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SVG Is The Future Of Application Development
The support for SVG in browsers is slowly gaining momentum, to the point where fully fledged SVG applications with rich interfaces akin to desktop applications are just around the corner. With the ability to integrate semantic markup languages like HTML and RDFa, argues Meitar, why wouldn’t we use SVG for application development?
Sensible Debt Collection
Clients who don’t pay their bills (or are late in paying) are all too common when working for yourself. So, what are you going to do about it? In this post, Brendon lays out a framework for sensible debt collection.
Opera 10’s Y2K Bug: Browser Detection Goes Bad
If you have fond memories of the Y2K bug, then our advice to you would be to download the Opera 10 browser and visit the Bank of America site. Due to shoddy browser detection code, many sites break on Opera’s latest release.
Building on a Closed Platform? Tread Carefully
Building a business on the back of a closed development platform like Facebook, Twitter, or the iPhone? You may want to reconsider unless you can get certain guarantees from the platform owner.
12 Ways to Keep Sane While Working from Home
Because working from home means that your work and personal living spaces are right on top of one another, telecommuters and freelancers typically face unique challenges. So here are 12 tips to help you stay sane while working from home.
Adobe AIR 1.5 for Linux Ships
Adobe today is releasing AIR 1.5 for Linux, available for immediate download from their site. More important than a release for a third-place OS, this represents a broader strategy by Adobe to make the operating system irrelevant.
Add Tag Clouds to SERPs with Search Cloudlet
The Search Cloudlet plugin for Firefox provides an interesting take on search engines’ suggestion features, and gives us a way to narrow down search results in an easy, visual manner.
4 Unique Apps for Tracking Time
Keeping track of your billable hours is an essential task for any freelancer. But tracking time can itself become a time sink. In this post we present a round up of 4 web applications that each take their own approach to time tracking.
The 10 Most Creative Uses for Twitter
Think Twitter is just for wasting time chatting to friends and strangers? Think again. There are all sorts of creative uses for Twitter out there, and we’ve assembled ten of our favorites in this post.
Are Social Networks Your Home on the Web?
Should social networking profiles really be considered a legal extension of your real-world residence? An Australian judge seems to think so. What are your thoughts?
