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Starting Points for Pushing Async Notifications to Browsers
I asked on Twitter for some starting points on pushing asynchronous notifications to web browsers. Here are the results, summarized. Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged asychronous, html5, javascript, notifications, push, web, websockets
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My 99Designs Experience
A lot of people asked me to report on my experience with 99Designs, so now that the contest is over I thought I’d jot down some notes. For those who don’t know, 99Designs is a “design crowdsourcing” service. You post … Continue reading
Posted in Business
Tagged 99designs, branding, crowdsourcing, design, designers, graphics, web
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REST Resources
From time to time people ask me questions about RESTful architecture. I thought it might be helpful to list the resources that I keep near at hand for asnwering tricky REST questions. Standards: RFC2616 Hypertext Transfer Protocol: If you haven’t read … Continue reading
The Mechanics of Web Design
I am a stereotypical developer: I can’t design my way out of a wet paper bag, and I tend to regard every potential bout with CSS with trepidation. I’m trying to get better, though. Progress is slow. I started working … Continue reading
