Apps
The 10 Golden Principles of Successful Web Apps
Speed, Instant Utility, Voice, Less Is More, Programmable, Personal, RESTful, Discoverable, Clean, Playful Fred Wilson, The 10 Golden Principles of Successful Web Apps (slides)
Web
Blogging
Living on someone else’s platform requires that you understand this
Living on someone else’s platform requires that you understand this stuff really well. Charles Hudson, Three Reminders about Platform Businesses (Apple, Twitter, and Facebook)
Mobile
HTML5 apps, which are web-based and far more interoperable
HTML5 apps, which are web-based and far more interoperable already than any native apps, will oust native apps in the long run QuirksBlog, on the economy of mobile app development, The payment argument is nonsense
The Net interprets censorship as damage and routes around it
The Net interprets censorship as damage and routes around it. John Gilmore
A confused view of the web
a confused view of the web, [is] that you never want to send people to another site, because (incorrectly) that means fewer page views on your own site Techdirt: Why Do Newspapers So Rarely Link Out?
The instant, pre-conscious pleasure of seeing a well designed page
It’s the instant, pre-conscious pleasure of seeing a well designed page that makes you predisposed to find a beautiful design easy to use—an effect that lingers long after the slower, conscious behavioral and reflective levels of processing kick in and make you aware of how you feel about
Your first site version
If you review your first site version and don’t feel embarrassment, you spent too much time on it. Mark Goldenson, 10 lessons from a failed startup
Web
The web is just a braindead platform
The web is just a braindead platform for moving information around, but it’s not your actual friends. Merlin Mann, 03-19-2009
Preferences are a way to avoid making tough decisions
Preferences are a way to avoid making tough decisions Getting Real