Free or near-free paint applications are so ridiculously crappy that Sketchpad is a breath of fresh air by comparison. Most simple paint tools are supported, with PNG export. If it included SVG export as well, I’d be unable to contain my excitement.

“If your product or service needs social data in today’s API marketplace, there are a few things you need to consider in order to most effectively consume said data.”

“Spinn3r is a web service for indexing the blogosphere. We provide raw access to every blog post being published – in real time. We provide the data, and you can focus on building your application, mashup, or search engine. We find the weblogs and RSS, index their content, fetch the links, index their comments, etc.”

Here’s an attractive page which describes many of the key features in HTML5 and how to detect whether they’re supported. The page also includes indicators for support in your browser. As a bonus, the page itself validates as HTML5.

Rui Carmo delivers a great article on Tao of Mac lashing out against the anti-iPad pundits. Read it, especially if you’re on the anti-iPad side.

Judging by my links to pro-iPad posts of this nature, you’re probably aware of where I stand. I think it’s a great device. I’m OK with its closed nature, in … Read more