Links from 2012

Zen Coding is being sunset and is now Emmet. For sublime: https://t.co/H94pvjQj New features for CSS like

w100p -> width: 100%;

We don't pitch often, but when we do the question of pitching creative work usually crops up. We never do it, even when - as happened when we pitched for ITV - other people we're pitching against do, and we want it, and there is pressure to conform. But it would be utterly wrong to talk about how important it is to discover and validate the customer need and problem space if the very first thing we produce for a client presents completely the opposite approach. Doing creative work at the pitch stage is a dangerous fiction

Lift is a simple way to achieve any goal, track your progress, and get the support of your friends.

Sciptogram and Tumblr-friendly markdown editor. Giving this a whirl.

Middleman is a command-line tool for creating static websites using all the shortcuts and tools of the modern web development environment. [...] The Ruby language and the Sinatra web framework form the base of the tool.

nanoc is a tool that runs on your local computer and compiles documents written in formats such as Markdown, Textile, Haml… into a static web site consisting of simple HTML files, ready for uploading to any web server.

T.Power - Waveform

Ukkonen – Disambedience Mix

"Historically, people have tried to call these “lifestyle” businesses. But, as anyone who’s actually started and run a business can attest, the imagery of a leisurely lifestyle led business really does this kind of business a diservice. In the comment section of the post, othersuggestions are offered up such as “bootstrappers”. But that doesn’t resonate with me.

The term I’ve had rattling around in my head for a while now is Independents or Indie businesses."

Half comic, half 8-bit RPG, half choose-your-own-adventure.

The current system of corporate governance is bunk. Capitalist corporations are on the way to certain extinction. Replete with hierarchies that are exceedingly wasteful of human talent and energies, intertwined with toxic finance, co-dependent with political structures that are losing democratic legitimacy fast, a form of post-capitalist, decentralised corporation will, sooner or later, emerge. The eradication of distribution and marginal costs, the capacity of producers to have direct access to billions of customers instantaneously, the advances of open source communities and mentalities, all these fascinating developments are bound to turn the autocratic Soviet-like megaliths of today into curiosities that students of political economy, business studies et al will marvel at in the future, just like school children marvel at dinosaur skeletons at the Natural History museum.

PARDON? I CAN'T HEAR YOU OVER THE SOUND OF MY AWESOME!

A service for your Mac, iPhone, and iPad that keeps you safe from prying eyes on public wi-fi.

<blockquote>While doing things for your child unnecessarily or prematurely can reduce motivation and increase dependency, it is the inability to maintain parental boundaries that most damages child development. When we do things for our children out of our own needs rather than theirs, it forces them to circumvent the most critical task of childhood: to develop a robust sense of self.</blockquote>

rems and ems serve different purposes and need not be mutually exclusive; both can be very useful in the same CSS layout, depending on what you’re trying to do

We specialise in providing green hosting and green virtual servers provisioned using free/libre/open-source software, our Sheffield datacentre is powered by Good Energy. We have been established as a co-operative since 2011.

"Another point to be aware of is the difference between signing a contract with a client to "supply a worker" to perform services and signing a contract to directly perform services. Different liabilities will arise under each form of contract and there may be arguments that your limited company is acting akin to an agency when "providing personnel" and consequently subject to unexpected regulations and tax legislation."

US-based but good for reference; excellent community reviews.

One of the biggest, most silent players behind so much offshore activity has been identified: a Teflon-like, medieval institution, wrapped around the neck of Britain and dedicated to keeping finance strong and free.