Link archive: February, 2008

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Thursday, February 21st, 2008

SXSW Videos

The guys from Viddler have put together a little site dedicated to video coverage from South by Southwest.

Open Tech 2008 - 5th July in London.

I missed this last year but it looks like a good event. I must remember to leave some room in my calendar for this "informal, low cost one-day conference on technology, society and low-carbon living."

XFN encoding, extraction, and visualizations - Opera Developer Community

Brian has written an excellent article that not only explains how to write XFN but also how to parse it.

A Few Notes on the Culture

A great 1994 newsgroup posting by Iain M Banks that gives us a peek behind the scenes of the Culture: fascinating and fun.

Wednesday, February 20th, 2008

They’re Working on Their Own, Just Side by Side - New York Times

Coworking is on the radar of mainstream media. This article even includes a mention of Brighton & Hove's very own The Werks.

Saturday, February 16th, 2008

John Resig - Most Bizarre IE Quirk

The title of "most bizarre IE quirk" is hotly contested, given just how many of them there are. But John has found a real humdinger here.

Space Time/No Time - Brightcove

Matt Jones speaks about "Designing for SpaceTime, Building in No Time."

Friday, February 15th, 2008

D-E-F-I-N-I-T-E-L-Y

Really; it's not that difficult.

The Launch of the New Yahoo! Video on Yahoo! Video

Hey, it's Elsa!

Barack Obama Is Your New Bicycle

Barack Obama bookmarked your website.

Thursday, February 14th, 2008

New Founders Interview with Poppy Copy

An interview with Relly who, in case you didn't know, is a kick-ass copy writer.

jQuery 1.2 Cheat Sheet :: www.gscottolson.com/weblog/

A handy cheat sheet of jQuery methods to print out and keep on hand.

RIP: Yahoo! Design closed down - data visualization & visual design - information aesthetics

Yahoo Design has been shut down. I understand the need for belt-tightening but firing your smartest most innovative people isn't going to help.

Wednesday, February 13th, 2008

NextUpdate.com Home | Next Update

Garrett's bug tracking software is one step closer to completion.

The Amateur Gourmet - Belated Book Review: "The Omnivore's Dilemma"

I really need to get 'round to reading this.

Tuesday, February 12th, 2008

The Highland Fling | Home

The Highland Fling returns for its second year. This was good fun last time 'round. It's a cheap and cheerful one-day conference. This year's theme is "The Browser and Beyond."

Geeks Love Bowling

Bowling is back. Skip the web awards ceremony at South by Southwest (it inevitably blows) and come hang with the geeks attempting to participate in a sporting event. It's bound to be fun.

Monday, February 11th, 2008

deathboy: anonymous vs scientology

An account of an anti-scientology protest in London that used memes as weapons: rickrolling, "the cake is a lie", you name it... and all while wearing V masks. In short, teh awesum.