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We come across a lot of interesting links in Developer Engagement. Here is a round-up of our favourite ones from the past week.
Weekly links October 27th 2011
If there is anything you think we should read or know about, don’t hesitate to post a comment, contact us on Twitter or through any other mean.
The picks this week are:
Christian Heilmann
http://johnbhall.com/iphone-4s/? – an explanation of the CSS animations used in the iphone 4S homepage. Quite a nifty way of transforming and shifting a page.
If you want to read more tips or discuss the web with Christian, he’s available on Twitter as @codepo8.
Havi Hoffman
John McCarthy obituary – a remembrance of John McCarthy, the computer scientist and pioneer who coined the term artificial intelligence and created Lisp. RIP.
If you want to read more tips or discuss the web with Havi, she’s available on Twitter as @freshelectrons
Jeff Griffiths
Interesting comparison of browser extension tech from the author of MediaPlus.
If you want to read more tips or discuss the web with Jeff, he’s available on Twitter as @canuckistani.
Joe Stagner
This demo illustrates a bit of HTML5 that can toggle between living inside the browser chrome and running in a full screen mode. (Nightly Firefox build required.) It’s a great example of how HTML5 is changing the way we approach web page and apps development.
If you want to read more tips or discuss the web with Joe, he’s available on Twitter as @MisfitGeek.
Rob Hawkes
Node Toolbox is a massive resource full of juicy Node-related goodness.
If you want to read more tips or discuss the web with Rob, he’s available on Twitter as @robhawkes.
Robert Nyman
The Next 6 Billion – About the importance of the web and making it accessible for as many as we can.
If you want to read more tips or discuss the web with Robert, he’s available on Twitter as @robertnyman.
Tristan Nitot
At the Web 2.0 Summit 2011, Mitchell Baker gave an inspiring talk about new ways of thinking about user data.
If you want to read more tips or discuss the web with Tristan, he’s available on Twitter as @nitot.
About Robin Hawkes
Robin thrives on solving problems through code. He's a Digital Tinkerer, Head of Developer Relations at Pusher, former Evangelist at Mozilla, book author, and a Brit.