Aza’s Thoughts: ContextFree.js & Algorithm Ink: Making Art with Javascript. “I’m looking forward to an explosion of infographics and other data visualizations that weren’t possible before without a heavy server-side setup, or without a compile step that breaks the ability to view-source-and-learn cycle of the web.” Me too. Thijs (edit) ¶

Theocacao: Thinking Like a Cocoa Programmer. I’d say 99% applies to web development too. Thijs (edit) ¶

Entp: Where did those custom selectors in Lighthouse go? “[...] we’ve run into a few brick walls with the usability of the assigned user selector [...] As accounts and projects grow, those lists are getting long, and now you can use that keyboard to sort through the list or jump straight to a user.” Thijs (edit) ¶

Boston.com: The Big Picture. Awesome. Can’t believe nobody thought of this before. Thijs (edit) ¶

Hackety org: Stamping EXEs And DMGs. Wow. Thijs (edit) ¶

Ralf Herrmann’s Typography Weblog: Kerning and OpenType features in Firefox 3. The kerning is great, the support for ligatures is broken. Thijs (edit) ¶

Code Contortionist: MultiFirefox 2.0. Handy. Thijs (edit) ¶

An Event Apart News: Designer Cameron Moll on Natural Mapping. Classic. Thijs (edit) ¶

Subtraction: Spacing Is Everything. “[...] by normalizing the space between like elements, aligning elements along similar spatial planes, moderately increasing the space between stacked items and paying attention to how elements are framed by negative space, we can get what is, in my opinion, a significantly more attractive Gmail interface.” Thijs (edit) ¶

Wordle: Beautiful Word Clouds. Very nice layout engine. Thijs (edit) ¶

Giles Bowkett: Female Programmers: Read This Book. “Sarah was nominated for the Pulitzer a couple years ago. I have a popular programming blog.” Thijs (edit) ¶

HTML 5 differences from HTML 4. “Acronym is not included because it has created lots of confusion. Authors are to use abbr for abbreviations.” :) Thijs (edit) ¶

Graphic Design Museum. Opens tomorrow in Breda. Thijs (edit) ¶

Phusion Corporate Blog: Phusion Passenger™ 2.0 RC 1 and Ruby Enterprise Edition released. Now supports Rack and WSGI (yes, Python) too. Thijs (edit) ¶

Apple: Snow Leopard. No new features for the next version of OS X. Only better, smaller, and faster. Thijs (edit) ¶

Rethink: Prompt Payment and Service. “Prompt payment breeds amazing service from independent contractors.” Thijs (edit) ¶

SOFA: Design, Interfaces & Software. Lovely website redesign from the makers of Checkout, Versions, and Disco. Thijs (edit) ¶

Subtraction: Go Speed Racer Go. “In spite of the plethora of three-dimensional computer rendering, the cinematography is essentially flat. That is, the directors treat every object in the frame as reductive shapes, to be juxtaposed, overlapped, intercut, transitioned — in effect laid out, much like on a pasteboard, as expediently and impactfully as possible.” Also see the VRMAG speedracer coverage here, here, here, and here. Thijs (edit) ¶

Hicksdesign: Graphics Editor or Text Editor?. “It’s easier and quicker to move stuff around in a graphics editor.” Thijs (edit) ¶

37signals: Web designers should do their own HTML/CSS. They really should. Thijs (edit) ¶

37signals: Why we skip Photoshop. “HTML/CSS is real in a way Photoshop will never be.” Never used Photoshop for web design, and I never will. Thijs (edit) ¶

Daring Fireball Linked List: ‘But That’s All’. “I don’t think iPhone brings anything new to the table. It has a great user experience, but that’s all.” That’s corporate IT. Thijs (edit) ¶