In short, Amazon Silk extends the boundaries of the browser, coupling the capabilities and interactivity of your local device with the massive computing power, memory, and network connectivity of the EC2 cloud. Introducing Amazon Silk →
Category Archives: Elsewhere
Analog
Analog makes it easy to apply stunning filters and borders to your photos. There’s tonnes of stylish filters included, and easy sharing to Flickr, Facebook, Picasa and CloudApp. Basically: Instagram for Mac.Analog → Speaking of Instagram: The filters in Instagram 2.0 differ quite a lot from the ones in version 1.0 🙁
Social Button BFFs
Loading JavaScript asynchronously is critical for the performance of your web app. Below is an idea how to do it for the most common social buttons out there so you can make sure these don’t interfere with the loading of the rest of your content. After all people need to see your content first, then …
SMACSS
TransformJS
Transforming elements via Javascript in all browsers at once can be a real pain in the ass (think vendor prefixes). Enter TranformJS: 2D and 3D transforms as regular CSS properties you can set using .css() and animate using .animate() In code that basically means you can now use this: $(‘#test’).animate({ translateY:’+=150′, scale:’+=2′, rotateY: ‘+=’+(2*Math.PI), rotateX: …
Playstation Video Unlimited
This is the new PlayStation Video Unlimited service. This PlayStation app runs at a full 60 frames per second (when you see it on a PS3), has tons of 3D graphics effects, full-speed 1080p video playback, and a fluid, hardware accelerated, animated user experience. What you may not know is that this is a web …
LA Light
Facebook: OAuth 2.0 and HTTPS Migration
Photo Swipe
The New Delicious
Today the new Delicious has landed. Along a visual refresh, they’ve also introduced a concept named stacks The stacks allow one to tell a story, a trend I see popping up in many of the services we know and use: Gowalla has shifted towards stories, Facebook soon will tell “The story of your life”, services …