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Building a web app the Microsoft way by Jeremy Baines
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Think fast, feature-rich and affordable web app development and Microsoft may not be the first thing that springs to mind. But one agency put any prejudices aside and built a web app from top to bottom with MS tools. Here's what happened...
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Developing with Google App Engine, Part I by Adam Howell
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It's only getting easier to build a scalable web app. In Part I of this article Adam Howell talks about the basics of getting an app up and running on Google App Engine.
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The thrill of launch by Peter Nixey
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1,000 signups in a day isn't half bad for a brand new app, just ask Peter Nixey. In this article Peter details the thrill of the launch of his startup Clickpass, in the meantime giving us a glimpse at just what it takes to successfully launch your web app.
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Subversion for Designers by Chris Nagele
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There's no question that developers need version control when working on an app. But what about designers? In this article Chris Nagele, founder of Beanstalk, talks about the benefits and basics of Subversion for designers.
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Kyle Meyer gives his initial impressions (and takes lots of nice screenshots) of Silverback.
Adam Howell May 14, 2008
Why Yelp Works. "Yelp understood that, as with Wikipedia, a small group of people can create something that the rest of us can take advantage of."
Adam Howell May 13, 2008
Graphic Leftovers is a "haven where professional designers and illustrators sell or donate their unused, unsold or unfairly rejected pieces of art online." Nice idea.
Adam Howell May 9, 2008
NETTUTS, a new site from the same group that does Freelance Switch and PSDTUTS, has a nice post up about its development and design called 7 Crucial Tips for Designing and Maintaining a Large Site.
Adam Howell May 8, 2008
Derek Sivers (owner/operator of CDBaby) covers cloud computing, Google's mailserver features, businesses not needing employees and more with his post Some things I’ve learned this year that turned my world upside-down and I’m still trying to wrap my head around.
Adam Howell May 7, 2008
Seth Godin's Avoiding the Passion Pop Gulf is a nice post about either catering to the edgy/obsessed crowd or the vapid/trite crowd — and making sure you don't end up catering to neither.
Adam Howell May 6, 2008
Techdirt's Is The Era Of The Amateur Blogger Over? and Megan McArdle's Blogging goes professional are two interesting looks at how blogging has changed over the last 5 or 6 years.
Adam Howell April 30, 2008
Who Should I Follow? is a cool Twitter app that gives you recommendations of people to follow based on people you're already following.
Adam Howell April 29, 2008
