typeface.js

Embedded fonts in web pages using a crazy combination of JS, CSS and some other things. Impressive.

TrackThePack

“UPS, FedEx, DHL, and USPS Package Tracking”, with fancy maps and stuff. Very nicely implemented.

Lighthouse

Simple hosted Issue tracking, bug tracking, and project management software. SVN integration, email management etc. Written in Ruby on Rails and looks pretty cool.

Behance Outfitter

“Products and Tools for Creative Professionals”. Includes the “Action Method” notebooks etc. Pretty cool for keeping your ideas/actions organized.

PdaNet

” Use your iPhone as a Wireless Router for your PC/Mac”

Revista Revolver

“Santiago’s English Language Entertainment and Nightlife Magazine”

twitter2campfire

Publish the posts showing up in a search Twitter search feed directly to a Campfire chat room.

WP-Print

Plugin that provides an alternate/configurable version of your WP content for printing.

Login Logger

WordPress plugin that keeps track of login attempts and failures. Accessed via wp-admin.

CSS Image Alignment Suggestion

Good tip from @factoryjoe (Chris Messina) for a standardized set of image-in-content handling CSS classes.

Collaboration E-mails Plugin for WordPress MU

Really cool work-flow management plugin for WP (and WPMU) that is best for multi-author blogs.

Using Javascript to Fix 12 Common Browser Headaches

Really good list of fixes for problems. Lots of jQuery examples (of course).

Admin Zen

Nice site with simple, clear points/suggestions for being a sysadmin (of any kind really, it’s very “generalized”).

jQuery Feed Menu

jQuery-based menu that automatically detects feed links in your page and offers them via a dynamic subscription menu.

Portable Contacts

“The goal of Portable Contacts is to make it easier for developers to give their users a secure way to access the address books and friends lists they have built up all over the web.”

Putting XRDS-Simple in Context

“XRDS-Simple is a protocol for service discovery.” It ties in with OpenID and other open standards to start providing the foundations of DiSo and other distributed identity systems.

HandBrake

DVD to MPEG-4 conversion software with all sorts of features and tools.

Cascading

Hardcore API/system for mass data processing using EC2 via custom-defined “workflows” and “units of work”. Looks really interesting.

Firesymfony

Firebug plugin for shifting symfony debug info into Firebug.

symfony custom Criteria object

Using a custom Criteria object in symfony.

Hello, my name is E

Interesting bridge to the physical world of social networking. Allows you to easily connect with people in RL and have them automatically managed within your online social networks as well. Supports profiles for business/personal etc.

Carrington Theme

Hardcore WordPress theme package that takes Sandbox and goes to the extreme. Extends the auto-selection system and gives all sorts of options including actions and filters. Pretty impressive.

Upcoming Fun, Cheap stuff in SF

Excellent calendar of fun and cheap events/happenings in SF and the Bay Area. Very comprehensive.

Enterprise Microsharing Matrix

Analysis of 15 microsharing (a la Twitter) tools aimed at the enterprise. Basis of DiscoTool?

My OpenID

My new, centralized OpenID and central identity hub, care of the badass Chi.mp

Versions – Mac Subversion Client (SVN)

“Versions provides a pleasant way to work with Subversion on your Mac. Whether you’re a hardcore Subversion user or new to version control systems, Versions will help streamline your workflow.”

CleverCSS

Pretty cool “programmatic” implementation of CSS. Allows for more intuitive nesting of elements, use of variables/constants and all sorts of other cool things.

Mashable Map

Shows clocks and day/night around the world where Mashable has people working.

DaylightMap

Cool map showing day/night on a Google Map. This, combined with an easier way to get world times would be pretty sweet.

Stanford Engineering Everywhere

Complete, onlie versions of Stanford’s Computer Science degrees.

MacRabbit Espresso

Fancy new Mac Text Editor. Might provide some sort of competition for TextEdit? Nah.

Present.ly

Enterprise Twitter.

Anxiety

Anxiety is a super-lightweight To-do list application for Mac OS X Leopard that synchronizes with iCal and Mail.

Pimsleur Approach

“Pimsleur courses help people who need to speak another language quickly. Our courses took 40 years to develop and are now used by the FBI, CIA, and business professionals everywhere.”

Image Cropper

PHP/jQuery version of the upload/crop/thumbnail design pattern.

jParallax

“Parallax turns a selected element into a ‘window’, or viewport, and all its children into absolutely positioned layers that can be seen through the viewport.”

Propel Criteria Builder

Cool little utility to help build up the Criteria required to generate a specific SQL statement using Propel/symfony

Good sleep, good learning, good life

Extensive article with all sorts of information about getting better sleep and how sleep affects learning/intelligence.

Collection: [Design Solutions]

Awesome collection of screenshots of design patterns and solutions to all sorts of standard elements in web design (signup forms, About Us page, etc etc)

Tech Cheat Sheets

Awesome collection of cheat sheets for all sorts of tech.

10 Principles of the PHP Masters

Good list of tips and principles from some big-time PHP folks (including Matt M).

Elgg.org

“Create your own social network, quickly and easily. Elgg allows you to take full advantage of the power of social technology with elegant, flexible solutions for organisations, groups and individuals.”

Cappuccino Web Framework

Interesting sounding JS-based development framework for making true web applications.

Spanning Sync

“Synchronize Google Calendar and Apple iCal. Share calendars between multiple Macs. Share calendars with your coworkers, family, and friends. And while you’re at it, connect Google Calendar to your iPhone, iPod, and other devices.”

How To Demo Your Startup (Part Two)

Excellent suggestions/tips from Jason Calcanis about how to present a demo for a startup. Some really solid advice on general presenting, and specifically on demoing a product/shooting for VC.

CrunchBase API

Get access to the really valuable data in startups, people etc in the tech/web/web 2.0 space via API.

scalr

“Scalr is a fully redundant, self-curing and self-scaling hosting environment utilizing Amazon’s EC2.”

symfony CheatSheets

All known cheat sheets for symfony. Handy as quick references when you know roughly what you’re looking for, or want a visual representation of some concepts.

sweetcron

Server-side installed system for gathering all your social threads online and weaving them together into a tumblog/lifestream of some sort.

WP Calais Archive Tagger

Plugin that goes through your archives and uses a web service to automatically tag everything with semantically-rich tags.

Tips to Write a Good Bug Report

A good blog post that covers do’s and don’ts on how to write a bug report that will detail the bug properly and make it easier for the developers to get it fixed.

Reading Code: A Computer Science Curriculum

A really excellent description of how computer science/programming *should* be taught, as opposed to how it is. Uses the analogy that you’re learning a new (verbal) language, so it should be taught similarly.

Love to Travel Chile

Blog written by one of Emily’s friends about where to travel within Chile.

Assembla

Awesome shared spaces with Trac, SVN, wiki, all sorts of things. Really well thought-out developer spaces.

MySQL Master-Master Replication Manager

“A set of flexible scripts to perform monitoring/failover and management of MySQL Master-Master replication cluster configurations.”

MySQL Multi-Master Replication

Really nice, quick breakdown of setting up multi-master MySQL replication with slaves hanging off the masters. Slick.

Photo of Me

From WordCamp 2008.

Nine Deadly Startup Diseases—and How to Cure Them

Really good article with a list of the things that can kill a startup (and how to avoid/fix them).

Flash “Cumulus” Tag Cloud

Pretty cool, animated implementation of a tag cloud. Includes a WP plugin and details on how to generate your own from any data source.

Raphaël

A crazy JS library for working with images and graphics. Uses SVG and VML to smoothly handle rendering images and manipulating existing objects. Only supports very recent browsers.

PayCycle

Pretty extensive looking payroll service that’s completely online. Handles all/most federal and state taxes as well.

WPCandy

WordPress Themes, Plugins, Tips, and Tricks

ColorChip: Easy Color Manipulation with PHP

Sweet class that gives you the ability to do all sorts of nifty color manipulation programmatically in PHP.