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Updates
Some updates seeing as I haven't posted for a little while.
Ordnance Survey mapping
Just a quick note to point any mapping geeks out there to the inclusion of Ordnance Survey maps in Multimap's free mapping API. These are the 1:50000 Landranger maps so popular amongst walkers, hikers and anyone who took Geography lessons at school.
Five quick JavaScript tips
When we’re hiring JavaScript developers at Multimap we sometimes ask them to build a little application, or mash-up, with the Multimap API. It’s a pretty simple little task but it allows us to see how people approach building a web application.
This is a list of five things I often notice when looking at these little applications that could be improved.
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- Bella Tromba this week recording at EMI with Kanye West.
- Are we designers or developers?
- I struggle with this one as well. My title at work is Software Engineer as well, which doesn't help matters.
- Dear W3C, Dear WaSP
- I'm not sure what I think about this. There seems to be a lot of general moaning about this stuff and not very much doing (with a few notable exceptions).
- The King of Web Standards
- Jeffrey Zeldman crowned by Business Week Magazine
- iPhone Javascript and spec benchmark
- Interesting JavaScript benchmarks on the new iPhone vs. Mac Book Pro
