Startup lessons from a crime boss

Interesting things happen when we cut out the middleman. In addition to reducing cost, we often end up creating an internal byproduct that can be productized and sold to a completely new customer. (Amazon Web Services is an example of this.) Sometimes the middleman’s market is so huge, that a freaking enormous business can be …

getUserMedia Moustache

This demo uses getUserMedia (formerly known as HTML5 <device>) to get data from a device camera, then copies it into HTML5 <canvas> in order to analyse the pixel data. It then peforms facial recognition in order to superimpose a marvellous magical moustache. Special Opera Developer Build required. Magical getUserMedia moustache → Opera getUserMedia Labs Build …

iOS Multitasking in Detail

Interesting video on how memory is done while “multitasking” on the iPad: There are five sections to this video demonstrating: An app going from active to background to suspended Instacast HD requesting extra background time to finish a podcast download TomTom running indefinitely in the background Batman Arkham City Lockdown and Real Racing 2 HD …

PxLoader, A JavaScript Preloader for HTML5 Apps

PxLoader is a Javascript library that helps you download images, sound files or anything else you need before you take a specific action on your site (like showing a user interface or starting a game). You can use it to create a preloader for HTML5 games and websites. As used in

Cut The Rope, now in your browser too

Cut The Rope, originally on iOS, has been ported to HTML5, and is serving as a promo for IE10 In bringing Cut the Rope to a new platform, we wanted to ensure we preserved the unique physics, motion, and personality of the experience. So early on we decided to approach this game as a “port” …

jQuery.suggest

jQuery.suggest is a simple inline autosuggest jQuery plugin. It takes an array of terms as haystack and suggests the user the first item that matches what has been typed to this point. The suggestion is updated with every keystroke. Tab or Enter will accept the suggestion and update the input field accordingly. jQuery.suggest →