An explanation of why bubble-gum and scotch-tape programming actually works: Deployment gets users. Users give feedback. Personally, I think the hard part is integrating that feedback into the next version.
Tag: webdevelopment
Play Tagger
A little bit of javascript makes any mp3 on your webpage playable in-page. That is freaking awesome for so many reasons.
YUI-based Image Cropper Widget – Julien Lecomte
This probably should be part of any UGC photo-uploader tool.
Newspaper Homepages and Load Times » The Bivings Report
Wow, we suck at this, eh? That’s because newspaper homepages aren’t unified pieces of well-thought-out code, usually. They’re an unsightly mess of Flash ads and javascript payloads coming from who-knows-which server.
YSlow for Firebug
Yahoo extension for Firebug for Firefox that will tell you why your Dreamweavered-to-death old skool tabled and script-heavy pages load so damn slow.
Juicy Studio: Choosing an Accessible CMS
Plone, Drupal and more get looks in this instructional rundown on finding a CMS that writes clean HTML instead of the tabled junk that Mambo or Joomla spit out by default.
By the Numbers: How I built a Web 2.0, User-Generated Content, Citizen Journalism, Long-Tail, Social Media Site for $12,107.09 – Guy Kawasaki
Guy, his usual approachable, clear, concise, logical self, with good news for development departments at newspapers looking for low-budget solutions to social media challenges.
Ryan Sholin 