- 6 levels of web app interactivity – Michael Mahemoff – Google
(applications javascript user_interfaces dopost )
- VexFlow – HTML5 Music Engraving
Impressive: "VexFlow is an open-source web-based music notation rendering API. It is written completely in JavaScript, and runs right in the browser. VexFlow supports HTML5 Canvas and SVG." (api dopost library music html5 )
- Well, Now We Know What Facebook’s Worth—And It’s Not $100 Billion
"How much is Facebook worth? Probably about $75 billion—with a wide range of reasonable differences of opinion around that number. How do we get there?" Answers provided. (financials dopost valuation ipo facebook )
- The Perfect Benchmark | Quality Digest
"The idea of benchmarking seems plausible enough—compare your organization against competitors, and voilá… you can provide many years’ worth of projects and plans to bridge the gap. Many organizations choose to do so, but is it really worthwhile? No." (management dopost benchmarking metrics measurement )
- With GOV.UK, British government redefines the online government platform – O’Reilly Radar
"GOV.UK is a watershed in how government approaches Web design, both in terms of what you see online and how it was developed. The British team of developers, designers and managers behind the platform collaboratively built GOV.UK in-house using agile development and the kind of iterative processes one generally only sees in modern Web design shops." (dopost beta_gov gds launch development government )
- Neil Young is right — piracy is the new radio — Tech News and Analysis
"Instead of railing against file-sharers, Young called piracy “the new radio” because it’s “how music gets around.”" (file_sharing dopost music piracy neil_young )
- Colophon for the GOV.UK beta | Government Digital Service
List of software and services used in beta.gov.uk. All common services, open source software, and it's hosted on github. (dopost gds launch beta_gov software )
- This is why we are here | Government Digital Service
"About 10 minutes ago we released the next step on our journey toward a single domain for government – and it has been driven entirely by focusing on user needs: creating simpler, quicker, easier to find information and transactions." (gds dopost launch government )
- Introducing the beta of GOV.UK | Government Digital Service
"The GOV.UK beta builds on years of work and learning across government and outside it about how to deliver great services to users. [...] It’s important to remember though – GOV.UK is just a beta test. It is not finished and may not be accurate and completely up to date – if you’ve got actual business to conduct with Government you should continue do it via Directgov." (dopost government launch gds )
- Gov.uk launches one UK government website to rule them all | FT Tech Hub | FTtechhub – Industry analysis – FT.com
"Mr Maude said that the new gov.uk was a prime example of this new “agile and iterative” approach, built entirely using open-source software and put out for public testing to improve it before a final release later this year." (dopost government launch gds )
- Lessons Learned: The Hacker Way
"The true test of corporate pronouncements and mission statements is not whether they sound good, but rather whether they reflect a real commitment. So on its eight-year anniversary, I think it's appropriate to take a look at what Facebook looked like at the beginning." (dopost ipo culture facebook )
- SECRET LAW OF STARTUPS, PART 1 – a guest post by FAKEGRIMLOCK
"THIS LAW 1: BE SHOES"… and other great insights for startups, from FAKEGRIMLOCK (lean_startups humour dopost advice startups )
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