September 2010
2 posts
AJAX file upload tutorial →
I like the use of iFrames always a great way to think of things but easy to forget.
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Compress CSS and JavaScript Using PNGs and Canvas →
A very interesting although I don’t know when I would ever use it. But this may be a great approach applied to some other problem in the future, well see what happens.
August 2010
3 posts
JavaScript: Water Ripple Effect in Canvas →
Sergey Chikuyonok has another cool HTML5 canvas demo, this one his submission to the JS1K competition that we covered last week. The effect is implemented in 1003 bytes of uber-compressed badass JavaScript for the JS1K competition, however, he also has another demo using the image you…
This effect looks great, might be a fun thing to play with on an iPad or other touch device.
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Geofencing: What's Next For Location-Based... →
I find the problem of temporal combined with spacial area a very interesting area. I would think there is a hidden advantage of the spacial nature of geofencing, that being easy sharding. Areas can be sharded easily and then more complex time calculations can be done. The problems stated of a good background location system will eventually in my mind be replaced with issues of privacy and ability...
Gmail Plugin Rapportive Raises Over $1 Million... →
I like the idea but I wonder if they are going to have trouble with the fact that they are hiding the ads to a service which is based on ads… but then again it might be a great buy for Google to build into a pay service for Gmail.
July 2010
6 posts
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Google App Inventor for Android Available Today →
It looks interesting but it will defiantly mean we need an overhaul to the market if anyone can push out apps so easily.
Looking at the actual product (here) its a graphical programming language. Which at first reminded me of StarLogo TNG and after look more closely they used the programming block out of MIT same as StarLogo.
I’ve used this basic programming block and this is very...
Into The Forrst: How we deploy new features on... →
A few people have asked recently about how rolling out new features is handled at Forrst. While the answer is nothing spectacular, it is something I think is hugely important to consider implementing when you’ve got a fairly active site. Flickr wrote about a few tricks they use — called feature…
Very nice approach the only thing that jumped out at me was was that in_array would be slow...
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iPad Gains in the Enterprise, But Security Still... →
The biggest appeal of this for me is the fact it has a modern browser on it. The more I can focus on web applications while getting to ignore IE6/7/8 (I have hope for 9) the better for me. I think it will be interesting to see what happens to the app store if enterprise does take off big for apple. I would think a special flavor would be needed to publish company internal apps…
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The Future of Location Services: Recommendation →
Layering location with recommendation seems like a very exciting area. I wouldn’t think you would need persistent background operation to start offering recommendations either. Once a user checks into a location the remote server could start working on a recommendation then if one or two are found a push notification could be triggered. Thinking more about this I wouldn’t want to get...
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Visual Guide to NoSQL Systems - Nathan Hurst's... →
This is a nice quick reference to help keep all the new storage systems straight.
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The "3D Wiki": blending virtual worlds and web... →
A very interesting direction to take for a web based 3D wiki. I see this as a great jumping off point where it could push into better 3D collaboration or better learning/training around complex objects.
Also thinking about changing out the rendering component to something compatible (HTML5 canvas?) with the new class of slate devices may allow touch based interaction in the future.