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Shirky: Social Software and the Politics of Groups Prior to the Web, we had hundreds of years of experience with broadcast media, from printing presses to radio and TV. Prior to email, we had hundreds of years experience with personal media — the telegraph, the telephone. But outside the internet, we had almost nothing that […]

Color Pickers – Nathan Speller Color picker that shows color palettes based on images from Dribbble

In defense of Tips for using <canvas>

“Hoodwinked Into Technological Dependency” One of the problems with the prevalence of solutions is it overvalues invention and undervalues behavior. We look for a gizmo, when changing how we act can have the desired effect. It seems like we’ve been hoodwinked into a trap of technological dependency. But, technology is only as good or bad […]

demosthenes.info – Vanishing Acts: The CSS :empty Selector Using the :empty selector

The single biggest fallacy I want to blow up is this utopian idea that there is this SINGLE thing called ‘The Cloud’. Each company today reinvents their own cloud. The Cloud as a concept is dead and has been for years: we are living within a stormy sky of cranky clouds, all trying to pretend […]

Code in letters sent home by British PoW in WWII to help Allies is revealed after 70 years | Mail Online How a 70 year old code was rediscovered

A look at the history behind the opening credits in cinema. (Source: https://player.vimeo.com/)

Making accessible icon buttons | NCZOnline Various techniques for making graphical buttons accessible

I know jQuery. Now what? When to use jQuery, and when not to use it

weaning yourself off jquery Native javascript to replace jQuery

My Media Query Mixin | Always Twisted. Front-End Development. Useful media query mixins for SASS