January 2008
68 posts
“Fire… pretty, wow, neato… oh no, it burns, damn, the house is on...”
– Patrick Kroupa, on 12-stepping
Google Labs: Experimental Search, Alternate ViewsSee results on a timeline, map, or in context of other information types With these views, Google’s technology extracts key dates, locations, measurements, and more from select search results so you can view the information in a different dimension. Timeline and map views work best for searches related to people, companies, events and places....
Swedish Startup Offering Image-Based Search →
Image search on the Web is largely dependent on looking for keywords within tags or text surrounding a photo. Polar Rose claims that its combination of technology and user intelligence enables it to find people within images without having to depend on text indicators. When pointed to an image, the Polar Rose service converts the 2D photo into a 3D model that’s used to create a facial...
“Computer science is one of those fields where you can see what’s going to...”
– Jason Zander, general manager of Visual Studio for Microsoft
yep, did it again… (last tweet: http://rubyurl.com/etWg) *sighs* maybe coffee, now?
realizing how ( email.read(15.minutes.only) == blogs.favorites.check && blogs.mine.write && do.nothing(:productive) == Time.now.day.waste )
Microsoft set to Play Nicely with Web Standards in Internet Explorer 8Is the crew in Redmond finally on the bandwagon? It looks like IE8 will pass the Acid test. The reality of Microsoft finally embracing standards could greatly simplify Web development because the need to inject workarounds and hacks to accommodate another noncompliant browser (like all current and previous versions of Internet...
At the Apple store, gawking at the 24 in. iMac. Drooling, even.
Dissecting Emma: An Email Marketing Tool
I’d be interested in seeing a walk-through of this software — to gain a little market intelligence
(NOTE: I find this particularly interesting because I am currently working on a sweet CMS — called Reach — for New Medio. Part of the application is an email marketing/campaign tool, such as this. Emma’s interface is...
“Give the highest priority to activities that either help generate revenue for...”
– Every Workday Needs a Game Plan
Cash Flow Management For Small Business - Pulse →
Pulse is a web-based cash flow management tool that allows you to easily monitor the heartbeat of your small business - your cash. Say goodbye to unmanageable spreadsheets, and hello to an intuitive interface with the power to quickly manage and evaluate your income and expenses. Pulse makes tracking the health of your business simple, accurate and efficient.
Antipatterns →
40 Reasons Why Software Projects Die
yowl - Google Code →
Yowl provides a set of Ajax interfaces that web applications can call to display notifications to the user. The advantage of calling to Yowl rather than managing the notifications directly is that Yowl allows the user to control the style of the messages, or even whether the messages should appear at all.
“Turbulence has commissioned ShiftSpace and now ShiftSpace commissions you. Ten...”
– ShiftSpace Commission Program
MacHeist » Bundle →
“Our server will check your blog’s feed at the specified interval and post...”
– twitterfeed.com : feed your blog to twitter - post RSS to twitter automatically
So, you wanna be a Rockstar?
(Rockstar Programmer, that is…?)
…But the difference is striking between those who became popular before 2007 and those who’ve gained their celebrity since then, says Clinton Nixon, a senior developer at Viget Labs, a Web design, development and consulting firm. All you have to do, he says, is visit the Web sites of older-style...
Windows 7 details emerge - look Software +... →
“The feedback tool lists the “pillars” of Win 7. You can see that Microsoft is aiming to fine tune this release as the case in XP rather than technological advancement as in 2K. highlights include”network aware”, with improved connection tools and detections. It will have the ability to detect which network you’re in and switch your settings and devices...
“We would read out essays members of the congregation have submitted on their...”
– Force strong for new Jedi church
cursing the postgres gem, but loving this freshly brewed coffee.
Super Screenshot! →
Enter a URL, and we’ll give you a screenshot.
Top Tech Flops
For all the amazing advances that the computing industry has brought us over the years, some of its most pivotal moments are memorable for all the wrong reasons. Not every idea can be a winner, and not even Microsoft can avoid every misstep. But as they say, those who forget history are doomed to repeat it — and then again, others just keep screwing up. In the interest of...
“Our goals haven’t changed; we will release a high-quality implementation...”
– The State of IronRuby with John Lam
dl’ing code via svn for new projects - yippee
“XSS Shield protects your views against cross-site scripting attacks without...”
– xss-shield - Google Code
“Back in the day, advertising was a lot simpler. You wrote an ad, you got a...”
– WebResults - WebTrends Monthly Newsletter
“On this horribly-titled, but hopefully useful round-up we will specifically...”
– A Big List of Sites That Teach You How To Do Stuff - ReadWriteWeb
“The whole Mac package — the advertising, the design, the whole image of...”
– I’m a Mac. Are you?
No, Really. I'm a MAC.
The first computer I ever used was an Apple IIe. So began my love affair with computers. I would eventually settle as a die-hard PC/Windows user (after a brief stint with the Mac in school, when we used them to layout the newspaper), having taught myself how to program and bend bytecode to my will — all thanks to Gates and the Redmond Posse. I was eventually seduced by .NET and started...
“The Cartographer library is an old-time favorite for doing geocoding from Rails...”
– on + tutorials - SWiK
Seeing as how it has been a while since I went on ga-ga, a-gushing about Google, it is long overdue. I love Google. Seriously! Have you heard of Grand Central? I have just one thing to say about it… Wow. I now have a local Tulsa number (for life, for free!) that I can forward any and all numbers I wish to. I can even take calls from oddlyzen.com. I will embed the widget here and you can...
“Get a local number in over 170 countries and let people call you at local rates....”
– Gizmo – A free phone for your computer
101 Essential Freelancing Resources →
The web is such a big and wonderful place, packed with tools and resources which you all too often don’t know about. So to help all you freelancers out there we have compiled a gigantic list of resources, categorized up for your benefit. If you know a resource that we’ve missed, let us know as we’re always looking to grow this list!
Reading some great Design and Development articles online.
“To be perfectly honest, it’s not about us. It’s about businesses recognizing...”
– One Percent for the Planet
“Examples of great design always show a solid understanding of the problem...”
– Solutioneering, or putting solutions before problems
Why Guest Blogging is a Powerful Way to Gain... →
I tried guest blogging, and it paid off big time. I now regrettably have to turn down requests to write guest posts elsewhere, just because I’m so busy writing. I wish I didn’t have to, because every time I do, I miss an opportunity, but there’s no question that guest blogging has been a major part of my success.
The Harvest Difference - let Harvest improve your... →
Time is the most important asset you have. Harvest is designed and built so you can quickly and easily see how you and your team spends its time. Harvest cares about the details and is constantly improving as customers provide ideas and suggestions.
FreelanceSwitch Hourly Rate Calculator →
Okay, this is just too damned cool… We have developed this hourly rate calculator to give you a guide based on your costs, number of billable hours and desired profit. It is a simple tool for you to play with.
UIs Should Teach - From Smashing
User interfaces need to teach your user how to use your application without resorting to a help screen. Many developers think that a help section will suffice for teaching users how to operate most any application, but this is not the case. The help section of most applications, Web-based or otherwise, end up being used by the power users who are already trying to figure out every nook and cranny...
“No blinking text, no Frontpage, no pop-ups (even requested), no scrolling text,...”
– 19 Things NOT To Do When Building a Website
RU Sirius? Help the cause!
I subscribe to the Disinformation newsletter, because I do not have all the time in the world to surf the site — and I often find myself in places where it might not be best to surf it. Today, this bit caught my attention: Cyberculture icon and legendary prankster RU Sirius needs your help to fund his Question Authority political projects. Sirius is offering you the unprecedented...
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Chalk it up to Rails?
Note: I post this because this CMS can be run on the Mono stack on *nix and Mac. Also, it is interesting to note, the combination of embedded code in the html, or vice-versa, while having a flavor of classic ASP, hints at some of the newer features availablr in templating in Ruby on Rails… Graffiti uses a very simple templating language to render its themes called Chalk (Chalk is the...
“Whenever I talk or write about my own security setup, the one thing that...”
– Steal This Wi-Fi
WatchHoly Crap: Did Bill Gates Just Say Windows Sucks?