nerdiness devours me

If you have an app available, you probably have an accompanying website for it. As someone who tries and buys a lot of software, I see many such websites during the average week. Some are great, but most make the same few mistakes again and again. I want to share some tips for making software product websites that don’t turn customers away

30 Favorite Visual Studio Keyboard Shortcuts

Wed, 09 Jun 2010 21:49:30 +0200

30 Favorite Visual Studio Keyboard Shortcuts:

ultimatenerd:

there are some awesome ones in here I definitely didn’t know about before.

My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-5-23)

Tue, 25 May 2010 10:11:12 +0200

My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-5-23):

Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz

Recent Facebook Video Spam

Sat, 22 May 2010 14:03:00 +0200

For all of you that use facebook, don’t allow an app called “Blu Ray” access to your profile or deactivate it in your settings. Your friends will thank you for not spamming their walls.

Additionally it may be a good idea to check the Reclaim Privacy website for a neat little open-source javascript bookmark that checks your facebook privacy settings for anything that you accidentally share with the whole wide world. The only feature I’m missing at the moment is a photo scanner, but the guys that do the coding are already on it.

Scientists Create Artificial DNA That Actually Lives

Thu, 20 May 2010 21:22:29 +0200

Scientists Create Artificial DNA That Actually Lives:

ultimatenerd:

OH SH-

This is (ok, will be in maybe two years) the most amazing thing science has done thus far. Mark my words.

Frankenstein!

Google Prediction API

Thu, 20 May 2010 10:28:46 +0200

Google Prediction API:

The Prediction API enables access to Google’s machine learning algorithms to analyze your historic data and predict likely future outcomes.

The Demoscene -- an Overview

Wed, 19 May 2010 21:51:31 +0200

The Demoscene -- an Overview:

The demoscene is an international collective of programmers, graphics artists and musicians who create real-time audio-visual presentations with home computers. These people call themselves demosceners or just sceners. The real-time presentations are in turn called demos. Geographically the demoscene is a European phenomenon, with relatively little activity on other continents.

In this article, we want to introduce demos and the demoscene to the uninitiated reader.

Introducing the Google Font API & Google Font Directory

Wed, 19 May 2010 20:14:47 +0200

Introducing the Google Font API & Google Font Directory:

Google has been working with a number of talented font designers to produce a varied collection of high quality open source fonts for the Google Font Directory. With the Google Font API, using these fonts on your web page is almost as easy as using the standard set of so-called “web-safe” fonts that come installed on most computers.

The Secret To Getting More Ideas (And Better Ones Too)

Wed, 19 May 2010 18:15:55 +0200

The Secret To Getting More Ideas (And Better Ones Too)

Why I Love Reading Other People’s Code And You Should Too

Wed, 19 May 2010 17:57:00 +0200

Why I Love Reading Other People’s Code And You Should Too:

should do it more frequently…

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My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-5-16)

Wed, 19 May 2010 00:58:25 +0200

My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-5-16):

Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz

Handpicked free fonts for graphic designers with commercial-use licenses.

Tue, 18 May 2010 22:02:43 +0200

Handpicked free fonts for graphic designers with commercial-use licenses.:

Free fonts have met their match. We know how hard it is to find quality freeware that is licensed for commercial work. We’ve done the hard work, hand-selecting these typefaces and presenting them in an easy-to-use format

My blog just turned 3! Wow, Happy Birthday to me, uhm, my...

Sat, 15 May 2010 11:08:10 +0200

My blog just turned 3!

Wow, Happy Birthday to me, uhm, my Tumblr :)

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HTML 5 Asteroids

Thu, 13 May 2010 17:55:00 +0200

HTML 5 Asteroids:

Again, I’m really excited about the possibilities HTML5 exposes to your browser.