Andy Hertzfeld on Google+, UI design and how Bob Dylan influenced the Mac

Andy Hertzfeld worked on the Macintosh project at Apple after having been hired on in 1979 as Apple employee #435. He was one of the main authors of the system software and the User Interface toolbox. After working at Apple, Andy left and founded three companies including Radius and Eazel. In 2005, Andy was hired on by Google. Over the last couple of years, Andy has been working on the Google+ project, bringing his experience in design to the Circles grouping feature....

19 min · 3907 words · April Brown

Angela Byron will be the first woman to ever hit the cover of Linux Journal

Vancouver-based Angela Byron aka “webchick”, is an open source advocate and guru of the content management systemDrupal. She’s made a huge impact on the Drupal community and her efforts haven’t not gone unnoticed. Byron is on the Board of Directors for the Drupal Association and leads community initiatives likeGoogle Summer of Code, a program where Byron got her start as a student in 2005. For her stellar contributions to Drupal, Byron received the 2008Google-O’Reilly Open Source Award for Best Contributor, and she’s a Drupal 7 core maintainer....

1 min · 197 words · Teresa Cooley

Angry Birds Achievements – another app opportunity?

According to my Achievements page I am a TrueAngry Birdsfan (I’ve played for at least 15 hours). I’ve even got the very smiley face badge to prove my love. Before you wire a telegram of congratulations, note that I could still progress to Angry Birds Addict (30 hours). In fact, I suspect that if South African Airways hadn’t barred me from using my phone inflight, I’d be there already. I like the Angry Birds Achievements page....

4 min · 659 words · Jeffrey Mcgee

Angry Birds adds 15 new levels and a Super Bowl surprise

Angry Birds, holder of the top spot for paid iPad and iPhone apps, has released an update to its immensely popular game. Following theimage leakof their Valentine’s Day Edition game, Angry Birds Version 1.5.1, adds new levels, a new golden egg, and more. Here’s what you’ll find in the update: – 15 new levels in HAM ‘EM HIGH– A new Golden Egg, which is “AS MAD AS A BAG OF HAMMERS”...

2 min · 292 words · Steven Elliott

Angry Birds comes to the web, courtesy of WebGL and Chrome [Now Live!]

Wednesday at Google I/O, Rovio CEO Peter Vesterbacka revealed that Angry Birds is coming to the web. This is an event that he says would not have been possible a year ago but now, with the improvement in graphics technologies in Google’s Chrome OS, they can run it at 60 fps.Update. Angry Birds is now live on theChrome Web Store. The new version of Angry Birds supports Canvas as well as WebGL....

2 min · 272 words · Rachel Oconnell
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