From “FBJS/Animation - Facebook Developers Wiki“:
FBJS exposes a powerful animation library which gives developers an easy way to improve their user interface with a line of two or code. All animations are CSS based, so a working knowledge of CSS will really help you out here. An open-source version of FBJS Animation that will work on pages outside of Facebook is available at: http://developers.facebook.com/animation/.
Via ReadWriteWeb and the Facebook Developer blog.
From “Read/WriteTalk: John Lilly - CEO, Mozilla“:
In the interview we review both the lessons he’s learned at Mozilla and his plans for the organization in the future. I also think many of the leaders at DataPortability.org will find his comments quite interesting.
Interesting. Very interesting!
And while I’m at it: See “New Video Explains the Basics of Data Portability“, if you’re unclear on the subject.
From Joe’s shout:
It’s 6PM on a Thursday night and I’m about ready to head over to the Open Web Awards presented by Mashables.com to celebrate Digg’s wins with a few of my fellow Diggers. The only downer is that we don’t have more Diggers to share the fruits of our labor with.
I went to San Francisco last June to meet with the Digg team, and I can certify that if you have the skills, already live in the area or are willing to move there, you MUST apply. It’s not just for show, this team really rocks!
Unfortunately (arguably), I can’t move to SF, family and all, so this one’s not for me.
Alain Désilets’ (National Research Council of Canada) presentation at the PHP Québec CodeFest2008 on the challenges of massive translation collaboration in the wiki environment, and proposal for a cross lingual wiki engine concept to tackle the problem.
The presentation was followed by an intensive brainstorming session on the said engine, which itself led to a coding session after.
The video/sound is unedited and the quality isn’t fantastic, but it’s getting the word out that counts, right? :)
See also: Heri’s report on Montreal Tech Watch.
From “User-modifiable Linux phone upgraded“:
Open source phone company OpenMoko will ship a new version of its user-modifiable Linux-based mobile phone next year. The “Neo FreeRunner” resembles OpenMoko’s original Neo1973 model, but with WiFi, 3D accelerometers, and a faster processor, as well as a consumer market focus, according to the company.
OpenMoko (com, org) had kind of fallen off the map after not meeting their October 2007 deadline for launching the consumer version. Gladly, they now seem to be back on track with their newly announced FreeRunner, a Samsung 500MHz SoC-based device.
I did win an iPhone in the meantime, but I still love OpenMoko. Even though Android and Nokia are now arguably also riding on the Open tagline.
Via Digg.
Update: Ouch… It’s supposedly priced at US$600… Hopefully, they’ll get enough volume to lower prices with the new consumer market focus.
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