It’s like a snake eating its own tail:
Wonder what’s going on? Well, Facebook’s mobile site (m.facebook.com/ClydesOnMain) is tracking the URL (using the refsrc GET parameter) I came from (www.facebook.com/ClydesOnMain#!/ClydesOnMain)—a single page “web app”, hence the hash-bang: #!—that was tracking the original referral page (www.facebook.com/ClydesOnMain).
I hope they got all that.
This was in interesting read from Alex King. My favorite quote?
[I]t’s ironic that in some regards, the new MacBook runs Windows 10 (a prerelease version, at that) better than it runs OS X. But it’s a testament to two things: Apple’s fantastic MacBook hardware, which is forward-thinking yet surprisingly agile; and Microsoft’s excellent Windows software, which entices and excites with its beautiful interface, useful new features, and rock-solid UI transitions.
I have Windows 10 running in a VM. I haven’t tried it as a Bootcamp partition yet, but Alex’s finding are intriguing.
Cortana has an API! I can’t wait to start playing with this.
All of this has happened before: Remember the AOL keyword?
A new web series “exploring how customer success creates successful products”. Keeping an eye on this one.
getUserMedia() is now in Microsoft Edge!
I’ve touched on this a bit in my Designing with Empathy presentation: “Empathy is just as important for us to practice as we interact with our team members”. Susan Robertson goes into the topic of empathy building for teams in this great post for A List Apart.
Adaptive images & more land in Firefox 38!
This is getting to be a habit: Google is shuttering its PageSpeed service
I just came off stage from my talk at the Microsoft Edge Web Summit and I wanted to share the deck with you. The talk was live-streamed, but I will post a video link as soon as it is up. Update: The video is now online. You can also view it below.