address Book, Safari 3, New Screensavers, Spaces, and Terminal.
The videos appear to have been recorded with Ambrosia Software's utility Snapz Pro X 2.1.0 which was just released with both Universal Binary and Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard) support."
"Someone posted video clips to Brightcove demonstrating Apple's Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard (WWDC Build).
The videos highlight many of the functions of Leopard, including: CoverFlow, Screen Sharing, Stacks, Speech, Preview and PDFs, Printing, Quicklook, Parental Controls, Front Row 2, Address Book, Safari 3, New Screensavers, Spaces, and Terminal.
The videos appear to have been recorded with Ambrosia Software's utility Snapz Pro X 2.1.0 which was just released with both Universal Binary and Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard) support."
The Hole In CDs at I Am Bored
http://iamboredr.com/2007/06/23/the-hole-in-cds/
"I bet you did not know that we can do so many design with the hole in the CD!"
"I bet you did not know that we can do so many design with the hole in the CD!"
Four Ways to Improve Productivity on Your Mac
http://caitlynimburgo.wordpress.com/2007/06/23/four-ways-to-improve-productivity-on-your-mac/
"A Macintosh is a powerful machine. It can do countless things. Anything from allowing you to type a simple report for your class to creating priceless family DVDs to being a server for files soon to be streamed to another electronic device. With all these things we can use our computers for, we often times get distracted by one thing or another, even if it’s just a chirp we hear as Twitterrific goes off. But without productivity on your Mac, you can never achieve the great things we want to with our machines. These four steps will hopefully increase your productivity and inspire you to get your work done in a more timely manner."
"A Macintosh is a powerful machine. It can do countless things. Anything from allowing you to type a simple report for your class to creating priceless family DVDs to being a server for files soon to be streamed to another electronic device. With all these things we can use our computers for, we often times get distracted by one thing or another, even if it’s just a chirp we hear as Twitterrific goes off. But without productivity on your Mac, you can never achieve the great things we want to with our machines. These four steps will hopefully increase your productivity and inspire you to get your work done in a more timely manner."
Submarine Channel: An archive of film intro sequences
http://www.submarinechannel.com/titlesequences/index.jsp
"On SubmarineChannel, we love a good main title. That's why we've started an online collection of the most stunning and original ones. Some are engaging or wildly entertaining, funny, exhilarating or deadly beautiful. Some are oozing with visual treats while others hit you hard with their bold and audacious style."
"On SubmarineChannel, we love a good main title. That's why we've started an online collection of the most stunning and original ones. Some are engaging or wildly entertaining, funny, exhilarating or deadly beautiful. Some are oozing with visual treats while others hit you hard with their bold and audacious style."
Friday, June 22, 2007
lifehacker: Top 10 DIY office projects
http://lifehacker.com/software/lifehacker-top-10/top-10-diy-office-projects-271354.php
"Anyone can drop cash on spendy office gear, but it takes a little ingenuity to rig up your workspace just right with stuff you've already got around the house."
"Anyone can drop cash on spendy office gear, but it takes a little ingenuity to rig up your workspace just right with stuff you've already got around the house."
The Consumerist: Confessions Of A Starbucks Barista
http://consumerist.com/consumer/insiders/confessions-of-a-starbucks-barista-271348.php
"Jesse, who has worked at Starbucks for almost a year, has written a mythbusting "Buyer's Guide" that will help you in your quest to save money when ordering your favorite Starbucks beverage. Our favorite tips? Frappucinos are a rip off, there's no free ride at the drive-thru, and ordering a latte with chai syrup is cheaper than a chai with espresso."
"Jesse, who has worked at Starbucks for almost a year, has written a mythbusting "Buyer's Guide" that will help you in your quest to save money when ordering your favorite Starbucks beverage. Our favorite tips? Frappucinos are a rip off, there's no free ride at the drive-thru, and ordering a latte with chai syrup is cheaper than a chai with espresso."
Second Verse: Mocking MS Surface
http://secondverse.wordpress.com/2007/06/20/mocking-surface/
“Your next computer will be a big ass table.”
“Your next computer will be a big ass table.”
If architects had to work like web designers
http://biznik.com/biztalk/digg_this.html
"This seems a little too appropriate since I'm currently ending a really terrible client relationship with an architect, but I thought other designers might enjoy. I'm sorry if this seems spammy, I really needed to share with people who understand. "
"This seems a little too appropriate since I'm currently ending a really terrible client relationship with an architect, but I thought other designers might enjoy. I'm sorry if this seems spammy, I really needed to share with people who understand. "
Freelance Switch: 101 Essential Freelancing Resources
http://freelanceswitch.com/general/101-essential-freelancing-resources/
"Well it’s actually 126 resources now, thanks to all the people who added resources in the comments."
"Well it’s actually 126 resources now, thanks to all the people who added resources in the comments."
Thursday, June 21, 2007
New York Times: What Corporate America Can't Build: A Sentence
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/12/07/business/07write.html?ei=5090&en=6c4f3a02432550f0&ex=1260075600&pagewanted=print&position=
"BLOOMINGTON, Ill. - R. Craig Hogan, a former university professor who heads an online school for business writing here, received an anguished e-mail message recently from a prospective student."
"BLOOMINGTON, Ill. - R. Craig Hogan, a former university professor who heads an online school for business writing here, received an anguished e-mail message recently from a prospective student."
lifehacker: The art of the doable to-do list
http://lifehacker.com/software/geek-to-live/the-art-of-the-doable-to+do-list-270404.php
"There's no better feeling than checking something off your to-do list. Done! Finished! Mission accomplished! Yet it's so easy to let a whole day or week go by without knocking one task off your list. How does that happen? Well, your to-do list can be a tool that guides you through your work, or it can be a big fat pillar of undone time bombs taunting you and your unproductive inadequacy. It all depends on how you write it."
"There's no better feeling than checking something off your to-do list. Done! Finished! Mission accomplished! Yet it's so easy to let a whole day or week go by without knocking one task off your list. How does that happen? Well, your to-do list can be a tool that guides you through your work, or it can be a big fat pillar of undone time bombs taunting you and your unproductive inadequacy. It all depends on how you write it."
Torrent Freak: The Pirate Bay Launches Uncensored Image Hosting
http://torrentfreak.com/the-pirate-bay-launches-uncensored-image-hosting/
"ImgBay is one of the many side-projects The Pirate Bay is working on at the moment. Last month we found out that the Pirate Bay has plans to compete with YouTube, and now it seems that they also want to take on image hosting services."
"ImgBay is one of the many side-projects The Pirate Bay is working on at the moment. Last month we found out that the Pirate Bay has plans to compete with YouTube, and now it seems that they also want to take on image hosting services."
Pro Blogger: 10 Techniques I Used To Go From 0 to 12,000 RSS Subscribers In Seven Months - With No Ads Ohttp://www.blogger.com/img/gl.link.gr Leverage
http://www.problogger.net/archives/2007/06/21/10-techniques-i-used-to-go-from-0-to-12000-rss-subscribers-in-seven-months-with-no-ads-or-leverage/
"Hopefully, that title got your attention a little bit, but it’s true. I launched The Simple Dollar at the very end of October 2006. I had no pre-existing blog that I could use to drive early traffic, nor did I have any personal contacts that I could use. I also had zero advertising budget. But by June 2007, I had 12,000 RSS readers and was generating enough traffic that I had to switch hosting plans twice. How did I do it? Here are a few specific techniques that really helped me build my blog’s traffic over time."
"Hopefully, that title got your attention a little bit, but it’s true. I launched The Simple Dollar at the very end of October 2006. I had no pre-existing blog that I could use to drive early traffic, nor did I have any personal contacts that I could use. I also had zero advertising budget. But by June 2007, I had 12,000 RSS readers and was generating enough traffic that I had to switch hosting plans twice. How did I do it? Here are a few specific techniques that really helped me build my blog’s traffic over time."
The Berken Blog: Asshole driven development
http://www.scottberkun.com/blog/2007/asshole-driven-development/
"The software industry might be the world’s greatest breeding ground for new systems of management. From Agile, to Extreme Programming , to Test Driven Development (TDD), the acronyms and frameworks keep piling up. Why?"
"The software industry might be the world’s greatest breeding ground for new systems of management. From Agile, to Extreme Programming , to Test Driven Development (TDD), the acronyms and frameworks keep piling up. Why?"
Digital Photography School: How to Take Great Group Photos
http://digital-photography-school.com/blog/how-to-take-great-group-photos/
"One of the most common types of digital photographs is the ‘group photo‘. They happen everywhere from weddings, to camps, to parties, to sporting teams, to school etc.
Thousands of group photos must be taken each day around the world - but unfortunately many of them leave those taking them disappointed with the results. Common problems include:"
"One of the most common types of digital photographs is the ‘group photo‘. They happen everywhere from weddings, to camps, to parties, to sporting teams, to school etc.
Thousands of group photos must be taken each day around the world - but unfortunately many of them leave those taking them disappointed with the results. Common problems include:"
Wednesday, June 20, 2007
Smashing Magazine: 80+ AJAX-Solutions For Professional Coding
http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2007/06/20/ajax-javascript-solutions-for-professional-coding/
" Web-developers can create amazing web-applications with AJAX. Stikkit, Netvibes, GMail and dozens of further web-projects offer a new level of interactivity we’ve used to give up the idea of. Modern web-applications can be designed with enhanced user interfaces and functionalities, which used to be the privelege of professional desktop-applications. AJAX makes it possible to create more interactive, more responsive and more flexible web-solutions. And it’s the first step towards rich internet applications of the future."
" Web-developers can create amazing web-applications with AJAX. Stikkit, Netvibes, GMail and dozens of further web-projects offer a new level of interactivity we’ve used to give up the idea of. Modern web-applications can be designed with enhanced user interfaces and functionalities, which used to be the privelege of professional desktop-applications. AJAX makes it possible to create more interactive, more responsive and more flexible web-solutions. And it’s the first step towards rich internet applications of the future."
Wise Camel: 10 Sales and Marketing Tips I learned from Strippers
http://www.wisecamel.com/2007/06/20/10-sales-and-marketing-tips-i-learned-from-strippers/
"However, I generally find myself leaving the strip club with an empty wallet. Any business that can get you to spend all of your money is a good one to be in.
"However, I generally find myself leaving the strip club with an empty wallet. Any business that can get you to spend all of your money is a good one to be in.
But while walking out of a club one evening, I realized that a big reason they have such a good business is because strippers are such great salespeople. It is not simply due to the fact that they are selling to stupid, horny men like myself, but because they use a lot of highly effective sales and marketing techniques."
Think Secret Gallery: Max OS X 10.5 Leopard Build 9A466 (WWDC 2007)
http://www.thinksecret.com/news/0706leopard9a466.html
"June 19, 2007 - Those in attendance at Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference last week went home with the first new build of Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard released to third-party developers in almost two months."
"June 19, 2007 - Those in attendance at Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference last week went home with the first new build of Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard released to third-party developers in almost two months."
Magic Uproar: Top 20 Magic Tricks
http://magicuproar.blogspot.com/2007/06/top-20-magic-trick-tutorials.html#
Magic Uproar: Top 20 Magic Tricks
Magic Uproar: Top 20 Magic Tricks
Tuesday, June 19, 2007
Read/Write Web: Video Editing 2.0: 8 Ways to Remix Online Videos
http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/video_editing_20_8_ways_to_remix_videos.php
"So you've shot your masterpiece, but it's a little rough around the edges. If you have any hope of winning that Oscar, you're going to need to do a little editing. But renting out an editing bay means thousands of dollars and figuring out what all the shortcut keys on the Avid keyboard do. But wait, you're in luck! Friday evening, YouTube launched their new video editing tool: YouTube Remixer
, in partnership with Adobe. Avid it's not, but perhaps it's just what you need to turn your raw vacation footage into Spielberg or Coppola."
"So you've shot your masterpiece, but it's a little rough around the edges. If you have any hope of winning that Oscar, you're going to need to do a little editing. But renting out an editing bay means thousands of dollars and figuring out what all the shortcut keys on the Avid keyboard do. But wait, you're in luck! Friday evening, YouTube launched their new video editing tool: YouTube Remixer
, in partnership with Adobe. Avid it's not, but perhaps it's just what you need to turn your raw vacation footage into Spielberg or Coppola."
NY Magazine: Steve Jobs in a Box
http://nymag.com/news/features/33524/#
"He saunters out onstage, and the first thing you think is, man, Steve Jobs looks old. The second thing you think is, no, not old: He finally looks his age. Well into his forties, Jobs appeared to have pulled off some kind of unholy Dorian Gray maneuver. But now, at 52, his hair is seriously thinning, his frame frail-seeming, his gait halting and labored. His striking facial features—the aquiline nose, the razor-gash dimples—are speckled with ash-gray stubble. A caricaturist would draw him as a hybrid of Andre Agassi and Salman Rushdie. The senescence on display is jarring, but it’s also fitting. After three decades as Silicon Valley’s regnant enfant terrible, Jobs has suddenly, improbably, morphed into its presiding éminence grise."
"He saunters out onstage, and the first thing you think is, man, Steve Jobs looks old. The second thing you think is, no, not old: He finally looks his age. Well into his forties, Jobs appeared to have pulled off some kind of unholy Dorian Gray maneuver. But now, at 52, his hair is seriously thinning, his frame frail-seeming, his gait halting and labored. His striking facial features—the aquiline nose, the razor-gash dimples—are speckled with ash-gray stubble. A caricaturist would draw him as a hybrid of Andre Agassi and Salman Rushdie. The senescence on display is jarring, but it’s also fitting. After three decades as Silicon Valley’s regnant enfant terrible, Jobs has suddenly, improbably, morphed into its presiding éminence grise."
Monday, June 18, 2007
Yahoo! Finance: A Look At U.S. Home Price Performance in 20 Markets
http://biz.yahoo.com/seekingalpha/070604/37282_id.html
"We also made charts of the historical year-over-year monthly percent change in the actual home-price figures for the 20 cities that S&P/Case Shiller tracks. These charts paint a pretty good picture of the severity of the declines in home price appreciation across the board. The one exception is Charlotte, where a decline has yet to take place."
"We also made charts of the historical year-over-year monthly percent change in the actual home-price figures for the 20 cities that S&P/Case Shiller tracks. These charts paint a pretty good picture of the severity of the declines in home price appreciation across the board. The one exception is Charlotte, where a decline has yet to take place."
Ethanol is Bad. Ethanol from Corn is Worse.
http://www.gimme-five.com/2007/06/ethanol-is-bad-ethanol-from-corn-is-worse/
"Ethanol has a negative energy balance. Ethanol from corn, switchgrass, and wood biomass requires 29%, 50%, and 57% more energy, respectively, to create the ethanol than the energy contained within the fuel"
"Ethanol has a negative energy balance. Ethanol from corn, switchgrass, and wood biomass requires 29%, 50%, and 57% more energy, respectively, to create the ethanol than the energy contained within the fuel"
6 Foreign Expressions You Should Know
http://www.dailywritingtips.com/6-foreign-expressions-you-should-know/
"Whether you like it or not, foreign expressions represent an integral part of the English language (and of many other languages, too). Knowing the meaning and usage of the most used ones is very important. First of all because it will enable you to understand pieces of text that include them. Secondly, because you might also need to use those expressions on particular situations (avoid using them just to sound smart though). Below you will find 6 foreign expressions commonly used in English, enjoy!"
"Whether you like it or not, foreign expressions represent an integral part of the English language (and of many other languages, too). Knowing the meaning and usage of the most used ones is very important. First of all because it will enable you to understand pieces of text that include them. Secondly, because you might also need to use those expressions on particular situations (avoid using them just to sound smart though). Below you will find 6 foreign expressions commonly used in English, enjoy!"
Opera Dev: Making Wii-friendly pages
http://dev.opera.com/articles/view/making-wii-friendly-pages/
"The Wii game console by Nintendo has a Web browser that uses the Opera 9 display engine. It supports most Web technologies supported by Opera 9 for desktop, including HTML, XHTML, XML, WML, RSS and Atom, CSS, XSLT, SVG, and JavaScript except designMode, contentEditable, and Audio. It does not support FTP, NNTP, IRC, XHTML+Voice, or widgets.
"The Wii game console by Nintendo has a Web browser that uses the Opera 9 display engine. It supports most Web technologies supported by Opera 9 for desktop, including HTML, XHTML, XML, WML, RSS and Atom, CSS, XSLT, SVG, and JavaScript except designMode, contentEditable, and Audio. It does not support FTP, NNTP, IRC, XHTML+Voice, or widgets.
For details, see the complete list of supported specifications."
Sunday, June 17, 2007
Some great free games (via Digg)
100 Free Full Games to Download Online
http://downloadfullversionpcgames.com/blog/2007/06/17/100-of-the-best-legal-full-version-games-you-can-download-online/
Alien Arena 2007
http://games.internode.on.net/content.php?mode=news&id=1375
http://downloadfullversionpcgames.com/blog/2007/06/17/100-of-the-best-legal-full-version-games-you-can-download-online/
Alien Arena 2007
http://games.internode.on.net/content.php?mode=news&id=1375
Friday, June 15, 2007
Smashing Magazine: Creative Favicons: When Small Is Beautiful
http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2007/06/14/creative-favicons-when-small-is-beautiful/
"We love creative favicons. Their beauty lies in the approach a designer has chosen to put something really unique inside of the 16×16px box. Designing favicons, it’s necessary to work with miniature images, and every extra pixel can be the wrong one. A good favicon is original, beautiful and - in best case - fits to the logotype and color schemes used in the web-site. Creating them is a challenge not every designer is able to cope with. It’s hard, but not impossible. In fact, many creative solutions are possible, but it’s damn hard to come up with some of them once you need them."
"We love creative favicons. Their beauty lies in the approach a designer has chosen to put something really unique inside of the 16×16px box. Designing favicons, it’s necessary to work with miniature images, and every extra pixel can be the wrong one. A good favicon is original, beautiful and - in best case - fits to the logotype and color schemes used in the web-site. Creating them is a challenge not every designer is able to cope with. It’s hard, but not impossible. In fact, many creative solutions are possible, but it’s damn hard to come up with some of them once you need them."
BBC: Adverbox Advetising
http://www.adverbox.com/bbc-2/
"Ingenious "See both sides of the story" banners being displayed as part of the "BBC Now in America" advertising campaign."
"Ingenious "See both sides of the story" banners being displayed as part of the "BBC Now in America" advertising campaign."
Friday, June 8, 2007
Kiss Boring Interfaces Goodbye With Apple's New Animated OS
http://www.wired.com/software/coolapps/news/2007/06/core_anim
"When Steve Jobs takes the stage Monday at Apple's programmers conference, he's likely to give the world a glimpse of an upgraded Mac operating system that could herald the biggest changes to the machine's interface in 30 years.
"When Steve Jobs takes the stage Monday at Apple's programmers conference, he's likely to give the world a glimpse of an upgraded Mac operating system that could herald the biggest changes to the machine's interface in 30 years.
At the annual Worldwide Developers Conference in San Francisco, Jobs will probably show off Leopard, a Mac OS X update due in October that he has promised contains "top secret" features. But perhaps the most important feature is one that has been overlooked by many Apple fans: a new set of tools for building program interfaces called Core Animation."
Thursday, June 7, 2007
Reflection.js
http://cow.neondragon.net/stuff/reflection/
"Reflection.js 1.6 allows you to add reflections to images on your webpages. It uses unobtrusive javascript to keep your code clean.
It works in all the major browsers - Internet Explorer 5.5+, Mozilla Firefox 1.5+, Opera 9+ and Safari. On older browsers, it'll degrade and your visitors won't notice a thing. Best of all, it's under 5KB."
"Reflection.js 1.6 allows you to add reflections to images on your webpages. It uses unobtrusive javascript to keep your code clean.
It works in all the major browsers - Internet Explorer 5.5+, Mozilla Firefox 1.5+, Opera 9+ and Safari. On older browsers, it'll degrade and your visitors won't notice a thing. Best of all, it's under 5KB."
glider.js
http://www.missingmethod.com/projects/glider.html
I need to use this for something
"This script makes it easy to create a sliding carousel component like the one seen at www.curbly.com. Inspired by www.panic.com/coda."
I need to use this for something
"This script makes it easy to create a sliding carousel component like the one seen at www.curbly.com. Inspired by www.panic.com/coda."
Wednesday, June 6, 2007
Ars Technica: Product loyalty: consumers mistake familiarity with superiority
http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20070605-product-loyalty-consumers-mistake-familiarity-with-superiority.html
"Anyone who has followed consumer electronics and online services knows that once a product reaches dominance, it becomes very hard for it to be dethroned (hello, iPod, Google, and Windows). Economists have argued for years regarding the costs involved in finding and adopting alternatives, but the psychologists will point out that familiarity and comfort play major roles in keeping consumers loyal to an incumbent. Research that appears in the Journal of Consumer Research delves into how these factors, collectively termed "Cognitive Lock-in," develop and play out."
"Anyone who has followed consumer electronics and online services knows that once a product reaches dominance, it becomes very hard for it to be dethroned (hello, iPod, Google, and Windows). Economists have argued for years regarding the costs involved in finding and adopting alternatives, but the psychologists will point out that familiarity and comfort play major roles in keeping consumers loyal to an incumbent. Research that appears in the Journal of Consumer Research delves into how these factors, collectively termed "Cognitive Lock-in," develop and play out."
Tuesday, June 5, 2007
Smashing Magazine: Google PageRank: What Do We Know About It?
http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2007/06/05/google-pagerank-what-do-we-really-know-about-it/
" Everybody is using it, but (almost) nobody really knows, how it works. Google PageRank is probably one of the most important algorithms ever developed for the Web. With billions of existing pages and millions of pages generated every day, the search issue in the Web is more complex than you probably think it is. PageRank, only one of hundreds of factors used by Google to determine best search results, helps to keep our search clean and efficient. But how is it actually done? How does Google PageRank work, which factors do have an impact on it and which don’t? And what do we really know about PageRank?"
" Everybody is using it, but (almost) nobody really knows, how it works. Google PageRank is probably one of the most important algorithms ever developed for the Web. With billions of existing pages and millions of pages generated every day, the search issue in the Web is more complex than you probably think it is. PageRank, only one of hundreds of factors used by Google to determine best search results, helps to keep our search clean and efficient. But how is it actually done? How does Google PageRank work, which factors do have an impact on it and which don’t? And what do we really know about PageRank?"
Saturday, June 2, 2007
Flash game: Shuffle
http://www.shockwave.com/content/shuffle/sis/shuffle.swf
"Use your mouse to aim and shoot the red balls and knock the yellow balls off the board. Remove all the yellow balls from the board before the red balls are eliminated, and you'll advance to the next level."
"Use your mouse to aim and shoot the red balls and knock the yellow balls off the board. Remove all the yellow balls from the board before the red balls are eliminated, and you'll advance to the next level."
Rare and Out of Print Soundtracks (for download!)
http://www.italianhorror.blogspot.com/
"A site to dive into the strange world of Soundtracks. There will be all kind of rare and oop Soundtracks here on this site. Check back often :)"
"A site to dive into the strange world of Soundtracks. There will be all kind of rare and oop Soundtracks here on this site. Check back often :)"
User Experience Design at Mozilla: The User Interface of Firefox 3: Features
http://blog.mozilla.com/faaborg/2007/06/01/the-user-interface-of-firefox-3-features/
"Firefox 3 is going to provide a wide range of improvements to performance, stability, and security, and it’s also going to present several new user facing features. Here is a quick recap of design work that’s been going on in the Mozilla community over the past few weeks for Firefox 3, along with information about how you can help contribute, by providing feedback on these designs, or creating your own UI mockups."
"Firefox 3 is going to provide a wide range of improvements to performance, stability, and security, and it’s also going to present several new user facing features. Here is a quick recap of design work that’s been going on in the Mozilla community over the past few weeks for Firefox 3, along with information about how you can help contribute, by providing feedback on these designs, or creating your own UI mockups."
A List Apart: Who Needs Headlines?
http://www.alistapart.com/articles/whoneedsheadlines
"A lot of web copy is written by copywriters who aren’t trained in writing for the web—and much of the rest is written by people who aren’t trained writers at all. If you’re a designer who can consult intelligently on basic copy improvements, you can gain a substantial business advantage. This article is designed to help you do just that."
"A lot of web copy is written by copywriters who aren’t trained in writing for the web—and much of the rest is written by people who aren’t trained writers at all. If you’re a designer who can consult intelligently on basic copy improvements, you can gain a substantial business advantage. This article is designed to help you do just that."
Cameron Moll: Skinning MS SharePoint with standards
http://cameronmoll.com/archives/2007/05/skinning_ms_sharepoint_with_st/
" Among the many reasons I might articulate for the relative slowdown in updates and articles around here, Microsoft SharePoint 2007 resides near the top of the list."
" Among the many reasons I might articulate for the relative slowdown in updates and articles around here, Microsoft SharePoint 2007 resides near the top of the list."
Colour Lovers: Colorful Beauty in Nature: Butterflies
http://www.colourlovers.com/blog/2007/06/01/colorful-beauty-in-nature-butterflies/
"One particular place to find amazing colors in nature is the Butterfly and lucky for us there are 17,500 species of butterflies in the world.
"One particular place to find amazing colors in nature is the Butterfly and lucky for us there are 17,500 species of butterflies in the world.
They use their bright colors to ward of predators by tricking them into thinking they are poisonous (some actually are) or by camouflaging themselves into plants or bigger insects."
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