Simply defining, a conversion engine is tool that one uses to convert one form of text into another. Here, I am talking about converting plain text to formatted coding. If you want a better idea of what I am talking about, take a look at the excellen …
I like how Google service pages load up faster than others. Most of it can be attributed to their minimalistic design, but if you ever open up Firebug’s console, you’ll see the actual reason.
The good thing about Javascript is that it& …
The big stink that came out of the Leander Kahney article about “How Apple Got Everything Right …” got some of the most prominent writers scrambling for their keyboards. Some were against the comparison between Google and Apple, and …
Lightbox Gone Wild was one of the first to implement this. A Javascript/CSS based modal window, which had to be serviced before access the page was returned. Sort of like a cool looking dialogue box. It was new for the time, and everybody joined on t …
After a very long time today (apparently after 2006) I searched del.icio.us for tagged links about something, and I saw the advertisements on the right (I’m very not used to seeing ads anyway, thanks to AdBlock). I found it new, so I went searc …
When we get used to an operating system, and memorise the keyboard short-cuts, we see our productivity increase. Tasks that would normally take 3 mouse clicks (after the time taken to move your hand from the keys to the mouse), can be easily executed …
In the past, I’ve heard both sides of the argument — which has usually involved the Apple side blaming Microsoft and the Microsoft side blaming Apple — and after at least 3 years of being a part of that crowd, I’ve taken the h …
To those who are subscribed to the feed, you would have seen frequent updates with small posts with usually two-to-three line sarcastic, and as pointed out, often biased commentary. Those posts don’t have their own page (actually they do, but I …
As our Internet devices get smaller and more powerful with time, the natural course of action would be to leverage their mobility and handy-ness to become more socially aware. The services we have (like Twitter and Pownce) at present rely on manual u …