pass the relish

The 56 Geeks Project is an impressive collection of the archetypal geeks of our time, illustrated by Scott Johnson.  I felt this was worth posting since the Relish team is so well represented.  It’s like he consulted us when he conceived it.  I think we’ve got at least 30 of these geeks covered and there’s only 8 of us.  At the risk of offending my geek brethren in the office I’ll resist calling anybody out (ahem) but I can safely say that I am at least 5 of these geeks.  Is that something …

by Steve Palmer on May 27, 2008

“Google Doctype is an open encyclopedia and reference library. Written by web developers, for web developers. It includes articles on web security, JavaScript DOM manipulation, CSS tips and tricks, and more. The reference section includes a growing library of test cases for checking cross-browser and cross-platform compatibility.”
There are an awful lot of reference sites out there, but Google does a few quality products you may already be familiar with so this could be worth keeping an eye on.

by Joshua on May 14, 2008

Yes, I’m talking about that Processing, the data visualization programming language, but in Javascript. This particular bit of overachieving was done by none other than John Resig, a name you may recognize as the brains behind the jQuery javascript library. Then again, you can expect only greatness from a guy who maintains a pie chart of his current interests.

There are oodles of demos, so check it out.

by Joshua on May 9, 2008

Those Brits… they sure know humour!

by Steve Palmer on April 30, 2008

Fluid is a neat Mac tool that builds “site specific browsers”. What does that mean? Well, it means if you have a site that you always have open (say Gmail, Basecamp, or Harvest) you can use Fluid to create a stand-alone app that is a dedicated browser just for that site.

Why would anybody do that? It keeps the tab-count to a minimum in your main web browser and because Fluid’s apps are stand-alone they run independently of your browser so if you’re watching sixteen …

by Steve Palmer on April 28, 2008