Links from 2014

<blockquote>A leaderboard of the top open-source static site generators.</blockquote>

Good perspective on current state of responsive images from @tkadlec - http://t.co/kPfeZYZMni

is the easiest way for teams to provide feedback on websites.

is the quickest way to prototype interface screens for user testing feedback. Learn where people get confused by page interactions.

I found a little beetle; so that Beetle was his name, And I called him Alexander and he answered just the same.

<blockquote>Web API to make smart devices with the Arduino shield you already own</blockquote>

<blockquote>The Feature API is how we selectively enable and disable features at a very fine grain as well as enabling features for a percentage of users for operational ramp-ups and for A/B tests. A feature can be completely enabled, completely disabled, or something in between and can comprise a number of related variants.</blockquote>

For those that need homebrew but like GUIs.

<blockquote>A markdown code documentation system, capable of producing documentation similar to Three.js and Backbone.js.</blockquote>

<blockquote>Build agents that monitor and act on your behalf. Your agents are standing by!</blockquote>

This looks great.

Moving away from platforms that aren't doing the business.

<blockquote>Creating a product that the designer does not believe improves the user’s life and which the maker would not use is exploitation.</blockquote>

Another PHP-based SSG.

<blockquote>I'm not saying we can't have the fun next-generation Internet, where everyone wears stupid goggles and has profound conversations with their refrigerator. I'm just saying we can't slap it together like we've been doing so far and expect everything to work itself out.

The good news is, it's a design problem! You're all designers here - we can make it fun! We can build an Internet that's distributed, resilient, irritating to governments everywhere, and free in the best sense of the word, like we dreamed of in the 90's. But it will take effort and determination. It will mean scrapping permanent mass surveillance as a business model, which is going to hurt. It will mean pushing laws through a sclerotic legal system. There will have to be some nagging.</blockquote>

<blockquote>Monolithic applications can be successful, but increasingly people are feeling frustrations with them - especially as more applications are being deployed to the cloud . Change cycles are tied together - a change made to a small part of the application, requires the entire monolith to be rebuilt and deployed. Over time it's often hard to keep a good modular structure, making it harder to keep changes that ought to only affect one module within that module. Scaling requires scaling of the entire application rather than parts of it that require greater resource.</blockquote>

<blockquote>Ultimately, MOOCs are not by themselves a mechanism for development but require certain levels of education and technology. They are reaching millions of people around the world, but to truly revolutionise access, improvements in the broader education and technology ecosystem are vital.</blockquote>

What to do:

Find out where you are Take a small step towards your goal Adjust your understanding based on what you learned Repeat How to do it:

When faced with two of more alternatives that deliver roughly the same value, take the path that makes future change easier.

<blockquote>Send your data to any service with the flick of a switch.</blockquote>

<blockquote>An extremely simple, pluggable static site generator.</blockquote>

What a good idea.

<blockquote>A content editor for GitHub designed for managing websites.</blockquote>

Yuck. Dark patterns.