Guild of Front-End Programmers - Part 1
Last Monday I invited all Dutch front-end programmers to become members of my soon-to-be-founded Guild of Front-End programmers. I also promised to publish some more information in English.
[Via Quirksmode]
Archive for July, 2007
Web app without makeup: iterations of TeamSnap
Like Lohan straight out of this week’s rehab, a web app can look rough first thing. Andrew Berkowitz takes us through five iterations of a single screen of web app Teamsnap, as it blossoms from “ugly and unusable” to “just feels right”.
[Via Vitamin]
Serving JavaScript Fast
The next generation of web apps make heavy use of JavaScript and CSS. We’ll show you how to make those apps responsive and quick.
[Via Vitamin]
Optimizing Page Load Time
It is widely accepted that fast-loading pages improve the user experience. In recent years, many sites have started using AJAX techniques to reduce latency. Rather than round-trip through the server retrieving a completely new page with every click, often the browser can either alter the layout of the page instantly or fetch a small amount of HTML, XML, or javascript from the server and alter the existing page. In either case, this significantly decreases the amount of time between a user click and the browser finishing rendering the new content.
[Via Die.net]
Rare interview with LSD pioneer Owsley Stanley
Between 1965 and 1967, Augustus Owsley Stanley III AKA the “Bear,” homebrewed an estimated 1.25 million doses of LSD in the San Francisco Bay Area, fueling a revolution in consciousness, music, art, and the counterculture. The recipe came from a copy of the Journal of Organic Chemistry he found in the UC Berkeley library. The Grateful Dead’s first sound engineer, Stanley also pioneered several technologies for live sound. For two decades, Stanley, now 72, has lived off-the-grid in Queensland, Australia. Currently on an extended visit to Bay Area, the San Francisco Chronicle’s Joel Selvin caught up with Bear for a very rare interview.
[Via Boing Boing]
Rami Efal
With minimal brushstrokes and detail, watercolour painter Rami Efal manages to capture a startling amount of information and mood in his work. Stunning stuff.
[Via Drawn!]
Versão nova do jogo - OpenArena
Passaram-se 8 meses desde que saiu a última liberação do jogo. E agora lançaram a versão OpenArena 0.7.0 com muito mais efeitos nos gráficos e no som.
[Via Planeta Ubuntu Brasil]
Microsoft PowerToys for Windows XP
PowerToys add fun and functionality to the Windows experience. What are they? PowerToys are additional programs that developers work on after a product has been released.
[Via Microsoft]
iPhone Independence Day
I’ve found a way to activate a brand new unactivated iPhone without giving any of your money or personal information to NSA AT&T. The iPhone does not have phone capability, but the iPod and WiFi work. Stay tuned!
[Via Su Sue Me]
