The Google Chrome Team has authored an online book addressing some common topics on the Internet. It not only offers awesome examples of what you can do with HTML5/CSS3/JS, but is also a good book about the Internet in general. As a developer, I particularly like the section on how older browsers are slowing down innovation on the Internet. Take a look and let us know what you think in the comments.
http://www.20thingsilearned.com/
CNBC is running an article about Apple’s iPad adoption rate. To summarize, it’s pretty hot.
“iPad sold three million units in the first 80 days after its April release and its current sales rate is about 4.5 million units per quarter, according to Bernstein Research.”
“At this current rate, the iPad will pass gaming hardware and the cellular phone to become the 4th biggest consumer electronics category with estimated sales of more than $9 billion in the U.S. next year, according to Bernstein. TVs, smart phones and notebook PCs are the current three largest categories.”
Whether you think the iPad is revolutionary or an expensive toy, it would be best to pay attention to these numbers.
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I’ve always looked at Twitter as just a form of micro-blogging: You follow people who talk about things that interest you or perhaps you have something interesting you want to talk about. Unlike blogs, you’re limited to 140 characters, so your message must be to the point. But what really opened my eyes to how powerful Twitter could be was when I was having trouble with a web site’s application.
I follow a number of different web comics on the Internet. I also follow the writers and artists of these comics on Twitter. They post things like funny quips, when they have new comics up, and a few them even post when they are broadcasting themselves drawing the strip live. Now this is just good general use of Twitter for people who have this kind of fan base.
