Blog for April 2014

Silicon Valley

HBO has posted the full first episode of Mike Judge’s new television series.

Android TV

Verge has some documents which seem to reveal Google’s plans to launch a new product. Or service. Or interface?

webOS INterface

Its a damn shaw that Palm and HP killed webOS, but it looks like the team behind the operating system is still plugging away at it, and making some very pretty GUIs.

Amazon Dash

Scan barcodes or say it, and add it to your AmazonFresh shopping list.

How Steve Jobs' Passion Shaped Pixar Into an Oscar-Winning Studio

This is on my must read list now. Pixar is one of my absolute favourite companies and anything to peak behind the curtain is something I’m interested in. Comes out soon.

Shopify Card Reader Now Available in Canada

A free device allowing users of the Shopify Mobile iPhone app or the Shopify iPad POS to swipe and accept Visa, MasterCard and American Express credit cards.

Amazon FireTV

Amazon announces its own living room set-top TV box, competing with AppleTV and Roku.

The Ridiculously Exhaustive Social Media Dimensions Blueprint

Nice little bookmark to a LOT of info on dimensions of various social media elements.

Patatap

Play a different sound and animation for every letter of the keyboard.

Content Explosion

What happens in a single second online...

The Guide to Clear your Browser Cache!

A handy little site to show exactly how to refresh your cache in most browsers. Bookmarked for the future!

Responsive tables

Responsive tables solution for complex data. Based on jQuery, jQuery UI and Twitter Bootstrap 3

Carousels/Sliders are always bad for Conversion Rates

Shana Carp brings some math to the table to explain why having a carousel (slider) image set on your homepage is likely not helping in anyway.

slick carousel

If you are looking for nice carousel code to add to your project that needs a carousel, check out slick. Very nice.

Monument Valley, for iOS