Adam Bosworth Reconsiders Ajax. Adam Bosworth responds to his son's post on Ajax Mistakes. Adam was one of the key people behind Internet Explorer. My son (Alex Bosworth) posted a popular post a week ago on the pitfalls of Ajax applications but he left out some of the features still missing from Ajax applications: First,… Continue reading Adam Bosworth Reconsiders Ajax

Confessions of a Pixel Perfectionist. Icon master Josh Williams reveals the software tools used at Firewheel Design. Welcome back, Yellowlane. Visit site [SimpleBits]

Adviser says governor faked stance on abortion. Governor Mitt Romney's top political strategist has told a prominent conservative magazine that his client has been ''faking” his support of abortion rights in Massachusetts. [Boston Globe — Front Page]

Euro facing meltdown as Italy considers backing out. EUROPE'S political crisis spread to the euro yesterday after Italy publicly discussed abandoning the single currency and reverting to the lira. [The Scotsman]

NY Times: TV's Future Is Here, but It Needs Work. Unfortunately, Akimbo can offer only what the networks and cable channels are willing to contribute. And these days, just hearing the phrase “Internet downloads” generally sends television executives into paranoid fits. As a result, the Akimbo library is so puny and overpriced that the enterprise… Continue reading TV's Future Is Here, but It Needs Work

Dutch voters strongly reject EU constitution. AMSTERDAM — Following their neighbors in France, Dutch voters delivered a stinging rebuke yesterday to the architects of a unified Europe by voting overwhelmingly against the new European Union constitution. [Boston Globe — Front Page]

Just one slider, but not so simple. Yahoo! Mindset is standard Yahoo search with one new feature, a slider with “Shopping” on one end and “Researching” on the other. The default position is dead center, and if you slide to the left or right your results are updated accordingly. The tech works. Sliding toward “Researching”… Continue reading Just one slider, but not so simple

You Need 3 E-mail Accounts. I've had several friends and family members recently ask me what to do about the flood of spam they receive in their e-mail. Here is my advice: don't let the spammers get your e-mail address. 🙂 To that end, everyone needs (at least) three e-mail accounts … [alexking.org: Blog]

Apple Wants Your Widgets. By tim Macworld points to Apple's call for submissions of automator actions, spotlight plugins, and dashboard widgets for redistribution from apple.com. (I didn't expect to love dashboard as much as I do. It's my favorite feature of Tiger — so many cool and useful add-ins!) Plug-in architectures are one of the… Continue reading Apple Wants Your Widgets

James Duncan Davidson embraces Rails. James Duncan Davidson and Mike Clark have been working together on a commercial Rails project for a few weeks now. And while Mike has long been singing the praises of Rails (much appreciated!), I’ve been quite curious to hear James’ thoughts. I’m very flattered on behalf of the Rails team… Continue reading James Duncan Davidson embraces Rails