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links for 2006-12-24

  • How to turn your blog in to an OpenID
    Absolutely WONDERFUL tutorial from Simon about why & how to use OpenID. He’s followed up with an excellent screencast too.
    (tags: simonwillison openID blog blogging authentication identity security howto privacy passwords comments)
  • Ten Web 2.0 APIs you can really use – LinuxWorld
    Nice rundown of ten seriously useful APIs
    (tags: api data development programming coding services webdevelopment webservices)
  • 24 ways: Fast and Simple Usability Testing
    Nat’s written a great article describing how and why to perform simple usability testing. The real gold, however, is in her little tips and tricks for getting testers to loosen up and flow with the process — I particularly like the stapler trick!
    (tags: usability testing howto tips webdesign webdevelopment HCI wisdom work nataliedowne natbat)
  • Never store passwords in a database!
    Every time I forget a password and the site emails me the original password, I have exactly the same thoughts!
    (tags: development passwords security privacy reddit software softwaredevelopment webdevelopment internet web2.0 webapplications)
  • Mark Shuttleworth » Blog Archive » #5: Real real-time collaboration
    “See – people who work with word processors and spreadsheets have rights too! And they could benefit dramatically from much better collaboration.”
    Mark nails it again – a great challenge for OSS to attack
    (tags: community opensource markshuttleworth opensourcesoftware linux ubuntu collaboration)
  • as days pass by » Blog Archive » Geek Christmas crackers
    “Geeks aren’t interested in politics because government doesn’t double its efficiency and speed once every 18 months”
    Great geeky Xmas cracker mottos from Stuart 🙂
    (tags: funny humour xmas crackers geeks)
  • The Man in Blue > Experiments > Web Coolness Calculator
    Cute little quiz. I scored 20% and am not sure whether that worries me or not!h
    (tags: humour cool funny web2.0 coolness calculator web)
  • Jon Udell: A conversation with Jon Udell about his new job with Microsoft
    “But we’re leaving a lot of folks behind. And I’m not just talking about the digital divide that separates the Internet haves from the have-nots. Even among the haves, the ideas and tools and methods that some of us take for granted haven’t really put down roots in the mainstream.”
    (tags: blogging business microsoft development marketing social jobs careers interesting jonudell)
  • The risks of ransacking a nativity scene
    “The holiday season is supposed to be a time for families to make memories together. When my kids are grown, they’ll remember waking up every December morning and finding the murdered corpse of a six inch shepherd by the piano.”
    (tags: humour funny anecdotes xmas)
  • Buying a Wii
    “I don’t even know the seller’s name, but I take some comfort in the fact that if I ever need to buy drugs or a gun or a Playstation 3, I already know the routine.”
    (tags: humour funny anecdotes gaming games wii consoles)
  • Photo Matt » Why Blog Posts Matter
    “91% of the people who came to the permalink for yesterday’s post visited WordPress.com to see the new design. Online advertising is usually thrilled to get a 1-2% clickthrough rate.”
    (tags: anecdotes statistics blogs blogging marketing advertising web internet)
Posted by delicious @ 9:20 PM on December 24, 2006
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