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A definitive list of tools for generating static websites.

Thatcherism left Britain politically, economically and regionally divided, a state that was meant to be proud that it stood for something in the world again, even as Thatcherism warned that the state was the enemy of freedom and not to be relied upon. No one could bring in change of the shape, speed and size that Thatcher did, and not expect any flaws or problems to emerge. To say that she's responsible for the country's recent triumphs, but not for any of its woes, defies all logic.

Ana­lyzes 150 bil­lion vis­its to 1,500+ web­sites to pro­vide an overview of how con­sumers are using mobile devices world­wide.

Online shoppers are three times more likely to make a purchase on a tablet compared with a smartphone, according to [Adobe's] The State of Mobile Benchmark-Q2 3013.

If I were running a $1B site, I could do it with IBM, Oracle, or hybris and my SEO team would be handing specs to developers to implement. The deciding factor between those 3 platforms [...] would be things like total cost of ownership, native mobile support, speed, search, content management, merchandising features, and the ability to hire subject mater experts. Frankly, the implementation team would be more important than the platform.

But if I were running a $20M site, I wouldn't want to do it on any of those platforms. Note: Most $20M/year sites, want to be $200M sites, so it's still very common to see IBM and Oracle used on small sites, but they often struggle.

Starts with the building blocks of TCP, UDP and TLS, and then dives into newer technologies such as HTTP 2.0, WebSockets, and WebRTC. This book explains how these technologies work under the hood, their benefits, and provides hands-on optimization tips and best practices for each.

A style sheet to help detect invalid or inaccessible markup.

A much less offensive version of something we used in 2005.

Disconnect, like similar software from Abine and Ghostery, aims to give consumers more control over the data they share. After the extension is installed, an icon in the browser lets users adjust which advertisers and tracking companies can access their data. Disconnect sorts the requests into categories like advertising, analytics, and social.

I met an old advertising friend the other day and he said, so what is GDS? So I thought I should try and explain.

Allows you to pregenerate typical Vagrant builds.

From Brett Terpstra (nvAlt developer) and contributors.

If it looks and feels like an app, and lives on your home screen, it’s an App. With a capital “A.”

Some handy Middleman tips

An architecture for frontend-only web apps.

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Find people that can help you 10-20 hours per month and setup a retainer with them. The sooner you begin to build a team, even if they’re only a part-time team, the better off you’ll be.

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Simple solutions are almost always quickest, easiest and most effective. Maybe sometimes it does turn out that they aren’t enough and you do in fact need to do something hard. But if people in the street keep giving you funny looks, make sure you’re wearing trousers before you start worrying about what colour they are.