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Archive for July 2008


links for 2008-07-13

Flickr Architecture | High Scalability
How they do it
(tags: architecture flickr scalability)

Jewish Chronicle relaunches website with open source software
The JC chooses Drupal
(tags: jewish_chronicle drupal content_management media)

YouTube - Western Spaghetti by PES
(tags: animation video cookery fun)

links for 2008-07-12

Dadblog » Why newspapers need their own tech
Lloyd responds to Jeff on media organisations outsourcing technology
(tags: innovation google news jeff_jarvis outsourcing)

BuzzMachine » Blog Archive » Google as the new pressroom
Jeff Jarvis on media ogranisations outsourcing technology
(tags: innovation google news jeff_jarvis)

links for 2008-07-11

Stefano’s Linotype » Blog Archive » Why Programmers suck at Picking Colors
How to pick colours for your user interface.
(tags: colour design tips)

What’s in store for the Apps Store: third-party applications for iPhone finally arrive | last100
Do any of these apps beat the Palm Pilot? Probably not…
(tags: iphone productivity applications)

Map Multiple Locations by Address
(tags: geocoding mapping [...]

links for 2008-07-10

10 company name types on TechCrunch: Pros and cons : The Name Inspector
Categorising the names of tech companies
(tags: naming branding marketing web2.0)

Android Installer simplifies installation on Nokia N810 - Engadget
My dream gadget just got a step closer.
(tags: nokia n810 android gadgets)

Features : Creating forms - Google Docs Help Center
Create and share online forms which automatically [...]

links for 2008-07-09

PhotoShelter - Stock Photos, Stock Images, Sell Photos
Photo archiving service
(tags: photography archiving)

Joe Queenan on why he thinks new classical music is absolute torture | Classical and opera | guardian.co.uk Music
40 years of pent-up frustration with modern music unleashed
(tags: music criticism contemporary_music)

The continual rise of Python

A couple of weekends ago, prompted by a presentation from one of the team at work, I attempted to learn Python and write my first app in Google AppEngine. It was a wonderful experience, fuelled, I think, by three things:

Django, on which with the AppEngine is based, is a very simple, intuitive web application framework;
The [...]

links for 2008-07-08

Obituary: Jesse Helms | World news | guardian.co.uk
To echo this newspaper’s memorable comment on the death of William Randolph Hearst, it is hard even now to think of him with charity. [...] “nothing Jesse Helms did in his entire career will enhance America’s national security more than his retirement.”
(tags: jesse_helms obituary politics usa)

Thoughtworks presentations
(tags: lean [...]

links for 2008-07-07

jsunit : Message: Re: Does JsUnit 2.2 support Firefox 3?
(tags: jsunit firefox_3 bugs)

Main Page - PlainOldWebserver
Turns Firefox into a webserver.
(tags: web_server firefox plugins)

Dragon voice recognition resources and news » Blog Archive » What is the optimum dictation style for Dragon NaturallySpeaking?
Tips on accurate voice recognition
(tags: dragon_naturally_speaking voice_recognition)

links for 2008-07-06

Oliver Burkeman: Why self-imposed happiness isn’t the real deal | Lifeandhealth | Life and Health
Every time I think about Pete the Perch, something inside me dies. Has none of these fun-fixated managers ever watched The Office?
(tags: self_help fish)

links for 2008-07-05

Closed-Loop Corrective Action
Includes a summary of Ford’s 8Ds approach to correcting problems
(tags: quality lean ford)

BBC Internet Blog
How BBC Topics work
(tags: bbc topic_pages technology)

“People, Places, Subjects” - BBC Topic and Guardian keyword pages: Part 1 - currybetdotnet - 4 July, 2008
The start of what promises to be a good analysis series
(tags: bbc news guardian keywording topic_pages)

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