June 2011
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I’m extending my information diet. I already stopped following The News about a year ago and from now on I’m won’t open my email before 12:00. I’m also putting my Tumblr account on hold, since it’s distracting me from the things that are more important to me.
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Bitcoin: The Decentralised Online Currency →
Bitcoin, the world’s “first decentralised digital currency”, was devised in 2009 by programmer Satoshi Nakomoto […] Unlike other virtual monies it does not have a central clearing house run by a single company or organisation..
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All Revenue is Not Created Equal →
Bill Gurley talks on Above The Crowd about the Ten Keys To The 10x Revenue Club.
Sustainable Competitive Advantage
The Presence of Network Effects
Visibility/Predictability Are Highly Valued
Customer Lock-in / High Switching Costs
Gross Margin Levels
Marginal Profitability Calculation
Customer Concentration
Major Partner Dependencies
Organic Demand vs. Heavy Marketing...
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Render PDFs in HTML5 →
Mozilla is working on technology that will allow PDF documents to be rendered within the browser, rather than utilizing a browser plug-in or an external app to open them. On his blog, Mozilla researcher Andreas Gal has described the project to build a PDF reader in HTML5 and JavaScript.
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Project Spartan: Facebook’s Plan To Take On Apple →
A lot of initial shock value in this article, as it seems it will pit the two tech giants against each other. When you think about it though, most apps will go the way of HTML5 eventually anyway. Even last week, Microsoft announced that the next Windows developer platform will be based on HTML5. It will be interesting to see how Apple responds to Facebook’s attempt to loosen their stranglehold...
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Your Startup Sucks: How to (Fucking) Hire... →
In short:
Use fucking credentials
Fucking pay attention to outside projects
Get a fucking code sample
Don’t give me any bullshit homework
Don’t you fucking dare ask me a riddle
Ask goddamn relevant questions
Give a shit about my personality
…most of all, don’t be a dick
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JavaScript is faster than ActionScript →
Arnaud Gatouillat of iq12 ported the Google V8 Benchmark to ActionScript to compare its performance with JavaScript in modern browsers.
It’s not really a surprise to see that JavaScript performs better than ActionScript these days. All browsers are continuously upgrading their JavaScript engine while the Flash Player performance is almost the same as a couple of years ago.
Will the new...
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An Ode To Turntables (in HTML) →
The turntable is more than just a hi-fi music player for the home. To the DJ, it’s also a creative tool for remixing music in real-time.
Try it yourself: The Wheels Of Steel: An Ode To Turntables.
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Why developers should be force-fed state machines →
Once Floorplanner, now Shopify developer, Willem van Bergen argues that developers should be force-fed state machines. Check out Hacker News and Reddit for extra comments.
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Fast MySQL requires lots of memory →
The MySQL Performance Blog has an article about if it’s better to upgrade a MySQL database with SSD or RAM memory. I found another aspect of this article much more interesting. If you want the best performing MySQL database, make sure that the RAM memory exceeds the data inside the database.
Thanks to Cody Faust and Willem van Bergen.
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My first route on Bikemap
I cycled together with Michael today and put our ride up on Bikemap. Looks like it’s a useful site. I like the map, but I don’t really like the widget. Too bad you can’t customize it a bit more.
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Great Examples of Eye Tracking Studies for Blogs... →
See where people look on popular websites. It’s interesting to see if others look where you first look and to consider why. It can be difficult to direct people’s gaze to the items you want but it is something that should always be considered during the design process. (thanks @jaredbrown)
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The Concurrency Myth →
So is it fair to conclude that if you are building web applications, then you can safely ignore multi-core CPU rants? […] Yeah, I think so.
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Facebook aquires Sofa →
The Amsterdam-based company was founded in 2006 and is known for its Mac applications and e-commerce products on the web. Notably they do all their own designs including art, icons, and interfaces for other high-profile clients (Mozilla, Tom Tom, etc). Not surprisingly, the team will be joining Facebook’s design team.
Read more about it on Sofa’s blog or TechCrunch.
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5 Reasons Why E-Books Aren’t There Yet →
An unfinished e-book isn’t a constant reminder to finish reading it.
You can’t keep your books all in one place.
Notes in the margins help you think.
E-books are positioned as disposable, but aren’t priced that way.
E-books can’t be used for interior design.
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3 Dutch Cities in Innovation Cities Top 100 →
#3. Amsterdam
#55. The Hague
#70. Rotterdam
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Lost in translation →
‘Rands’ talks about how he learned to communicate with somebody with whom he had a ‘complete personality disconnect’. Been there, done that.
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Firefox 4 becomes leading Firefox version →
Mozilla’s Firefox 4 reached 14.2% of the worldwide market in May, overtaking for the first time its previous 3.6 version which is on 12.3%, according to StatCounter, the free website analytics company.
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Google +1 for websites →
Google is going social with Google +1, which allows you to share your favorite links and websites with your friends.
Google takes on Facebook with social search. The service will let users vote on search results, then will use the votes as a factor in ranking results.
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Why Windows 8 Is fundamentally flawed →
But I think it’s a fundamentally flawed idea for Microsoft to build their next-generation OS and interface on top of the existing Windows. The idea is that you get the new stuff right alongside Windows as we know it. Microsoft is obviously trying to learn from Apple, but they clearly don’t understand why the iPad runs iOS, and not Mac OS X.
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Google Apps drops old browsers →
Google Apps won’t support IE7, FF3.5 and Safari 3 as of August 1. Modernize the web!
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There are more iPads than Linux computers →
According to StatCounter there are now more iOS (=iPads) than Linux (desktop) computers.
