A must-read for anyone who designs or develops for any screen, with a focus on the Web. The concepts are still important for all other designers and developers to understand though – the ‘pixel’ is changing, and thus the entire foundation for on-screen design is shifting beneath our feet.
Syndicated
China’s Internet users cross 500 million
“At the end of December, the country had 513 million Internet users, according to a report issued Monday by the China Internet Network Information Center (CNNIC), a non-profit group with ties to the government. This puts the country’s total Internet penetration at 38.3 percent, up 4 percent from a year ago. In contrast, the U.S. has a total Internet penetration of 78.2 percent, according to Internet World Stats.
“The number of users accessing the Internet from their mobile phones has also grown, reaching 355 million, or more than the entire population of the U.S. Now 69.3 percent of China’s Internet users connect to the Internet via their handsets, up from 66.2 percent a year ago.”
Stop Time
Thrilling and Amazing! – 15 Tips for an Extraordinary Vacation.
A far better list than the standard set of travel tips. There are some great ideas in there.
Shim
A Node.js tool that syncs browsing sessions across multiple devices on the same Wi-Fi network.
The Phone Stack
via @grumpicus. “a brilliant piece of social engineering, masquerading as a bar game” Love it.