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Interesting tidbits from around the web (September 1st):

• Why Users Fill Out Forms Faster With Top Aligned Labels | UXMovement.com – put your form fields in a list, with labels on top and your users can fill them out faster. so this says.
• 10 Mistakes That Start-Up Entrepreneurs Make – WSJ.com – Spending too much time on product development, not enough on sales, that one really resonates
• Building a Standing Workstation – Hacks – another diy walkstation
• Is there a good jQuery plugin or JS code for time durations? – Stack Overflow – another hit on parsing integer to time in javascript this one in jquery
• Datejs – An open-source JavaScript Date Library – This came up in #railsbridge, looking for a way to parse int to time duration

Interesting tidbits from around the web (August 21st):

• iPhone SDK Examples – iPhone SDK Example Code
• Twitter Streaming API + node.js + Appcelerator Titanium = Real-time tweet map – the appcelerator firehose (twitter streaming & node.js)
• Installing App Files with Appcelerator Titanium – persistence solutions with appcelerator titanium
• Making a combo-box in Titanium Appcelerator – code and video | cssgallery.info –
• Custom row for TableView in Appcelerator Titanium | cssgallery.info –
• Seven days with Titanium – day 2 – tables and pickers | cssgallery.info – titanium tables and pickers
• Seven days with Titanium – day 1 – windows, views, navigation and tabs | cssgallery.info – a look at titanium appcelerator's windows, views, navigation and tabs
• Appcelerator View RSS Feed | Two App Guys – quick rss reader tutorial using appcelerator titanium
• Devise 1.1 is out and ready to rock with Rails 3 | Plataforma Tecnologia Blog – why devise 1.1 will rock your rails 3 auths
• Yes, but who said they’d actually BUY the damn thing? – If you can't find ten people who say they'll buy it, your company is bullshit.
• Techneur – The Startup Idea Filter – idea a.d.d.
• CoffeeScript – javascript generator
• Underscore.js – Underscore is a utility-belt library for JavaScript that provides a lot of the functional programming support that you would expect in Prototype.js (or Ruby), but without extending any of the built-in JavaScript objects. It's the tie to go along with jQuery's tux.
• Where Do You Find Your Clients? – freelance switch poll asking you where you find your clients. tl;dr => word of mouth is the lion's share answer

Interesting tidbits from around the web (August 11th):

• Cloudkick | Cloud monitoring and management tools – cloud monitoring and management saas
• Setting up a Hudson Continuous Integration Testing Server for Ruby(and Rails) | Tommy Chheng – quick walk through on setting up hudson ci server for rails
• AdGrok | Search engine marketing for the masses. – guided search engine marketing as a service
• How persuasive is your website’s copy? A simple, five-step checklist | Design Shack – some ideas on making your site copy more persuasive
• The Zero Dollar, 5 Minutes Market Research – Marc-André Cournoyer’s blog – quick tip for finding new business ideas

Interesting tidbits from around the web (July 12th):

• Design for iPad – loads of resources for design on the ipad
• Happy customers through an improved checkout « Boagworld – Lots of suggestions on how to make your checkout forms better for the user
• bgetting’s hominid at master – GitHub – want to bake this into BrandPulse (http://getbrandpulse) so I can set up drip campaigns for trial users so they get the most out of the 30 day free trial
• The Entrepreneur’s Guide to Customer Development – the "cheat sheet to the 4 steps to the ephiphany"
• ariejan’s firefly at master – GitHub – FireFly is a simple URL shortner for personal use.
• Grasscove – Another remote log viewer for osx.

Interesting tidbits from around the web (July 7th):

• The Pragmatic Bookshelf | Read Our Magazines – another version of the prags magazine, PragPub came out, this one covering icuke among other things
• Wouldn’t that be sweet? : Automatic A/B Testing – Yes, it would be sweet. A/B testing made brain dead simple, or automatic even. No solution, just some thoughts.
• Web Apps – Stack Exchange – yet another stack overflow site (YASOS?) this one for web app developers
• LEGO Education: Store: LEGO ® MINDSTORMS ® Education NXT Base Set – Looking at ways to raise money for the Gar-Field Robotics teams, might involve the NXT Base Set. Damn toys are expensive…
• Calagator: Portland’s Tech Calendar – @edavis10 told me about this when I threw together Meatspace Marketing. Have to go back and revisit it though, a few other places I could see using it and I really don't want to reinvent another wheel
• Streaming API: Methods | dev.twitter.com – might need to look at this instead of going straight against the search api, we'll see.
• RSoC status: bringing engines closer to application – Updates on engines
• Beanstalk, a Simple and Fast Queueing Backend – Adam talks about Beanstalk, got here after reading about clockwork (the cron replacement).
• Design Patterns in Ruby: Adapter | DevInterface Blog – walk through of implementing an adapter in ruby
• Obie Fernandez: Meet David Allen at BizConf 2010 – GTD nuts have a reason to get to BizConf. Still trying to sell myself on the event. Love to go, but I'll be back down in FL a couple weeks later on vacation (like 2).
• PostgreSQL Monitoring Plugin – Another scoutapp plugin, this one for monitoring PostgreSQL (why isn't scoutapp available on heroku yet?). Feels like I've seen a new plugin a week from scoutapp, really need to spend some time to look at it.

Interesting tidbits from around the web (July 1st):

• Uses of Systematization for Freelancers – I need more systems. Love to hear about any freelancers/biz owners have that are vital.
• 5 Tips for Starting a Fresh Work Week | The Daily Grid – some good ideas to get off on the right foot Monday morning.
• The Road to Passenger 3: Technology Preview 3 – Closing the gap between development and production & rethinking the word “easy” – Phusion Corporate Blog – Wow, passenger lite looks pretty cool.

Interesting tidbits from around the web (June 17th):

• 7 Amazing Presentation Slides to Teach you How to Code with jQuery | web enavu – need to spend some time here
• Bootstrapped, Profitable, & Proud: WooThemes – (37signals) – The next in the series.

Interesting tidbits from around the web (June 14th):

• How to create your own Twitter background using Photoshop | Community Guy – Ben shows how to set up a custom twitter background and shares out the template he uses to do it with.
• Distractions and Correcting Focus « MacLitigator – Some tips and tools for dealing with pomodoros from a Lawyer, but applicable to just about everyone.
• How to Design Your Business Card | Webdesigner Depot – Some really interesting designs and ideas here, though for scanners (people that process your business card to digital) crazy shapes, circular printing and non-standard materials make it a pain in the ass to get it through my ScanSnap and into my system.
• Pivotal Labs: Talks – Loads of talks buy the pivotal crew, only thing they need is an rss (or better miro) feed.
• Video: How To Get Thousands of Visitors From Google – Keyword tips for good google juice on a blog post
• The Road to Rails 3 – GIANT ROBOTS SMASHING INTO OTHER GIANT ROBOTS – Thoughtbot has a bunch of open source code, here's where they sit in relation to latest rails (2.3.x and 3)
• Rondam Ramblings: Top ten geek business myths – sobering dose of reality for would be geek entrepreneur
• Next Chapter in the Lego Robotics Saga: Amazing Bipedal Walking (video) | Singularity Hub – Pinocchio lego robots

Interesting tidbits from around the web (June 10th):

• Want More Clients? Just Ask! | FreelanceSwitch – One of the ways that many freelancers get new clients is simply by asking. So, anyone want to hire me?
• pluginaweek’s state_machine at master – GitHub – Adds support for creating state machines for attributes on any Ruby class
• Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs –
• Burstly Free App hits #1 and makes $20,000. What we learned (so far). – first time I've heard the term app lotto
• Say goodbye to Flash with our all new charts – Blog – Campaign Monitor – ipad friendly, flash free charts for Campaign Monitor
• My 2 Bucks on Pricing – ChrisAshworth.org – A fascinating read on pricing covering, among other things, why pricing to low is bad for you _and_ your customers.
• dcrec1′s rails3_template at master – GitHub – Diego's rails 3 template
• Does Rails Performance Need an Overhaul? – Phusion Corporate Blog – a response to the Igvita article
• GTD, OmniFocus, and Pomodoros Part I: Introducing the Pomodoro | Musings – Seven part series this time, OmniFocus + Pomodoro. Maybe one of these will stick with me.
• Part I: How to Use OmniFocus (a guide for the advanced user) | Musings – First in a 5 part series on using OmniFocus

Interesting tidbits from around the web (June 1st):

• DisclosurePolicy.org: Disclosure Policy, Disclosure Policy Generator – Generate a disclosure policy for your blog
• How much does a trademark cost? – wow. $1000-$3000 if you want to skip right to the end.
• Postmark | Your Rack – Another send mail saas, like sendgrid with different pricing.
• wildbit’s postmark-rails at master – GitHub – Postmark adapter for ActionMailer
• pjammer’s emacs_for_rails_devs at master – GitHub – Phil has shared his long hard journey of setting up someone elses setup so you don't have to set it up yourself.
• Safari Books Online’s Beta iPad App – Testers Wanted! « Safari Books Online’s Official Blog – This might be a really good reason to get an ipad.
• How To Get 8379 New Twitter Followers By Christmas | IttyBiz – Naomi gives straight-forward non-DB advice on growing your twitter following.
• How to Create Your Own Jedi Council | Nerd Fitness – he's certainly not ashamed of being a nerd. business folks call this a mastermind group.
• intridea’s authbuttons at master – GitHub – Free auth button images for multiple authentication relayers.
• 10 TextMate bundles/plugins to boost your Ruby on Rails development productivity – most of these are in my dotfiles, not all of them get used as much as maybe they should
• MongoDB: A first look –
• 153 Links Every Start Up Should BookMark — EDUKATR – lots of links, probably some you haven't seen but a lot you have.
• Outside-In BDD: How?! – Sarah's take on BDD and how she does outside-in development
• A Guide to Google Font API –
• Google Storage for Developers – Google Code – more ways for google to own you
• Unboxed Consulting – Blog – Cucumber + iPhone = iCuke – cucumber stories for iphone dev
• PostgreSQL: Documentation: Manuals: PostgreSQL 8.3: Data Types – a list of built in types for pg