Laying out a site in simplest terms makes focusing on the usability intuitive. With gray boxes representing complex elements, you’re less likely to get distracted by a visual nuance that might not even be in the final product.
Archive | September, 2009
Why Your Next Website Should be Designed with Wireframes | Build Internet!
September 26, 2009
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The APIs for the Sun Cloud: Wiki: HelloCloud — Project Kenai
September 26, 2009
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This document illustrates by example the process of building a Virtual Data Center to support a simple web application. Let’s assume that this application does storage and retrieval of large media files; the required infrastructure is:
* A firewall appliance for connecting to the Internet
* A private network connecting the firewall to other systems
* A Linux web server running a LAMP stack
* A Solaris database machine running MySQL for application persistence
* A WebDAV server for the media files
(Link: The APIs for the Sun Cloud: Wiki: HelloCloud — Project Kenai)
Warren Buffet on scheduling meetings – (37signals)
September 26, 2009
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If someone wants to see him, they are told to call and set up the meeting when they can see him tomorrow. So if you want to meet with him next Friday, you call on Thursday and say “Can I see Mr. Buffet tomorrow?”
(Link: Warren Buffet on scheduling meetings – (37signals))
At Work, Are You Trustworthy? – WSJ.com
September 26, 2009
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According to Stephen M.R. Covey, author of “The Speed of Trust,” trust is the confidence one instills in others based on character and competence. Mr. Covey says that a lack of it has a major impact on performance. “Everything slows down in a company with low trust. You see an increase in bureaucracy and redundancy, and excess policies and procedures. Organizations are becoming painfully aware of how expensive this is, and they are taking steps to become trusted players from the inside out,” he says.
(Link: At Work, Are You Trustworthy? – WSJ.com)
Briefs: A Cocoa Touch Framework for Live Wireframes
September 26, 2009
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Briefs is a framework for packaging concept screens & control schemes that run live on the iPhone and iPod Touch. This allows you to experience the feel of your concept without the expense of development.
(Link: Briefs: A Cocoa Touch Framework for Live Wireframes)
TweetStream: Ruby Access to the Twitter Streaming API – Intridea Development Blog
September 26, 2009
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Twitter’s Streaming API is one of the most exciting developments in the Twitter API in some time. It gives you the ability to create a long-standing connection to Twitter that receives “push” updates when new tweets matching certain criteria arrive, obviating the need to constantly poll for updates. TweetStream is a Ruby library to access the new API.
(Link: TweetStream: Ruby Access to the Twitter Streaming API – Intridea Development Blog)
Microsoft Research SenseCam
September 25, 2009
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SenseCam is a wearable digital camera that is designed to take photographs passively, without user intervention, while it is being worn. Unlike a regular digital camera or a cameraphone, SenseCam does not have a viewfinder or a display that can be used to frame photos. Instead, it is fitted with a wide-angle (fish-eye) lens that maximizes its field-of-view. This ensures that nearly everything in the wearer’s view is captured by the camera, which is important because a regular wearable camera would likely produce many uninteresting images.
(Link: Microsoft Research SenseCam)
Bionic Eye iPhone Augmented Reality Application
September 24, 2009
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Bionic Eye is a new application specifically developed for the iPhone 3GS that enables you to visualize Points of Interest (POI) located in your nearby environment in the US, thanks to a unique Augmented Reality functionality using the iPhone camera.
POI databases include restaurants, WiFi hotspots, subway stations (New York Subway, Washington Metro, Chicago L Rapid Transit), etc. Over 100.000 POI are already included in this application. Elements located at a distance less than 1km (0,621miles) only will be displayed on the screen.
(Link: Bionic Eye iPhone Augmented Reality Application)
iWebSkel: The Ultimate Website Skeleton! Uncompress and Code.
September 24, 2009
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Why?
Because every time you design a new website, you always need the same basic ingredients. Why spending time collecting, organizing, and putting them together?
What’s in the bag?
Only the freshest, juiciest stuff out there:
* XHTML — The and most essential and flexible markup, ever.
* CSS — An immaculate sheet, and reset rules.
* ICONS — The best royalty-free icons: 6159 images.
* JS — MooTools or PrototypeJS? Pick your choice and enjoy!
Find out more on the official Guide to iWebSkel.
(Link: iWebSkel: The Ultimate Website Skeleton! Uncompress and Code.)
Deploying JRuby on Google App Engine – igvita.com
September 24, 2009
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In theory, GAE has all the potential to become a popular deployment platform for Ruby applications (not to mention a nice market for custom Google Apps modules). The lacking resources at this point are the blog posts, developers, and the overall Ruby community mindshare around App Engine. John Woodell and Ryan Brown have done a fantastic job of lowering the entry barriers, but we’re still missing the real-life production deployments that would weed out the API bugs and inconsistencies, as well as, build the overall trust in the platform.
(Link: Deploying JRuby on Google App Engine – igvita.com)
