This weeks links collection

Because East is in three physical locations these days, we use Skype a lot for our communications. And especially in its text based form. One of the communication backbones of East is a Skype group chat which is shared by the whole company. This is an unstructured feed of company instant information, questions, links, comments and discussions about everything and nothing in particular.

Since there is lot of collective effort put into trying to keep up-to-date in the digital world, we thought someone else might be interested in these random bits as well. This post is put together manually from past weeks links and their short comments. Our Skype link post are already automatically indexed to database, so we might bring this feed available automatically if there is any interest.

#dev Database performance and scalability:
http://www.codefutures.com/database-sharding/

#dev New image format for the web:
http://blog.chromium.org/2010/09/webp-new-image-format-for-web.html

#flash What’s wrong with Flash creative community:
http://npacemo.com/wordpress/2010/10/03/whats-wrong-with-the-creative-community-of-flash/

#design Login forms:
http://creativefan.com/139-brilliantly-designed-login-sign-up-web-forms/

#teamwork strange this project is in the same time open source and paid , ie here is its source:
http://github.com/teambox/teambox

#css #html only buttons:
http://dvia.com/bm1/

#android #tech Android basics:
http://java.dzone.com/articles/android-101-basics

#dev python cross platform tips & tricks:
http://us.pycon.org/media/2010/talkdata/PyCon2010/038/paper.html

#dev architecture
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_dLfQMJsmsaI/TGrYMOa9EmI/AAAAAAAAAHA/LCc_6gPzhos/s1600/webfiling-img2-sm.png

#dev python quick bootstrap up to REST-like server & client
http://obi.wizartworx.com/uncategorized/howto-bootstrap-to-python-google-app-engine-web-services-under-1h/

#dev #js Jpegs with alpha channels
http://blog.jackadam.net/2010/alpha-jpegs/

#iphone #ipad Ambient music generator for iPhone & iPad:
watch?v=gcvRdBzV0Fo

#dev #js #3d #WebGL JavaScript 3D without any plugins:
http://www.ambiera.com/copperlicht/index.html

#dev #python #frameworks & more
http://wiki.python.org/moin/WebFrameworks

#cloud #gaming
http://www.onlive.com/service/cloudgaming

#dev #js
http://code.google.com/closure/library/

#dev #js #RIA #app ~ 4380K reduced to only 73K
http://blog.bolinfest.com/2010/10/creating-100k-loc-application-in.htm

#dev #webGL
http://fhtr.org/

#dev #code #fast – a must read for everyone willing to code faster for web.
http://net.tutsplus.com/articles/general/9-ways-to-instantly-code-faster/

#benchmark
http://whichloadsfaster.com/

#socialmedia interesting social media management tool
http://www.socialtalk.com/

#dev javascript library which allow to embed font in html ..cool:)
http://cufon.shoqolate.com/generate/

#devs how to tell what you want to software developer:
http://www.itworld.com/development/122237/how-to-tell-a-software-developer-what-you-want

#dev there are some really nice solutions indeed. try YAML for example (which is 2 years old). + online apps become more and more sofisticated, which brings more value to the google’s chromium OS
http://smashinghub.com/40-useful-online-applications-for-web-designers-and-developers.htm

#dev html5 mobile app framework (using phonegap)
http://joapp.com/

#dev design in browser (interesting approach indeed)
http://csswizardry.com/2010/10/designing-in-the-browser-leads-to-better-quality-builds/

#dev 15 top php frameworks
http://www.admixweb.com/2010/10/06/15-best-ever-php-frameworks/

#mobile Things are definetely moving from apps to browser with mobile platfroms. Something to keep in mind …
http://www.mobile-ent.biz/news/38916/70-per-cent-of-European-users-prefer-the-mobile-web-to-apps

Links harvested and commented by Boris, Dora, Julian, Simeon, Svetlio & Timo. Majority of the links harvested between 6pm and 1am.