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iOS – Habit List

By Joshua Lay | Published: May 21, 2012

Habit List Intuitive and flexible, Habit List helps you create good habits and break unhealthy ones. Stay on track, keep your to-do list uncluttered, and see big changes through little steps The app I always wanted to write (plus a tonne of others I’m guessing) is out. I really like the features of this one. [...]

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Flotr2

By Joshua Lay | Published: May 17, 2012

Flotr2 Flotr2 is a library for drawing HTML5 charts and graphs. It is a branch of flotr which removes the Prototype dependency and includes many improvements Graph all the things! Tweet

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LinkedIn For iPad: using local storage for snappy mobile apps

By Joshua Lay | Published: May 15, 2012

Write up by Akhilesh Gupta We’ve found HTML 5 local storage to be an effective way to improve an application’s performance, both in terms of time and space requirements: Temporarily storing recently fetched data results in a tremendous improvement in application responsiveness. It provides the user the ability to move around the application quickly without [...]

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An Introduction to Application Development with Catalyst and Perl

By Joshua Lay | Published: May 15, 2012

Henry Van Styn with a thorough introduction Catalyst is the latest in the evolution of open-source Web development frameworks. Written in modern Perl and inspired by many of the projects that came before it, including Ruby on Rails, Catalyst is elegant, powerful and refined. It’s a great choice for creating any Web-based application from the [...]

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Be Cordial or Be on Your Way

By Joshua Lay | Published: May 15, 2012

Kenneth Reitz Every once in while, maintainers and community members will shun and insult a contributor’s work. This is a perfect example of what you should never do. Don’t worry about non-constructive feedback. It serves no purpose. Realize that some people just take things way too seriously. Tell them to be on their way. The [...]

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This is what happens when drummers write Javascript

By Joshua Lay | Published: May 15, 2012

Check out the video here wildlifecontrol, reddit Just to make it clear: this is not a video. Pure JavaScript, CSS, and HTML with the help of the SoundCloud API. Think of it as a scripted visualization. Although the story is linear, certain elements are random, making each viewing unique. The scenes are rendered on a [...]

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giving.github.com

By Joshua Lay | Published: May 15, 2012

giving.github, discussion on reddit → are you a charity, scientist or engineer in need of programming help? → are you a programmer who wants to spend just five minutes helping make the world a better place? The giving.github.com project was inspired by an epiphany that there is more to life than work. Coders too can [...]

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