Monthly Archives: May 2006

Learning vocabulary? ProVoc!

If you are currently learning a foreign language and you own a Mac then you might want to look at ProVoc.
Posted in Tools | Leave a comment

Flickr/Ajax application with Ruby on Rails

If there is one word, that could describe what happens in the Ruby on Rails context then it is »elegance«. Just click on the image below to see an elegant screencast of an elegant development framework (Ruby on Rails) with an elegant text editor (TextMate) using an elegant JavaScript technology (AJAX) on an elegant service [...]
Posted in Programming | Leave a comment

Pavel

This is very interesting: a multi-user note-taking web-application. Click on this screenshot to get to the 5 minute screencast: I’d describe Pavel as some kind of “JotSpot Live with tinderbox-ish Notes” (see JotSpot Live and Tinderbox). The secret of the synchron updates of web pages between users is some code called LivePage. It is part [...]
Posted in Interaction | Leave a comment

Design switch

Just a short note about the design tweaks.
Posted in Contemplation | Leave a comment

New Webmontag events…

Tonight there are two Webmontag events in Berlin and Bielefeld. Next week there will be one in Cologne (which I will attend), Stuttgart and Karlsruhe. There is already a bunch of interesting presentations in the pipeline — as always. And interesting people too: Tim Bruysten, Tobias Jordans, Mario Sixtus, Oliver Lauer. A very good way [...]
Posted in Business | Leave a comment

The JavaScript Accessibility Problem

James Edwards from Sitepoint.com looks at AJAX and Screenreaders: There doesn’t appear to be any reliable way to notify screen readers of an update in the DOM. There are piecemeal approaches that work for one or more devices, but no overall approach or combination that would cover them all. The Mozilla Developer Center offers some [...]
Posted in Interface | Leave a comment

Spry framework for AJAX

Adobe Labs (former Macromedia Labs) offers a framework called »Spry«. It is a JavaScript library that offers easier construction of AJAX applications. Drew McLellan from the Web Standards Project reviews the framework and concludes: As it currently stands, the framework is certainly not ready for prime-time, and if it’s the sort of framework you’d otherwise [...]
Posted in Programming | Leave a comment

Flickr facelift

I just noticed that Flickr.com recieved a slight facelift. They added dynamic HTML pulldowns and revamped the structure. The new Organizer is excellent.
Posted in Contemplation | Leave a comment

Switching this site to a CSS-based layout

I am currently switching this site to a CSS-based layout. So broken pages/links (esp. with Microsoft Browsers!) may occur.
Posted in Contemplation | Leave a comment

Exchange economy?

The diggnation guys are now also sponsored by Barterbee.com. It is some kind of rag-fair online for Movies, Music or Games. You can put stuff in that you want to get rid of. But instead of trading items for real money you get points which you can use to shop new items on Barterbee. The [...]
Posted in Disruptive | Leave a comment

USA on the verge of a dictatorship?

Jack Cafferty points out a problem with the NSA spying on US citizens.
Posted in Politics | Leave a comment

Old computers harm office morale

Ageing and unreliable office computers are making workers unhappy and more likely to claim sick leave, a new survey shows.
Posted in Contemplation | Leave a comment

Interviewing Web Developers

Seomoz.org has put together a nice compilation of questions for a job interview with web developers.
Posted in Practice | Leave a comment
Get Adobe Flash playerPlugin by wpburn.com wordpress themes