August 2008
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Feelings on the Race for the Presidency
I honestly feel bad about having missed just about every speech this week. I’ve been hearing the news through the twittersphere, so I’m feeling the vibe of pro-Obama online. That said, here are some thoughts and observations from my uneducated Canadian end of things…
Democrats have been a little blinded by the euphoria of having two solid prospects for president to realize...
Music Related Webservices and APIs →
Interested in music APIs for retrieving cover art, song titles, and artists info?
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“I consider my iPhone a “tinytop computer that can also send and receive...”
– Guy Kawazaki on the Art of iPhone Battery Life
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Google Maps Helps Win Gold →
Kristin Armstrong explains, “After returning home to Boise, Idaho, I exported the GPS data to several different formats, one of which I was able to launch with Google Earth. I was then able to trace the entire course from the comfort of my home half a world away and find a similar route to train on back in Boise. This capability along with having the elevation profile proved invaluable in my...
Touching and Gesturing on the iPhone →
iPhone events →
Peter-Paul Koch reviews how touch events map to standard mouse events. On the CSS side of things, he mentions position: fixed is not supported in MobileSafari.
Offerpal Media →
Appears that it is paying out the most to Facebook developers for their efforts.
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“It seems that profanity can work as a record button for the brain. It brings...”
– David Heinemeier Hansson of 37 signals
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Tim Hortons iPhone Locator App - TimmyMe →
If you’re Canadian, you just very well may be a Timmy’s devotee. For those of you that need your fix, TimmyMe is the Timmy accessory du jour, and is up there with the Rimroller in order of coolness.
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Add Location Awareness to your App →
By using one of Google’s AJAX APIs, you can attempt to geo-locate your user based on their IP address.
“The mapping isn’t perfect, but it’s pretty good, and is definitely usable as a way of setting smart defaults or adding a small amount of location awareness to your app.”
iPhone GUI PSD →
Here’s another iPhone PSD for building wireframe mockups of your soon to be iPhone App.
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Gamer buys $26,500 virtual land →
“Deathifier will make money from his investment as he is able to tax other gamers who come to his virtual land to hunt or mine for gold.
He has also begun to sell plots to people who wish to build virtual homes.”
I wonder when real world developers and agents will follow…
Island Recreational Real Estate - Rick Gustavson →
Gambier, Keats Island Property
Bringing CSS Transforms to Internet Explorer →
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Use Classy Naming in Your CSS
When starting a new project, one of the first things you need to begin thinking about is how you are going to identify elements in your CSS. More simply, how are you going to name your IDs and classes? This sounds trivial, and in many cases, it can be. But when you start working on larger, more complex projects with more and more people (think developers), it’s a good idea that you think...
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South Granville Getting More from Williams Sonoma
If you live in the South Granville area of Vancouver (or you just shop here), you may be wondering what is going in the old Shoe Warehouse location (which was more recently the temp local for the Pottery Barn, and Williams Sonoma overstock last Christmas. Well, its a third installment from Williams Sonoma Inc. in the shape of Pottery Barn Kids.
For those of us with young kids, this just spells...
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“Since the ampersand is more often used in display work than in ordinary text,...”
– A compelling design touch from Dan Cederholm’s article Use the Best Available Ampersand. Quote from Robert Bringhurst.
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Secrets of the JavaScript Ninja: A sneak peak →
Ajaxian is offering a sneak peak into John Resig’s forthcoming book from Manning Publications. Included are 4 PDF excerpts on Closures, function(), instantiation and prototypes, and class-like code.
You can also get early access to the publication and other chapters as they come available through the Manning Early Access Program.
Series AA Equity Financing Documents from Y... →
Great stating point for young companies to save on legal fees associated to early financing. Forms include: Series AA Stock Purchase Agreement, Series AA Board Consent, Series AA Stockholder Consent,…
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“I guess the IOC isn’t as stringent on performance enhancement during the...”
– Me on Twitter.
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Houses for sale from $1 to $5000 in Detroit →
Realtor.com currently has 1,698 properties listed for sale under $5000 - 6 of which are selling for $1. (via Polizeros)
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TouchGraph Google Browser →