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Archive for April, 2009

TaskFox: Lifting up Ubiquity


Taskfox Prototype from Aza Raskin on Vimeo.


Taskfox Mouse: Iteration 0 from Aza Raskin on Vimeo.

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    Iain Lamb, one of the co-founders of the iconic Web 2.0 startup Oddpost (acquired in 2004 by Yahoo), presents at Yahoo’s Open Hack Day, September 29, 2006.

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    In order to reach the most people on the web, it is a good idea to distribute your information. That way you can reach all kind of specialized audiences. On the flipside you also spread yourself thin and people will miss some of the goodies you put out on the web.

    The Solution

    … is actualy solved with YQL

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    Etsy is an online marketplace for buying & selling all things handmade. Their mission is to enable people to make a living making things, and to reconnect makers with buyers. Etsy also has a strong community of developers who can tap into their vibrant, global marketplace with the Etsy API. The Etsy API provides a range of API methods for developers to start building their own applications on top of the Etsy platform.

    Overview

    The conversation with Justin Sheckler and Chad Dickerson helps understand the importance of developing a good social oriented (community if you like) site with web 2.0  techniques.

    Intended Audience

    This video lecture is intended for font end, JavaScript developers who want to improve their code quality.

    Overview

    The author speaks about the JavaScript programming language. The features of the language, the similarity with functional languages.

    Learning Objectives

    1. You’ll learn how to best use you’re JavaScript code.
    2. How to write effective programs.

    Author

    Douglas Crockford is a JavaScript architect in Yahoo!. See more on wikipedia.

    Intended Audience

    This video lecture is intended for font end, JavaScript developers who want to improve their code quality.

    Overview

    The author speaks about the JavaScript programming language. The features of the language, the similarity with functional languages.

    Learning Objectives

    1. You’ll learn how to best use you’re JavaScript code.
    2. How to write effective programs.

    Author

    Douglas Crockford is a JavaScript architect in Yahoo!. See more on wikipedia.

    Intended Audience

    This video lecture is intended for font end, JavaScript developers who want to improve their code quality.

    Overview

    The author speaks about the JavaScript programming language. The features of the language, the similarity with functional languages.

    Learning Objectives

    1. You’ll learn how to best use you’re JavaScript code.
    2. How to write effective programs.

    Author

    Douglas Crockford is a JavaScript architect in Yahoo!. See more on wikipedia.

    Zend Framework – Zend_Auth tutorial

    Intended Audience

    By watching this video you’ll get familiar with Zend Framework, its purposes, why it has been designed for and where you can used as well as where it’s used world wide.

    In short you’ll get a definition of Authentication, which is often changed with Authorization, and that is completely different thing.

    About the Author

    Darby Felton is a senior developer for Zend Framework.

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  • Filed under: PHP, Zend Framework