A bi-monthly look at the world of web technologies.

The Origin of the <blink> Tag
Who ever came up with that must’ve been drunk…

Responsive Web Design
A Project Managers perspective.

Progress: RailsConf 2012 Keynote
David Heinemeier Hansson, creator of Ruby on Rails, talks about progress in our favorite framework.

RIP Hot Pink Text Highlighting
In a sad day HTML5 Boilerplate updates their default text selection color to something more neutral :(

Using HTML5 localStorage on a Form
How to save form data even if you reload the page.

Remote Debugging Protocol v1.0
Safari takes another step forward with their web inspector toolkit.

A bi-monthly look at the world of web technologies.

Instagram + Facebook
Facebook buys Instagram for like… a billion dollars.

Google Drive Detailed
Leaked press release gives us possible details of Google Drive, a new file storage service.

Discovering a Major Security Hole in Facebook’s Android SDK
Parse finds issues with Facebook’s SDK

Round Up of Web Browser Internals Resources
A link to links to help you understand your browser

Meteor
An interesting idea for a new IDE

Light Table
Another new IDE conecpt

Screen Resolution Alert
1366×768 takes over 1024×768 as most popular desktop resolution

bootstrap-wysihtml5
A simple html5 wysiwyg editor.

Launch: The All New Basecamp
37signals launched Basecamp Next

Cutting the Mustard
The browser is a hostile environment.

A Simple Devise Diagram for Responsive Design Planning
They weren’t kidding.

Responsinator
View your site in a number of devices widths.

jurlp
A jQuery plugin for parsing URLs.

Apple release Safari 5.1.4 with improved Javascript performance on OS X Lion

Brighter Planet Reference Data
Need data sets? Brighter Planet has you covered.

Should All Web Traffic Be Encrypted?
With HTTPS getting cheaper, encrypting would be a good standard.

Responsive Navigation Patterns
Helpful tips on keeping your navigation responsive.

Remote Debugging with Chrome for Android
With Chrome for Android comes developer tools.

jQuery HTML5 Fullscreen Slideshow
A fullscreen slideshow that automatically deprecates.

Interpreted Languages
Comparing PHP, Perl, Python and Ruby

normalize.css
Normalize and preserve helpful browser defaults, instead of resetting them.

Originally posted on our Big Daylight division blog, here’s a look at the potential for real time glimpses at web traffic.

There’s no denying the web is getting faster. Connection speeds for home, business, and (especially) mobile are allowing consumers to get the data they want faster and quicker than ever before.  Online marketers are no different – we want our data, and we want it NOW!  We spend a lot of time in Google Analytics, our favorite (and free!) analytics program. It’s great and provides us the tools we need to analyze and measure traffic, trends, and most importantly, ROI for our clients. But if we wanted to see what was going on with a site right this moment, we were out of luck. Until now.

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A weekly roundup from the web technologies world.

Developing for old browsers is (almost) a thing of the past
Key word is “almost”

Mozilla developing Web push notification system for Firefox
Notify your website users even if they aren’t on your site.

Mac OSX Lion’s scroll breaks the web
You probably thought you were scrolling horizontally. Nope! Page forward!

8 Tips for Sane IA
A nice roundup of information architecture ideas.

Tools for the next generation of Web Applications
Jens Nockert looks at some new tools for the web.

Responsive Design Test Bookmarklet
View your site in multiple browser sizes at once.

An iOs app actually takes a lot of work!
The red tape of iOS

HTML5 Please
The good folks at HTML5 Boilerplate and Modernizr offer their recommendations on what HTML5 features are ready to use.

Apple Reports Best Quarter Ever
I think this company might have a future

Give Me Spark
Good decisions come from good debates

A Brief, Incomplete and Mostly Wrong History of Programming Languages
Emphasis on ‘mostly wrong’

High Performance HTML5
Steve Sounders talks HTML5 and speed

Command & Conquer HTML5
This HTML5/JS version goes open source

HTML5 Cross Browser Polyfills
A nice list of available polyfills for just about everything

Friday the 13th Superstitions Explained
Cross your fingers and knock on wood

The Internet Goes on Strike
Reddit and Wikipedia confirm Jan. 18th blackout to protest SOPA

A Prototype is Worth a Thousand Words
How documentation can only go so far

The Bug Fix that Could Make the Internet 5% Faster
Google Analytics developer has a problem with their cookies

Nokia Maps 3D
100% WebGL 0% plugin

Asynchronous UIs – The Future of Web User Interfaces
We don’t need no stinking page refresh

IE6 Countdown
IE6 usage drops below 1% in the US

Chrome 15 is Now World’s Most Popular Browser (Version)
Chrome’s #1! Chrome’s #1!

Bill DeRouchey’s Talks at CreativeMornings/Portland
Watch the Creative Director of Simple talk about creating with an opinion.

Finding Waldo with Code
It’s officially time for him to change his shirt.

VideoSWS: HTML5 Video Player Comparison
Who know there were so many?

User Retention as a Service?
With so much attention on gaining users, what can we do to keep them?

20 Sites that Pushed Javascript to the Limit
Which sites unlocked the hidden gems of the modern browser in 2011?

GoDaddy Faces Boycott Threat from SOPA Opponents
GoDaddy supports SOPA, loses customers

WebGL Nyan Cat
It was only a matter of time…

TextMate 2.0 Alpha
The TextMate we know and love is finally growing up!

The Quicksort Algorithm Explained
…using Hungarian folk dance.

15 Web Conference Talks You Need to Watch
According to .net Magazine

Microsoft Turns on Auto Update Internet Explorer for Everyone
The internet applauds.

An Intro to OOCSS
Let’s all do our part to fight CSS bloat.

Polyfilling The HTML5 Gaps
An excellent slideshow on bringing HTML5 features to non-supported browsers.

Respond.js
Speaking of polyfills, here’s a good one for CSS3 Media Queries

Hidden Industry Dupes Social Media Users
Your captchas aren’t enough anymore.

Why Apps Are Not The Future
The web is dead, or is it? A simple case against apps.