web development

spoon.net – run any desktop application on deman

I haven’t tried it myself yet, but a few people mentioned to me that this is mighty useful for cross-browser testing during web development and design.

If you have the data, use it!

Spending quit a bit of time on the web, I’ve boosted my tolerance levels to bad design, horrible user interfaces, and twisted logic. However, there are still things that annoy the crap out of me. Among the two most frequent are these:

Google throwing me into Greek language. Yes, I do live in Cyprus, where Greek is an official language. However, Google knows damn well, that I don’t speak it. Every single time I was given a choice, I’ve switched back to English. I have automatic translation of Greek to English set in Gmail, Google Reader, Google Chrome and Google Nexus, all of which are linked and synced to my one Gmail account. Why do I still see Greek as the default language every other week? This is getting retarded.
Facebook can’t figure out the gender-specific language. Even though it knows the gender of the user to be female, it still sends me notifications like “Olga commented on his Wall post”. English is not even my native language and I am getting annoyed by this. How you guys can look at this every single time and not catch is beyond me.

The steam is out, I feel better now.

MapBox – an open mapping platform

WordPress Plugin : P3 – Plugin Performance Profiler

See which plugins are slowing down your site. This plugin creates a performance report for your site.

10up – web development & strategy for WordPress

There are so many cool companies around WordPress and love each and every one of them. They push the boundaries of web development, expand the community, contribute back to WordPress, and simply inspire. Have a look at 10up, for example.

We imagine, create, and grow amazing web experiences with WordPress.

Make sure to check their WordPress plug-ins page.