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IE Desktop Online Web Browser Live Professional Ultimate Edition for the Internet
Nathan / December 6, 2007, 4:38 pm
So looks like the new version of IE is going to be called… IE8. Not very exciting but it’s funny to see someone at MS make fun of their confusing product names.
http://blogs.msdn.com/ie/archive/2007/12/05/internet-explorer-8.aspx
Linus Torvalds Presentation on Git
Nathan / December 6, 2007, 11:18 am
Linus Torvalds, creator of Linux, discusses his distributed source control system Git at Google. Features some pretty amusing quotes like “If you’re using CVS you should be in a mental institution” and “I would never, ever trust Google to maintain my source code for me, I’m sorry, you’re just not that trustworthy”.
HTML5 Preview
Iain / December 5, 2007, 1:10 pm
A List Apart has a great writeup on the forthcoming HTML5 specification.
Goodies include customizable inline audio and video players built right into the browser (goodbye, flash video players), and much cleaner HTML due to the use of new tags (HEADER, NAV, ARTICLE, SECTION, ASIDE, FOOTER = goodbye DIV).
The bad news? It’s still 10-15 years from fruition.
The Simplest ‘x’ That Could Possibly Work
Nathan / December 3, 2007, 4:03 pm
Here is a great example of giving users a really simple solution without a lot of technical overhead. Dave Thomas of the Pragmatic Programmers describes how they had set out to build a robust wish list feature into their online bookstore with referrals, e-mails, messaging, automated suggestions, etc. Then they pulled back and released this instead: Pragmatic Bookshelf Wishlist. Doesn’t get much easier than that.
the fulton fence
Caleb / December 3, 2007, 11:39 am
I spent some time in the financial district recently and started noticing some very strangely designed construction. As it turns out, there is a design project on view throughout the construction area until some time in 2008.
Here is the corresponding website that
… parallels the physical intervention in lower Manhattan, and explores the notion of “site” as both location and information.