Time breakdown of web design
Tuesday, May 22nd, 2007
Ran into this again.
Heh heh!
Archive for May, 2007
Where PC's go to die
Monday, May 21st, 2007
Slashdot has posted a link (“Digital Waste Worth More Than Gold, Copper Ore”) to an article by Foreign Policy about the recycling of digital waste.
Scary numbers quoted in the article.
- Each year between 20 and 50 million tons of electronic waste is generated globally
- Its 10 times cheaper to ship waste to China than to dispose of digital waste properly at home
- One ton of computer scrap contains more gold than 17 tons of gold ore.
- Circuit boards can be 40 times richer in copper than typical copper ore.
- Lead, mercury, and cadmium are a computer’s most common toxic substances. When melted down, the machines release even more toxins into the air, ground, and water.
- Some disposal sites in China employ more than 100,000 people. In Guiyu, the average worker can earn between $2 and $4 a day.
It reminds of the infamous shipbreaking yards in India.
Make a mashup in minutes
Sunday, May 20th, 2007Scoble has just posted about Popfly – Microsoft’s new mashup builder. With Yahoo Pipes and Popfly, a new age of mashups is dawining where you can build a tools within minutes.
When I first saw this demoed a few months ago the Microsoftie who showed it to me literally built TwitterVision in two minutes right in front of me without writing code.
– Robert Scoble
Webservices will power the next generation of websites. If you’re building a new website, you should consider how webservices can increase traffic to business.
Inspirational quotes
Wednesday, May 16th, 2007“When everything seems to be going against you, remember that the airplane takes off against the wind, not with it.” – Henry Ford
“A person who never made a mistake, never tried anything new. “ – Albert Einstein
“Logic will get you from A to B. Imagination will take you everywhere. “ – Albert Einstein
Links
Wednesday, May 16th, 2007Performance
Design / Innovation
- Jakob Nielsen on the state of web 2.0
- Steve Jobs on innovation at Apple
- Make your site mobile friendly
- The man behind Apple’s insanely cool products
Entrepreneurship / Business
