Via @hellishcz
Archive: August 2012
Reading Cap Witkins’ essay “Death of the Free Web” I have a though that the once rogue 37signals-ish view, that there should be more web apps build for profit, is going mainstream? It’s about time, I suppose.
We’re discovering that you can’t create that sort of passion with free.
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And so we’ve begun searching for and creating services that not only solve problems, but also solve them in a way that puts the customer first. In doing so we’re creating smaller, but more lasting and passionate communities of people that believe not only in the products, but in the vision and principles behind them.The free web is dead. Good riddance.
Via @janrezac
An opensouce library that brings database features into your JavaScript applications.
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- Small file size, extremely fast queries
- Powerful JavaScript centric data selection engine
- Database inspired features such as count, update, and insert
- Robust cross browser support
- Easily extended with your own functions
- Compatible with any DOM library (jQuery, YUI, Dojo, etc)
- Compatible with Server Side JS
Via WebAppers
In terms of images, the goal of web app developers is to serve the best quality images as efficiently as possible. This article will cover some useful techniques for doing this today and in the near future.
Article worth reading by Rob Banagale.
Positioning your HTML5 mobile web developer as the primary domestique (flanked by UX design and UI design) is the best way to cut through the “wind resistance” of developing for multiple mobile platforms.
Patrick McKanzie about his rework of Server Density pricing model. At the very least it’s a good inspiration of how you should approach your pricing strategy.
Also, have you read this one on pricing by Bidsketch founder?
Via @daeltar
Informative article over at A List Apart by Peter Gasston takes you through relative size units, viewport-relative lengths, calculated values and more.
Funny illustration by Kevin Cornell included.
List of 20 well articulated points by Joshua Porter.
Intel made wise decision when they hired Luke Wroblewski to do this video series about new interactions and how to use them in your apps.
Via @BerkaUX
Ian Storm Taylor wrote a great piece about not using black (#000000) in your desings.
One of the most important color tricks I’ve ever learned was to avoid using the color black in my work. Mrs. Zamula, my childhood art teacher, first warned me about black when I was in middle school. And I heard the same again multiple times at RISD. It sounds weird at first, but it’s good advice.
Via @daeltar
As Jason Fried put it: “Grid looks like very original thinking”.
Hakim strikes again, now with 3D menu concept. Just move your cursor to the left side of the page.
Eric Bidelman, senior developer programs engineer on the Google Chrome team, presents some practical uses of what’s possible with HTML5 and CSS3 today, including the CSS Flexible Box Layout Module and the HTML5 Filesystem API.