Link archive: June 23rd, 2011

Markdownify: The HTML to Markdown converter for PHP

This could be handy for the editing process in my home-grown blogging system: a PHP script to convert HTML back to Markdown.

Ampersand, the Aftermath — Jon Tan 陳

Jon’s glowing write-up of Ampersand. Feel the love!

Namespacing fragment identifiers — CSS Wizardry—CSS, Web Standards, Typography, and Grids by Harry Roberts

Well, here’s something I didn’t know: fragment identifiers can use the colon to add another level of addressability.

Notes from Ampersand conference — My Digest — Laura Kalbag

Excellent notes from Ampersand by Laura. Rather than describing each talk individually, she has documented the emergent themes.

Book of Speed

An online book about website performance by Stoyan Steganov, released into the public domain. Excellent!

Persona - a set on Flickr

A voyeuristically fascinating photoset that puts faces to the “here’s whats in my bag” meme.

Melanie Diptych

GitHub for Mac

This Mac desktop GUI should go some way to making designers less fearful of getting stuck in with GitHub.

Get Ratio

A handy little tool for quickly generating ratios (like the golden section) from a number.

Make Your Own Pick Using Recycled Credit Cards » Design You Trust – Social design inspiration!

This is rather brilliant: recycle your old credit cards into plectrums.