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When all the sections end evenly on the page, users subconsciously decide there isn’t anything else to look for and don’t try to scroll. Of course, if they don’t scroll, they miss important content, such as the list of products.

Makes a handy checklist of stuff not to do.

"I’ve been using Linux as my primary development environment for a number of months now, despite being an abject Mac fanboy. Why?" Notes on virtualizing dev environment to reduce risk to core OS.

Enables [...] bookmakers and gaming companies to provide their services over a mobile device.

"What I like about the term webmaster is that it implies that one person is the big boss. The master of the site. The person who speaks with the voice of the machine. When you come across a brilliant site it so often feels like it comes through one person. Or at least there’s a very strong sense of singularity in the way it’s written and presented." I always wanted to be a webmaster.

What I'm tried to do is combine the things I love about electronic music, especially proper techno and electro, with... proper songs.

Multiple files upload without SWF objects, applets Java, or other third parts plug-ins.

"Wired, [Albert Read] suggests, may not really be a tech magazine at all. "It's a magazine about innovation and the future, and should not be narrowly confined to technology in people's minds," he says. "You read Wired if you see yourself as a forward thinker or an early adopter." I'm looking forward to seeing how this turns out.

Despite early hype, viral films are still few and far between. Why? Where is viral now, how has it evolved, and what's the future for disseminating online content?

"Add the billion plus PC owners who, from time to time, leave their desks and you get a glimpse of the untapped reservoir of potential new gamblers which is the m-gambling marketplace." That sentence makes me feel a little ill.

When we decided to create project management software, we knew Microsoft Project was the gorilla in the room. Instead of fearing the gorilla, we used it as a motivator. We decided Basecamp would be something completely different, the anti-Project.

The relationship between musicians and the people who make music websites is slightly broken. The problem is that anyone developing a new service for bands has to make money to keep the project afloat - and that means pulling in enough eyeballs to sell advertising on the site. The best way to get people to stick around to click on some ads? Make them invest time and energy in creating a profile, and encourage them to continually update it.

A weekly get together between those working in music. Intended to provide a working environment whilst also sharing questions, knowledge and gossip about music and the industry. Every Thursday at Leon in Spitalfield Market. 2pm onwards. Wi-fi available

Allows you to compare different [IE] rendering engines in a single unified interface

More on font stacks.

Takes the guesswork out of designing for color blindness by showing you in real time what people with common color vision impairments will see.

"Here’s a manifesto. Being interesting is as important as being useful. Making things that delight and inspire is as important as creating value. Old systems are crumbling; the best you can do is be nimble, smart and make some trouble." [this is good]

Yahoo folk providing accessibility info.

It [enables] all iPhones and iPod touches with the Remote app installed to find your iTunes Library. When those guests set your library of the source, they can then pick any song from your library to play next. If you’re at a large party with dozens of iPhones, the next song can be crowd-sourced by popular vote.

Not a bad start.

Last.fm – the Blog · Introducing Boffin: Last.fm’s music knowledge meets your local mp3 collection

“Wouldn’t it be great if you could tune into your local music like you do with Last.fm radio?” Yes. Yes it would.

A Django application that automates CSS/JavaScript compression and helps in making delivery of static media more efficient

The world’s first social reality game where you can earn points by playing real-world missions with your friends. Missions might include giving someone your favorite book, inviting a friend for drinks, or buying a friend some chocolate.

Warp20 (Vote)

“Vote for your favourite ever Warp tracks here. Your top 10 (by different artists) will combine with our top 10 to make a historic album for release this Autumn.”

"The Guardian launched its 'Open Platform' with APIs for all of its content and a sets of data collected by its editors." Brave. Ace.

In 2009, I challenge you to stop using the web as just another distribution platform.

Dalston music fest, 16th & 17th April 2009.

Well done, everyone.

A temporary social space that can be setup anywhere from a club night to a squatted art space. We build the ultimate retro gaming area, working with whatever space we have from single monitor setups to multiple projected screens and full size arcade machines.

Using Flickr machine tags you can now tag your photos on Flickr to refer to specific MusicBrainz entities.

Digital had been seeping into our world for about three years and the Napster effect was apparent. Being a small company and working directly with artists, we could really hear and see what was starting to happen. It was a realization that fighting it wouldn’t work; understanding it and being able to grow it was what was going to work. It was a psychological shift for us.