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Issuu and Smart Look for a better PDF viewing experience

Jeroen Coumans — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 09:19:22 +0100

A plugin that embeds PDF's, Word and Powerpoint files in a very cool, usable and fast Flash interface.

Palm Pre: everything you ever wanted to know - Engadget

Jeroen Coumans — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 15:30:45 +0100

This is the only device I would consider as replacement for my iPhone. Palm seems to have done some essential things right, like contact management by pulling data from various services in the cloud. I love the zoomable UI and the card metaphor for app switching.

Release:jQuery 1.3 - jQuery JavaScript Library

Jeroen Coumans — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 08:59:41 +0100

Some very nice features and performance improvements in this release, among which the Sizzle CSS selector engine (currently fastest avaiable), live events and much faster HTML injection.

jQuery API Browser v1.3

Jeroen Coumans — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 08:56:32 +0100

Improved and also available offline as AIR app.

A List Apart: Articles: Return of the Mobile Style Sheet

Jeroen Coumans — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 15:53:25 +0100

"What can be done for mobile browsers that do not read handheld style sheets, or parse CSS Media Queries? Short of ignoring them, there are two options."

Mapeed.AddressChooser API documentation | Home

Jeroen Coumans — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 15:52:15 +0100

Cool Javascript component that can be used for address collection in forms, combining HTML form and Google Maps for dynamic place retrieval and auto-completion.

Digital Ethnography

Jeroen Coumans — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 15:48:02 +0100

Blog of Michael Wesh, cultural anthropologist, professor of the year, and creator of the video "Web 2.0 … The Machine is Us/ing Us".

Components Versus Patterns

Jeroen Coumans — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 15:41:44 +0100

Analysis on the differences and commonalities between components and patterns. "Although the two concepts are strongly related, their differences warrant consideration to ensure you are building the type of library that’s right for you."

The State of the Web 2008 | Web Directions

Jeroen Coumans — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 15:39:13 +0100

"Welcome to this detailed report from our first “State of the Web” survey of professional web designers and developers. It includes details and analysis of all the responses to over 50 questions covering technologies, techniques, philosophies and practices that today’s web professionals employ."

The Curious Case of Twply and Twitter - Bokardo

Jeroen Coumans — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 15:38:23 +0100

Excellent interface analysis of twply: "Moral of the story? Design can effectively be used to deceive people. Deal only with those services you know and trust. "