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links for 2009-07-06
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Their model shows that two other strategies outperform the conventional method of promotion.
The first is to alternately promote first the most competent and then the least competent individuals. And the second is to promote individuals at random. Both of these methods improve, or at least do not diminish, the efficiency of an organization. -
Although designing usable systems requires far more than simply applying guidelines, guidelines can still make a significant contribution to usability by promoting consistency and good practice. We use this list of guidelines in our consultancy work. For best results, remember to interpret the guideline in context — this requires a bit more thought but ensures you will get a lot more from your review.
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links for 2009-07-04
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links for 2009-07-01
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Version 0.9 is the initial public release of Modernizr. It includes tests for a variety of CSS 3 features and an HTML 5 element styling enabler.
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Prosody is a flexible communications server for Jabber/XMPP written in Lua. It aims to be easy to use, and light on resources. For developers it aims to be easy to extend and give a flexible system on which to rapidly develop added functionality, or prototype new protocols.
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links for 2009-06-29
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In 2007, Apple updated .Mac (now MobileMe), and introduced the "Web Gallery" feature – a photo sharing service that integrates with iPhoto. Web Gallery offers a beautiful interface, but the layout is done entirely with JavaScript. In this tutorial, we will attempt to recreate the Web Gallery interface using only CSS and a small amount of jQuery.
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Since HTML5 is getting more attention by way of marking up our new pages, and the only way to get IE to acknowledge the new elements, such as <article>, is to use the HTML5 shiv, I've quickly put together a mini script that enables all the new elements.
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links for 2009-06-26
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Contrary to what we might think, comparative studies show us that the US when compared to other advanced countries, does not have a sicker population: we actually use fewer prescription drugs and we have shorter hospital stays (though we manage to do a lot more imaging in those short stays—got to feed the MRI machines).
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If you have a PLAYSTATION 3, Xbox 360, HP MediaSmart TV, or other DLNA-compliant device, PlayOn lets you watch Netflix, Hulu, CBS, YouTube, CNN, ESPN and more on your TV. And, if that isn't reason enough to check it out, PlayOn also enables you to enjoy your local PC media files with its newly released local media sharing feature (currently in beta). You can see all your digital photos, listen to your stored music, and watch videos stored on your PC through the same PlayOn Digital Media Server.
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Form Tools is written for web developers who work on online registration sites, or sites that require any form of information gathering from their online visitors. Put simply, it is a form processor, storage and data access script written in PHP and MySQL, designed to work with any existing web form. With a few minor changes to your form, you can stop using old-fashioned form-mail scripts and instead store form submissions in a database, instantly providing your clients with a user-friendly interface to manage their form submissions, include options such as mass data export via excel, printer-friendly pages, data sorting, form submission editing and optional email notifications. See the following table for a list of features.
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links for 2009-06-24
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Keeping your files in sync – even with large groups – has never been easier.
Just drag your Folder into Jake and everything will kept in sync with all people you invite.
Jake is 100% free, open source and available for Linux, Windows and Mac OS X. We're using free technologies like Jabber and open source chat server engines.
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links for 2009-06-22
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Here we are, after almost 2 weeks of pause in which we have been very busy with work, come back to write on our blogs and we do it with a mega collection in which we compare more than 25 Photo Gallery realized with Ajax (jQuery and Mootools) useful to manage photo galleries.
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A jQuery plugin with native animations, auto list navigation, and default application styles for Mobile WebKit browsers like iPhone, G1, and Pre.
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WifiPad transforms your iPhone/iPod Touch into a wireless gamepad. It works by simulating keyboard events on a PC where the WifiPad Server is installed. Although WifiPad is designed to act like a wireless gamepad, its ability to allow users to design and customize their own gamepads makes it more of a remote keyboard solution and its usefulness may be extended to keyboard driven remote control applications.
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links for 2009-06-19
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ControlPad turns your iPhone or iPod Touch into a wireless trackpad and keyboard. It can work with Windows, OS X, and Linux. No installation is necessary for OS X and some versions of Linux (like Ubuntu).Since it leverages VNC for remote control, it can be used with other operating systems that support VNC.
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links for 2009-06-17
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Intelliremote Client for iPhone/iPod Touch is a native iPhone application that allows you to control your home theatre PC running Windows. Since the iPhone uses a network connection it does not need "line-of-sight" like traditional infrared remotes and you can use it anywhere in or out of your house! Intelliphone also acts as a wireless keyboard and mouse so you can get rid of those in your living room HTPC setup and just use your iPhone since you always have that on you!
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RemotePad is an open source application that controls the mouse cursor of your desktop PC. This way, you can use your iPhone or iPod touch as a wireless touchpad!