July 2010
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The Creative Technologist →
Creative Technologists are a new type of breed. The Creative Geek (or “Creek” for short) has a very unique and mixed profile. It’s a profile where the left side of the brain meets the right side. Creeks are logical, rational, analytical and objective which are all qualities coming from their technical background and left side of the brain while equally they are random, intuitive, synthesizing...
June 2010
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WatchBonus points for the soundtrack. Kno is a new device, that is geared at the education market (double display, text-book-like shape). It’s a tad big for my taste, but includes some nifty features I’m missing on my iPad (scribbles and notes). Perhaps Microsoft should have another look at their Courier concept.
Making an iPad HTML5 App & making it really fast →
Great advice from Thomas Fuchs. I had my own run in with CSS3 related hardware acceleration some time ago; a bit odd, that everyone’s trying to figure out, how this beast really works (open standard, implementation’s mind-boggling) — hope to see some solid articles coming out soon with additional test-cases.
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Apple's HTML5 and Web Standards website →
html5watch:
Apple just launched a website which demoes some great examples of rich webpages made using standards-based technologies. A fantastic resource.
Some of the best examples I’ve seen so far. You’ve got to love the Javascript/CSS3 Transitions demo, which kicks serious ass.
-courtneysays asked: Hello, how do I add the 'tagline' for the stationery theme?
Anonymous asked: Erm, you have an entire site devoted to "Is Kotaku posting porn?" Why do you obsess over a gaming site's posts? They site isn't using nudity any more than any comparable gaming site, like IGN with their "Babes" section for example. Also, just reading the front page for your site. "Kotaku is advertising porn, it may be charity but it's nudity!" First of...
May 2010
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Open Source Webfont Loader →
Win! Webfonts for everyone. The gap between print and web design is fading with the arrival of new toolkits and technologies. (via kellysims)
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Deploy a Blog in 5 Minutes with Toto and Heroku →
This post changed my (coding) life. Probably the easiest way to create a simple blog, use Git for version control and deploy from the command line. Should also add that Heroku probably has the easiest sign up process ever for a free app hosting account.
Anonymous asked: Are you dutch?
April 2010
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Working on the future of Marketing
I’m far more a product/tech guy than I am a Marketing guy (ignore parts of the curriculum vitae), but I’ve always believed the online Marketing (both campaign and banner-driven) model to be broken and with Brands, or Agencies for that matter, not having the tools for change, we set out last summer to fix just that and up the game indefinitely.
For the past eight months, we’ve...
March 2010
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“At Union Square Ventures we have backed a couple of companies that use browser...”
– Continuations: The Future of Browser Plugins (Hint: Let’s Call them Apps)
Albert Wenger absolutely nails it. Browser apps have huge potential and I’m thrilled to see Google leapfrogging Mozilla in terms of implementation. Like Albert and partners, most investors have been very cautious...
November 2009
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Designing for passive consumption
When describing mainstream internet users over the period 1998 - 2008, the term hunter-gatherer would be most appropriate. While the male specimen hunts down the the internet for bits of information (or illegal torrents to download), the female counterpart would most likely be engaged in exchanging tips on how to brainwash its offspring or lose weight. If it concerned a single male specimen...