Flask (A Python Microframework)
“Flask is a microframework for Python based on Werkzeug, Jinja 2 and good intentions. And before you ask: It’s BSD licensed!”
How Firefox Contacts Auto-Discovery Works
How Firefox Contacts Auto-Discovery Works
Some cool details on real-world discovery for contact details.
sips
Simple Image Processing Script, comes with Mac OS X and allows you to perform simple image operations from the command line.
Designing for Social Interaction
Designing for Social Interaction
Interesting article about designing for social interactions with differing levels of social connections. Strong Ties, Weak Ties and Temporary Ties.
Alfred App
“Alfred is a quicklaunch application for Mac OS X, which aims to save you time in searching your local computer and the web. Whether it’s maps, Amazon, eBay, Wikipedia, you can feed your web addiction quicker than ever before.”
Gamatam Tasks
Gamatam Tasks tracks tasks between Worpress users, allowing users to edit the description, change the task status, change the priority and assign the task to a different user. It is not as comprehensive as most issue trackers (no work flow etc) by design, I found a lot of clients looking for something more useful than a spreadsheet or todo list, but not as complicated to use as bugzilla, trac et al.
Erasing David
“David Bond lives in one of the most intrusive surveillance states in the world. He decides to find out how much private companies and the government know about him by putting himself under surveillance and attempting to disappear, a decision that changes his life forever. Leaving his pregnant wife and young child behind, he is tracked across the database state on a chilling journey that forces him to contemplate the meaning of privacy and the loss of it.”
XAuth Specification
Interesting new authentication/identity service/protocol/system spearheaded by Meebo. Allows all service providers to share the details of if a user has an account with them, and potentially share information about them as well.