Bookmarks
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Amazon Web Services for Ruby
Includes access to S3, EC2, SimpleDB and more, all through the AWS gem. -
nginx JSON hacks
Useful tips beyond JSON as well. Proxying, header hacks, hiding API keys, JSONP and more. -
dgAway - Android Market
Android app to forward SMSs, auto-respond with a SMS and more. -
Chicken toenails, anyone?
Eating in China. David Sedaris isn’t keen, it’s fair to say. -
Guardian's travel and holiday website list
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Tipogram
Clever idea: reasonably priced icon set that’s provided as an embeddable @font-face and also as the vectors. -
UI Guidelines for Mobile Devices
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HTML5 vs Native: The Mobile App Debate
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Future Platforms
Mobile app developers from Brighton -
HTML5Pattern
Regexes for use in HTML5 input fields for things like postcodes and credit card numbers. Useful regex resource in its own... -
The Real Life Social Network v2
Slide deck by an ex-Google+ designer on the challenges of designing social networks that respect our individual groups of...Categories
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Choose Cheapium instead of Freemium
Advocates charging a small amount is better than free so as to raise the barrier to entry, signalling desirability, funding... -
Note to entrepreneurs: Your idea is not special
Opinions of a Brad Feld (VC): the best executors are often not the first to implement an idea -
Performance is a Feature
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TripAdvisor Architecture
Insight into TA’s systems and development methodologies. Useful extra detail in the comments. -
Ways to Acquire Users (for Free)
Spencer Fry (Carbonmade) suggestions include viral, micro sites, giveaways, following competitors and then eventually paying -
Mastering Git Basics by Tom Preston-Werner
~1 hour video by GitHub’s Tom -
Conference organiser's handbook
Focuses on cheap and cheerful events organised by volunteers (rather than Future of Xs) -
SublimeVideo
Free HTML5 video player -
Starting your Startup
Lessons from Joe Stump on starting and growing a startup