Plaxo is a neat idea (a plug-in to Outlook that lets you transfer the burden of keeping your contact list up-to-date onto your friends). And it’s nicely executed, the user interface slick and usable…
http://www.intersmash.com/300images/
Nice catalog of icons from a long list of large sites. Very useful for a quick glance of what styles are out there. Also some nice commentary, including this link t…http://www.economist.com/displaystory.cfm?story_id=S%27%2984%25RQ7%20%20%20%23%5C%0A
I’m glad to see that The Economist clearly acknowledges (subscription required) that software patents are problemati…For the first time in two and a half years, this site has been upgraded. It’s now running the latest OpenACS release, version 5.1.
I’m looking forward to being able to use the things I do with OpenAC…
Jason Fried comments on the trend to launch sites in “beta” mode. Reminds me of the good old habit of marking sites “under construction”, back when people didn’t realize that sites were always under …
It’s very puzzling how Marc Fleury, the CEO of JBOSS, thought he could get away with posting anonymously and pseudonymously in various online forums around JBOSS.
I haven’t been participating in the…
It’s an obvious use of the amazing photographic talent being showcased on the web to launch a collaborative online stock photography site such as sxc.hu.
A cursory glance suggests that the quality of…
StopDesign has a nice story on their experiences doing the new Blogger.com design.
What I find delighting is the talk about providing “helpful directions”, something which Basecamp also does a great …
I really like how the 6A team behind TypePad has simplified the process of adding an image to a blog post.
In the simplest form, you just pick a file to upload, and hit “Insert Image”, and after up…
Poul-Henning Kamp collected more than six months worth of development funding in about two weeks time. It’s very good to see that users of open source software are willing to contribute hard cash all …
