Curiosity  #

At the end I asked him about this cross-disciplinary world of his, and whether he had observations about qualities that were good predictors of success. He thought for a moment. His answer, which included mention of a Harvard class he taught to a mix of art/literature/CS/etc. majors, began with one clear word: “Curiosity.”

Philip Greenspun on Web Development  #

To me, the only significant aspects of Web development are data model, SQL queries and transactions, and page flow design.

jPlayer  #

Free, Open Source jQuery audio player.

CSS3 PIE  #

Make Internet Explorer 6–8 capable of rendering several of the most useful CSS3 decoration features.

Molleindustria  #

“Radical games against the dictatorship of entertainment.”

Natural Earth  #

Public domain map dataset available at 1:10m, 1:50m, and 1:110 million scales.

Sproutcore  #

HTML5 application framework for building responsive, desktop-caliber apps in any modern web browser, without plugins.

Looks promising.

Prettify  #

Syntax highlighting of code snippets in a web page.

Cross-browser kerning-pairs & ligatures  #

Improved handling of kerning pairs and ligatures in modern browsers using the text-rendering: optimizeLegibility; declaration.

eCSStender  #

“Boiled down to its essence, eCSStender (pronounced “extender”) is a JavaScript library (akin to jQuery or Prototype) specifically built for working with CSS.”

Responsive Web Design  #

Using CSS 3 @media queries to optimize designs for various screen sizes.

HTML5 Rocks  #

Demonstrations of HTML5 features with example code and output in one window.

Web Image Resizing  #
iPad Orientation CSS  #

“Webkit on the iPad honors CSS media query declarations based on orientation.”

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