“The product vision part is easy. Not only does Steve Jobs push these products out without apparent effort, he couldn’t make himself not do it if he tried. It’s an obsession. So he puts the real sweat into managing and marketing and occasionally beating up on anyone who gets too close.”

Convert links to slides and even comment on elements of a Web page.

A collection of examples, tips and plugins about transforming WordPress into a CMS.

A screen capture of the new Amazon.com look.

“CoScripter is a system for recording, automating, and sharing processes performed in a web browser.”

If Photoshop is out of your reach, give GIMP a try.

Steve Jobs announces the replacement of the iPod line, including a stripped down iPhone called the iPod Touch. Oh, and the iPhone went done in price by $200.

The iPhone without the phone, camera, or email built in. While I would love one, I’ll hope and wait till a third party developer builds a microphone for it so I can make Skype or Vonage calls with it.

The creator and Googler demos his Quicksilver application. About time, I say. Maybe now I can use the software for something other than a simple program launcher.

An interesting take on cyberscape. I’m not sold on AIR, though. However, I am using it in a current project, but only to get around a limitation of the browser, not because it’s hawt.

Because you never know when you will need them.

A nice collection of resources for Web-based typography.

One my favorite editors is hosting a month long, online discussion on Women in Technology at O’Reilly.

Radical honesty or, what I like to term, not giving a flying pig what others think.

Listing of sites and resources for Web developers.

I guess hacking a nation’s assets are not acts of war if they take place in cyberspace?

Granted I’m biased, but I believe CSS Cookbook should be on the list.

“I can reluctantly understand having to show a permit to fish, a permit to drive and a permit to carry a weapon. Having to show a permit to exist is a scary idea which I got a strong taste of today.”

Warning: Pie chart.

An automated method for straightening multiple scanned photographs for those with Photoshop CS2+.

I believe I finally found a reason to incorporate more Flash into my projects.

A good list of tricks and techniques to help you be more productive without changing your routine too much.

Anyone have a clue invite for NBC Universal?

Yet another article about gPhone rumors.

Free textures for use in artwork.

Critical Rule #8: Understanding people is a lot more complex than following rules, but it’s a starting point.

“Seemingly random questions have become commonplace in Silicon Valley and other tech outposts.” Personally, I find these questions insulting to the interviewee since they won’t be solving brainteasers regularly at the job.

“Jeffery Zeldman discussed the soft skills that enable designers to get great work out in the world.”

“Often-cited information architecture rules and highlighted counter examples that exposed why these rules might be better suited as design considerations.”

“Lou Rosenfeld’s Search Analytics talk at An Event Apart outlined ways designers and developers could utilize search query logs to uncover insights about their site’s audience and needs.”

Wikipedia entry for the working man’s holiday.

Joseph Smarr’s talk at Yahoo! about using JavaScript for Web 2.0 applications.

Google and Yahoo! are rumored to be in development of respective phone operating systems. While expensive, 600 dollars today for an iPhone that works sounds a lot better than a cheaper phone that’s vaporware.

“Whether you are new to performance testing, or looking for ways to improve your current performance testing approach, you will find insights that you can tailor for your specific scenarios.”

Seth Godin talks about making numbers interesting for a presentation.

“Are you becoming frustrated trying to make your Mac OS X machine act as a proper email server? Have you been considering turning your Mac into an email server but you were not sure where to start? Are you intimidated by sendmail?”

“Art of Office is for Mac users pushing the boundaries of what can be done in Mac Office.”

Arson or accident? Well, that narrows it down.

Interesting snippets about Internet-age business. I liked the concept that proximity kills productivity.

It’s off to a good start. The HTML needs a bit more semantic touch up.

A simple and free web application that lets you brainstorm online.

I agree that an interrupted day can help fulfill one’s goals, but we live in an era where constant interruptions are the norm. Realizing this, how does one get quality work done?

The video won’t be visible until next month due to exceeding bandwidth. However, he does give some hints as to how to create the effect in the post. Time to experiment on my own and come back and compare notes in a few weeks.

“Pico is a computer interface that can move electromagnetic pucks, merging the digital and physical worlds.”

I’ve tinkered with Dapper in the past, but didn’t find it as quick and easy as they said. I checked the service out today. They’ve come a long way in a short amount of time.

“The out-of-work computer programmer had stumbled on to one of the bigger inside jokes on the Internet, and at the same time, stumbled into his next job.”

Clean design prevails, but anarchic MySpace will always have a special place in my heart.

“No self-respecting hipster would ever enter this contest let alone being a hipster in the first place. So we are forced to assume that our contestant’s participation is strictly ironic.”

“Allows you to add a Cover Flow™ effect (including reflection) to images on your Web pages.”

“Event delegation refers to the technique of reducing the number of event listeners attached to the document by attaching just one listener to a containing element and testing in the handler where that event has bubbled up from.”

“TubeStop is an extension for Mozilla-based Web browsers that disables the autoplay on YouTube videos. This means that you can open multiple YouTube videos in tabs in the background without them all starting to play at once.”

Why spend a little money for an old console game, when you can spend a lot of money for a phone and old games?

“And this isn’t just for you, Mr. do-my-logo-for-a-hundred-dollars, this is for everyone who devalues the work of good graphic designers.”

It’s a nice effect, but today’s kids want the JavaScript-enhanced animation, too.

A white or pink noise generator.

“The novice asked the backup master which files he should backup…”

A simple CSS trick that helps with tabular data displays.

A tutorial on CSS rollovers.

A large list of tools to help freelancers (or anyone in the Internet era) be more productive.

Bloggers are doing the reporting that journalists should be doing. Maybe journalists should move to a different media that’s not limited by owning a printing press or an FCC license.

“The accident took place on Monday. On Tuesday, witnesses saw a service crew splashing white paint over the name “China Airlines” and the plum flower logo on the aircraft’s tail.”