http://blog.pint.com The company blog for Pint Inc. Mon, 09 Nov 2009 16:00:00 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en #HTML5 getting solid! http://tinyurl.com/yg9c82k Let's just hope last call doesn't mean moding large portions of spec as fast as possible # PINT received a gold award in Consumer Products/Services category for http://www.spottedcanary.com in the 2009 Davey... http://bit.ly/3bKDvq # Interesting post about cloud computing resources for password cracking http://tinyurl.com/yzwoavg Strong ... http://blog.pint.com/2009/11/09/pint-tweets-for-2009-11-09/ Procrastinate for 5mins watching a video about procrastination http://tinyurl.com/yhljaze # Funny error messages are little solace - you CRASHED! Imagine if airplane software said "Aw, snap engine failure!" http://pic.gd/81c03c # I posted 5 photos on Facebook in the album "Halloween 2009" http://bit.ly/2l57DH # http://bit.ly/1YubEi # http://blog.pint.com/2009/11/02/pint-tweets-for-2009-11-02/ Sadly not an unreasonable idea http://tinyurl.com/yknbuh2 In the "real world" try wearing a mask to a store or being truly anonymous. # Finding new W3C site http://www.w3.org/ improved though not super cool, most interesting is its view menu and *lots* of accessibility polish # If you are into social networking be aware ... http://blog.pint.com/2009/10/26/pint-tweets-for-2009-10-26/ Plotting confusion vs. information http://tinyurl.com/yfsh5rb Simple point too little and too much info are both trouble! # Nice new additions to Google Webmaster Tools http://tinyurl.com/yk4n7zv Google Bot View and Malware Detection # http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/archives/001304.html reasons for an SSD drive upgrade, you can actually feel the speed! # Nice network visualization for ... http://blog.pint.com/2009/10/19/pint-tweets-for-2009-10-19/ Enjoy the Google Businessweek interviews, nice details http://tinyurl.com/yeooffj http://tinyurl.com/ycnqnj8 http://tinyurl.com/yg6jg6x etc # Ask for less form data=more conversions. http://tinyurl.com/ycyj8dq Real question, did you ask enough/right questions to make it count! # San Diego shout out. UCSD ranked 76th out universities world wide http://tinyurl.com/ydmge4a # http://blog.pint.com/2009/10/12/pint-tweets-for-2009-10-12/ Clear cookies if you like but if your browser update sends machine ids/unique values your tracked! http://twitpic.com/jm5pu #Privacy # A user's intent to visit site/make purchase is not solely driven by observation of an ad, that may just be the final trigger or reminder. # RT @acroll Article on speeding up website ... http://blog.pint.com/2009/10/05/pint-tweets-for-2009-10-05/ Magic SEO keywords begone! http://tinyurl.com/najsxf Keywords help taxonomies and content planing but Google rank er...not so much. # Sadly we still need these useful posts on addressing IE6 bugs with work-arounds http://tinyurl.com/lb4teg #ie #html #css # Dump IE in an odd way embed Chrome inside of it, Google Chrome ... http://blog.pint.com/2009/09/28/pint-tweets-for-2009-09-28/ It isn't just download for fast #JavaScript, more and more lines of code=slow parse. Watched a big jquery app demo crawl because of this. # Decent tips on SEO if you go international http://bit.ly/yWdOS in short go native! # Noting #IE6 is not going down fast enough in site logs we ... http://blog.pint.com/2009/09/21/pint-tweets-for-2009-09-21/ Enjoy a visual road map to success as a wonderfully detailed 1913 infographic from NCR http://tinyurl.com/os3ylq # Digital distractions visualized http://tinyurl.com/l3f47l # Nice little tip for embedded PDFs and Powerpoints , a simple preview via Google http://tinyurl.com/m4ynfm # Given the crazily mangled HTTP & HTML that works in browsers we ... http://blog.pint.com/2009/09/14/pint-tweets-for-2009-09-14/ Analyzing Twitter thoughts http://tinyurl.com/mbrado As you look answer the big question do you *really* know what you *need* to measure? # Not multitasking! http://bit.ly/nnVqL Just tweeting. It's true for OSes and for humans alike! # TechCrunch teen-twitter survey http://tinyurl.com/n8v5zm The uh oh part is http://twitpic.com/g19g2 Lame is a ... http://blog.pint.com/2009/09/07/pint-tweets-for-2009-09-07/