Why I’m building Nilai by Colin Devroe
Now this is some prioritisation I can admire:
I’m going to build valuable, reliable, sustainable web services that will last forever.
Tags: term
Damn Interesting • This Place is Not a Place of Honor
Trying to design a warning message for future generations, without relying on language, writing or current semiotics.
We considered ourselves to be a powerful culture. This place is not a place of honor…no highly esteemed deed is commemorated here… nothing valued is here. What is here is dangerous and repulsive to us.
Why you will regret using Vimeo. « Boagworld
This is the reason why we chose Vzaar for hosting the videos on the Reprieve website.
yws-search-general : Message: Term Extraction and Contextual Web Search services to be discontinued
Crap. The very powerful term extractor API from Yahoo is being closed down. Sad developer is sad.
Facebook's New Terms Of Service: "We Can Do Anything We Want With Your Content. Forever."
Facebook's terms of service used to say that when you closed an account on their network, any rights they claimed to the original content you uploaded would expire. Not anymore.
volition (13 September, 2008, Interconnected)
A wonderful short story by Matt Webb, who is clearly still thinking about movement (his theme from Web Directions North earlier this year).
kev/null - Facebook Has License to Sell Your Photos
Kevin points out why you might want to keep your pictures on Flickr rather than Facebook. Like you needed a reason.
Remove .SVN directories : Red91.com
Note to self: this is how to recursively remove .svn files from a directory (y'know, just in case your host screws up your svn repository).
peterme.com :: Thoughts on (and pics of) the original Macintosh User Manual
Peter Merholz takes a trip down memory lane with pictures from the first Mac user manual.
CNET TV at the movies
Ryan and Andy are now officially Internet Famous.
Powazek: Just a Thought: Death to User-Generated Content
Derek hits the nail on the head. User-generated content is such a cold, cold term.
Buzzword Hell
Am I buzzword or not?