webmonkeyYour source for daily web development news8 Simple Tools for Better Bookmarking- September 17, 2008 Over the last week, I&8217;ve been checking out some new tools for social bookmarking and looking back at some old favorites. A lot has changed in the two years since our social bookmarking showdown. Users expect more than just saving bookmarks. We want to share them with friends, put them on our blog, and incorporate ...http://www.webmonkey.com/blog/8_Simple_Tools_for_Better_Bookmarking Forgotten Attachment Detector Stops (Some) Gmail Gaffes- September 17, 2008 High on our list of dream e-mail features is something to stop us from sending an e-mail without the attachments we claim to be including. Well, if you&8217;re a Gmail user, that feature is now available through an awesome new Labs feature: Forgotten Attachment Detector. Forgotten Attachment Detector (which you can enable in the Labs section ...http://www.webmonkey.com/blog/_Forgotten_Attachment_Detector__Stops_%28Some%29_Gmail_Gaffe... Does the Web Need a Ministry of Truth- September 17, 2008 In Tim Berners-Lee&8217;s speech announcing the new World Wide Web Foundation, the author of the web&8217;s foundation suggests that we need some sort of truth rating system to combat the proliferation on misinformation on the web. While it may look like a good idea on first glance, it also bears some resemblance to the Ministry of ...http://www.webmonkey.com/blog/Does_the_Web_Need_a__Ministry_of_Truth__ Googles Android Mobile Platform to Launch Sept. 23- September 17, 2008 It&8217;s official, Google&8217;s Android mobile platform is about to go from vaporware to actual, shipping product. The launch will happen at TMobile press conference in New York on September 23rd, although the first Android phone, the HTC Dream, won&8217;t hit stores until October. Like the iPhone 2.0, expect TMobile to subsidize the price of the Dream ...http://www.webmonkey.com/blog/Google_s_Android_Mobile_Platform_to_Launch_SeptDOT_23 Plan the End of Overnight Coding With Our Sample SMS Application- September 17, 2008 Coding into the night is in every webmonkey&8217;s DNA. How do you know when it&8217;s time to stop and go to sleep Use our new SMS application to tell you when the sun will rise. Don&8217;t exit out of terminal, just pick up your mobile phone. Text to 41411 with the word sunrise followed by your ...http://www.webmonkey.com/blog/Plan_the_End_of_Overnight_Coding_With_Our_Sample_SMS_Applica... Rules for Computing Happiness- September 17, 2008 Self-titled technologist Alex Payne, over at al3x.net, compiled his list of computing happiness. We all have them &8212; those rules you typically set up when you buy a new computer to make you feel at home; the software you use, how you use it, how you clutter your desktop. Everyone has their own computing sweet spot. Payne&8217;s ...http://www.webmonkey.com/blog/Rules_for_Computing_Happiness Chrome on Mac and Linux: Buggy and Unsupported, But It Works- September 17, 2008 Codeweavers, those cross-system wizards behind Wine, have shown off their prowess by releasing a version of Google&8217;s Chrome to Mac and Linux ahead of Google&8217;s own attempts. The browser, labeled Crossover Chromium, is pulled straight from the open source code. Of course, these versions are built on modified versions of Wine, and are, in Codeweaver&8217;s words, &8220;just ...http://www.webmonkey.com/blog/Chrome_on_Mac_and_Linux%3A_Buggy_and_Unsupported__But_It_Wor... Better Bookmarking: Twine- September 16, 2008 Twine is a bookmarking service with a lot more going on than just storing links. You can still do that with the Twine bookmarklet, but the site itself is where you&8217;ll find the most value. Like Diigo, Twine is organized into interest groups, which it calls twines. Though the service is in private beta, there have ...http://www.webmonkey.com/blog/Better_Bookmarking%3A_Twine DjangoCon Video Coverage Now Online- September 16, 2008 For those of you unable to attend, Google has released the videos from the recent Django Conference (see our coverage). Highlights include the DjangoCon keynote from founders Adrian Holovaty and Jacob Kaplan-Moss, as well as the always hilarious Cal Henderson talking about why he hates Django. Most of the panel talks are available as well, including ...http://www.webmonkey.com/blog/DjangoCon_Video_Coverage_Now_Online Adobe AIR for Linux no Longer a Second Class Citizen- September 16, 2008 Adobe has released an update to its Adobe AIR beta for Linux, which brings hybrid onoffline AIR apps to the Linux platform. The latest version of the Linux beta brings AIR on Linux up to rough feature parity with the Windows and Mac versions. The notable exceptions include support for DRM and badge installations. But you ...http://www.webmonkey.com/blog/Adobe_AIR_for_Linux_no_Longer_a_Second_Class_Citizen |