Gijsvanzon's blog

As Steve Jobs said at D8. “If we succeed, they’ll buy them! If we don’t, we won’t sell any. And I have to say, people seem to be liking the iPad!” This reference to a conversation involving flash on the iPhone and iPad. Apple is a company which is known for it’s axing of popular pieces such as the 3 1/2 floppy, the serial and parallel ports and the optical drives. Next up is Flash. Personally I  support their effort and I think HTML 5 and CSS3 has the future. What do you think?

This application for PC and MAC is wonderfull. It’s named teamviewer and it’s a great app that lets you share your desktop, files or view a presentation from someone else computer when you’re on the otherside of the world.

There are a lot of different applications that do the same. but the best thing about Teamviewer is that it works cross platform and can be used with an iPhone App.

if you don’t have any reason to use it for desktop sharing you can always use it as a remote for your own PC or MAC. Makes getting up from the couch to pause a movie unnecessary.

Sometimes i’m just glad there’s something called photography. A great representation of the Vancouver Olympic Games 2010 in pictures by Boston.com.

http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2010/02/vancouver_2010_part_1_of_2.html
http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2010/03/vancouver_2010_part_2_of_2.html

Adium

Adium is a free instant messaging application for Mac OS X that can connect to AIM, MSN, Jabber, Yahoo, and more.

Boxee

Boxee is the best way to enjoy entertainment from the Internet and computer on your TV.

Coda

text editor + file transfer + svn + css + terminal + books + more = whoah.

Cornerstone

Underpin your project with version control and experience the confidence that comes with being able to compare, review and share your ideas with ease.

Dropbox

Dropbox is the easiest way to store, sync, and, share files online.

Evernote

Walt Mossberg (WSJ) calls Evernote a clever, worthwhile way to organize your thoughts, documents, and ideas.

Fileshuttle

The easiest way to share your files on the web

Linotype Font Explorer
You’re able to sort, explore and shop for fonts with ease.

Mysql Workbench
MySQL Workbench provides a graphical tool for working with MySQL Servers and databases.

NetNewsWire
Looking for an easy-to-use RSS and Atom reader for your Mac? You’ve found it!

OmniGraffle
Diagramming, charting, and visualization software for Mac OS X

Parallels
Parallels offers virtualization and automation solutions for desktops, servers, hosting, SaaS and more.

Quicksilver
At first glance, Quicksilver is a launcher.

Sequel pro

Sequel Pro is a fast, easy-to-use Mac database management application for working with MySQL databases.

Skitch
Skitch is an application to give you 1-click uploading of images for fast and fun image sharing.

Skype
An exciting new ways to stay in touch.

Transmission

Transmission is a cross-platform BitTorrent client

Transmit
Manage your simple storage service, Mac-style

Tweetdeck

TweetDeck: a simple and fast way to experience Twitter.

VLC
VLC media player is a highly portable multimedia player and multimedia framework capable of reading most audio and video formats (MPEG-2, MPEG-4, H.264, DivX, MPEG-1, mp3, ogg, aac …) as well as DVDs, Audio CDs VCDs, and various streaming protocols.

Nice documentary from the BBC. Take an hour to see this story about time and how it effects all of us.

www.dowebsitesneedtolookexactlythesameineverybrowser.com

In an age where there are many different browsers and clients want to have the same look for their website in every single one, there is a simple answer to the question:

Do websites need to look exactly the same in every browser?

I just submitted my first ever entry for a HTML/CSS contest on CSS-tricks. If you want to now what i submitted, have a look at the following URL.

http://www.gijsvanzon.com/css-off/

Some specifications on the design and it’s difficulties:

- Transparancy
- z-indexes
- text-shadowing

I tried to make it backwards compatible so the design would be good in IE, better in Firefox and at its best on Chrome and Safari. Lets hope for a good result. I’ll keep you all posted.

For my work i’m always on the internet. Most of the content you see there, isn’t worth writing about. But once in a while there are those things that deserve a little more attention.

On my blog i will be posting about these little pieces of WAUW; these perfect examples of heaven, that make the internet such a magnificent place to be spending your time on.