“Heat maps let users quickly visualize density of locations. Some maps will show points, but being able to understand the density of those points makes it much easier to see, especially when using colors.”
jQuery Sparklines
Sexy sparklines, created using jQuery. Very nice.
Events Manager plugin for WP
New plugin for WP. Nice and simple, stores events in a separate table and includes Google Map integration.
Modified SimpleLife Lifestreaming Plugin
Modified SimpleLife Lifestreaming Plugin
Ties together a series of services (Flickr, delicious, etc) and presents them all as a unified stream of what you’re doing online.
Lifestream Blog
Blog about HTFS-style streams of information and organization.
10gen
“10gen is a new platform-as-a-service technology designed to help developers quickly and easily build dynamic, scalable, mission critical web sites and applications.”
The Three Stages of Language Fluency
The Three Stages of Language Fluency
Interesting (long) article on the stages of developing language fluency. Decent framework for learning a new language.
ClickBank
Affiliate marketing, apparently with up to 75% commissions on digital product sales.
Wordle – Beautiful Word Clouds
Wordle – Beautiful Word Clouds
“Wordle is a toy for generating “word clouds” from text that you provide.” All sorts of options like font, color, layout etc. Really beautiful results.
Open Proxy List
Web interface to look up an international proxy so you can appear as if you’re still in the US.