May 2008
7 posts
“I think the web has clearly passed the infant stage and is deeply entrenched in...”
– Slashdot user eln in response to the site’s summary of Tim Berners-Lee’s claim that the Web is still in its infancy.
April 2008
10 posts
Stand-up work →
Pretty fascinating idea. Perhaps computing is one of many creative pursuits—painting, violin, Guitar Hero—that can only be done well standing up.
Tax rebates start showing up in bank accounts →
Mine is going straight into a savings account. Or maybe I’ll just withdraw the cash and stuff it under my mattress out of spite for how stupid an idea this is. Hat tip to Jill.
If Microsoft goes fully hostile on Yahoo →
Another Daring Fireball referral: excellent description of the possible outcomes of Microsoft aggressively trying to take over Yahoo!, and the mistakes Yahoo! made in setting up their company that will make it a possibility.
Timeframe →
From John Gruber, a fascinating-looking JavaScript date-pickey thinger.
Datejs →
A cool, open-source JavaScript Date library with some nice snark on the side.
SWFAddress: Deep linking for Flash and Ajax →
Recommended to me by another developer from Perich Advertising + Design.
This is a conversation between NPR News Analyst...
So wrong, yet so funny. →
Via John Gruber.
40+ Excellent Freefonts For Professional Design →
Safari 3.1 and Opera 9.5 both support downloadable fonts, and it’s time for developers and designers to start paying better attention to typography for the Web. A List Apart gave a good intro, and the linked article supplies some excellent fonts that avoid the garish eccentricity of the examples in Håkon Wium Lie’s article.