Author Archives: Wayne
IE9′s hardware accelerated text rendering – the text is rendered in a canvas tag. Impressive nonetheless.
If you’re interested in the intersection of extreme javascript programming, video gaming, and CPU architecture then read this GameBoy CPU Emulation in Javascript article.
Homeowners putting up spare rooms on startup airbnb.com to pay mortgages. Startups that actually make a real difference in the world get a thumbs up in my book.
Old Spice man gets social. Amazing how Old Spice was able to re-position the brand but retain the name. Remember when the mere mention of Old Spice conjured up images of crusty old men at sea?
CSS3 PIE allows for IE6-8 to use some popular CSS3 declarations. The library uses the little known Internet Explorer only behavior: rule.
Twitter’s Cassandra plans on hold, sticking with old faithful, MySQL.
iPhone/iOS 4/Froyo Browsers and Concurrent Connections
Every web developer knows that browsers have a max number of concurrent connections that can be opened to a host at a time. Modern browsers have anywhere from 6-8 per host. You can test this on my simple concurrent connections … Continue reading
Ars benchmarks iOS4 vs Android 2.2 javascript. Different chips, but 1 GHz vs 800 MHz definitely helps the Nexus One. Wonder how iPad with iOS 4.0 will fair.
Firefox Heatmap
Mozilla released a Firefox Heatmap which provides some insight into how they arrived at some of the Firefox 4.0 UI decisions (such as combining the stop and reload button or making the search button not button-y). You can also glean … Continue reading
Signup Form For VaultPress
An interesting signup form for Automattic’s new VaultPress service. Target audience is tech savvy so non-standard form inputs won’t cause confusion.
Disney Buys Tapulous
From Tapulous Blog, founder Bart Decrum: As part of Disney Interactive Media Group, we’ll develop more games, more quickly and with the resources of the world’s leading entertainment company. Congrats on the exit, it appears Tapulous went in the right … Continue reading
Back?
It’s been a crazy couple months. The government finally approved our deal with Google after realizing that the industry changes fast. Our CEO, Omar, put everything into perspective when he pointed out that AdMob had been under scrutiny for roughly … Continue reading
Google’s investment of SCVNGR is Genius
I’ve even playing another LBS game called SCVNGR recently and I realized what a genius move Google Ventures made when they invested in the company. Google’s mantra has always been to organize the world’s information. The most unstructured information at … Continue reading
Grocery Stores Should Email Receipts
I was at the Safeway the other day, purchased 10 some odd items, and out came this long paper receipt. My girlfriend remarked, “What a waste of paper!” (Image above technically not my receipt, I threw it away right when … Continue reading
iPhone 4.0 and Multitasking
Back in Jan. I wrote the following about Apple’s view of multitasking: Normal users do not want to deal with resource management nor do they understand it. Today, Steve Jobs confirmed it by saying, “In multitasking, if you see a … Continue reading
Switching to Android/Nexus One from iPhone
After Google released the Nexus One with 3G AT&T compatibility, it looked like a perfect time to switch off the iPhone. Being able to use my current AT&T sim while maintaining 3g speeds pushed me over the edge (no pun … Continue reading
iPad, Multi-Tasking, Flash
The anticipation built, the hype was beyond anything we had seen, the announcement was made, and now we’re left to ponder what it all means. Yes, the iPad can be distilled down to 2 words: giant iPhone, but today’s announcement … Continue reading
HTML5, Video, and Performance
YouTube announced an HTML5 version of the YouTube service a couple days ago. Now Vimeo is joining in and announced their new HTML5 player. This is great news for anybody that has an older computer, a slower netbook, or (like … Continue reading
2010 Predictions
iPhone 4G – Just as the sun will rise, Apple will release a new iPhone every year. My only prediction is that the screen resolution will be more than the current 3G. They have to keep pace with the Droid, … Continue reading
2009 Predictions Retrospective
2009 is ending, a year that started with Sequoia’s RIP: Good Times fresh in everybody’s mind. However, 2009 saw some major M&A activity. I made some predictions at the beginning of the year, let’s see how they played out. Last … Continue reading
