Did I mention the web is a passion of mine? oh, well. Let's start with a"Mishmash" post.
- Distillate content from webpages and liberate it - the future of the web? This visionary article by Cameron Koczon on A List Apart explains how cool little bookmarklet apps such as Instapaper and Readability may pave the way for a new web era.
- Chrome? Firefox? Though a long time Firefox user, I wondered for a week. I finally settled for Firefox. Firefox 4 includes the "Do Not Track" feature, which Chrome has NOT implemented.
- Tristan Nitot, chairman of Mozilla Europe, reminds us that choosing a browser has political implications [fr] - it is the interface between us and the web.
- The "Learn Startup" (and part 2). Eric Ries presents his view of a management methodology integrating constant feedback from users/reality. A good example of fifth order / self-transforming mind applied.
- My friend Erik told me about Processing, a programming language dedicated to visual animations and interactions. Particularly interesting is the sister project Processing.js, a javascript library that converts the Processing language into javascript, css and HTML5. Data visualization using web standards and without any plugin! Check out the result with visuals on the evolution of default privacy settings on Facebook, or the Letter-Pairs Analysis.
- I missed a cool event just next door in Berkeley. On April 17, an interview of Steven Levy from Wired, author of In the Plex: How Google Thinks, Works, and Shapes Our Lives. I haven't read it but it's now on my list. This event was organized by Berkeley Cybersalon and the Berkeley Startup Cluster, which I had never heard about. Berkeley Startup Cluster is a collaboration between institutional agents of Berkeley to attract startups in downtown Berkeley, while Berkeley Cybersalon seems like a more idiosyncratic setup by the enigmatic Sylvia Paull...
- Lately I've been equipping myself with ergonomic computer devices because of a painful repetitive stress injury. I'm now using the Goldtouch Adjustable keyboard and the Evoluent VerticalMouse 4. Along with a lot of rest, it is helping quite a lot. The Goldtouch takes some getting used to and my partner hates it. The vertical mouse is great, but minor problem: with a vertical hand, all the weigh rests on the side of your hand, narrower than your flat wrist, and it quickly gets to hurt on a hard surface. Since I find wrist resting pads inconvenient, I'm going to get the Imak Computer Glove to compensate. It takes a lot of Google search to find good information on (not too expensive) computer ergonomic solutions...
