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Why "Social Darwinism" is just right

(author unknown) — Mon, 09 Apr 2012 06:29:13 PDT

Krugman worries that low-information independent voters won't know who Darwin was, or what it means to call Repub policy Social Darwinism. It doesn't matter. They don't know who Saul Alinsky is...

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How The IPO Ruined Google

Contributor — Sun, 08 Apr 2012 10:16:48 PDT

Editor’s Note: Ian Lurie is CEO of Portent Inc, an internet marketing agency that he founded in 1995. He co-published Web Marketing All-In-One for Dummies, where he wrote the sections on SEO,...

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Launching the Improved Auth Dialog

(author unknown) — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 03:00:00 PST

Over the past few months, we’ve been testing and iterating on the new Auth Dialog to incorporate feedback from users, developers and other third parties. By introducing new ways for people learn...

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25 Secrets of the Browser Developer Tools

Andi Smith — Fri, 04 Nov 2011 03:00:44 PDT

Over the last few years there has been one tool that has helped out every web developer more than any other – the browser developer tools. Working in harmony with the web browser, the developer tools...

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Installing the Python Imaging Library on Mac OS X Leopard ← Passing Curiosity

(author unknown) — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 09:20:54 PDT

Like many other developers, I work on a variety of UNIX-like operating systems including Linuxen, BSDs, and Mac OS X. While it's generally pretty easy to build and install new software on Linux...

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Pretty URLs: Routes in Google App Engine | Sproutee Solutions

(author unknown) — Sun, 30 Oct 2011 22:16:51 PDT

Designing an infinite digital bookcase

A Googler — Tue, 18 Oct 2011 12:29:12 PDT

(Cross-posted on the Google Code blog) As digital designers, we often think about how to translate traditional media into a virtual space. Recently, we thought about the bookcase. What would it...

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The Gamification

(author unknown) — Wed, 12 Oct 2011 09:22:26 PDT

When Joel Spolsky and I set out to design the Stack Exchange Q&A engine in 2008 -- then known as Stack Overflow -- we borrowed liberally and unapologetically from any online system that we felt...

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Step inside the map with Google MapsGL

A Googler — Thu, 13 Oct 2011 07:24:28 PDT

(Cross-posted on the Lat Long Blog) You’re now one step closer to experiencing and interacting with a 3D mirror of the real world within your browser with Google MapsGL. Google MapsGL takes Google...

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colour changing card trick

Steve — Sun, 16 Oct 2011 22:22:43 PDT

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=A2Lgw9zFH-Y#!

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16 Pixels: For Body Copy. Anything Less Is A Costly Mistake

(author unknown) — Sun, 09 Oct 2011 10:13:35 PDT

Shared by Steve Good stuff. 16 Pixels For Body Copy....

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Dynamic Views: seven new ways to share your blog with the world

(author unknown) — Tue, 27 Sep 2011 15:40:59 PDT

Shared by Steve Wow, Blogger blows out the new UI features very cool. As we said a few weeks ago when we launched a completely rebuilt, streamlined authoring and editing experience, we’re in the...

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Remembering my dad, Jim Henson

A Googler — Fri, 23 Sep 2011 15:52:59 PDT

We’re thrilled to share this guest post by Brian Henson about his father—puppeteer, director and producer Jim Henson, best known as the creator of the Muppets. For the next 36 hours, we’re honoring...

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TED: What we learned from 5 million books - Jean-Baptiste Michel / Erez Lieberman Aiden (2011)

TEDTalks — Tue, 20 Sep 2011 08:38:56 PDT

Have you played with Google Labs' Ngram Viewer? It's an addicting tool that lets you search for words and ideas in a database of 5 million books from across centuries. Erez Lieberman Aiden and...

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Easy Facebook Scripting in Python

pcardune — Mon, 05 Sep 2011 19:09:41 PDT

UPDATED: fbconsole Pypi Package and Github Repository Sometimes you just want to write a little script using Facebook’s api that updates your status, or downloads all your photos, or deletes all...

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Elements Of A Viral Launch Page

Simon Schmid — Thu, 01 Sep 2011 06:16:20 PDT

Google+, Hipster, Connect.me and Instagram! They all hit a gazillion users in no time at all — and you can even read all about it in everyday media today. This is every product creator’s dream. Ok,...

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The Sunscreen Smokescreen

david — Mon, 11 Jul 2011 07:30:09 PDT

It started with a question. It always does. This time, the question was simple: How much sunscreen should I wear? I’m a pale geek who burns. I wanted to know the optimal. A simple question with a...

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Social Design Guidelines to help you build great social experiences

(author unknown) — Tue, 16 Aug 2011 02:49:00 PDT

Social design is quickly becoming the norm for any successful app. However, we haven’t yet emphasized why understanding social design is important and how to implement social design in your apps....

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Review Of Cross-Browser Testing Tools

(author unknown) — Sun, 07 Aug 2011 09:41:39 PDT

Prediction API: Tunable predictive models

(author unknown) — Sat, 06 Aug 2011 14:43:35 PDT

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