Linked List: April 28, 2008

Monday, 28 April 2008

Web Standards Design + Development, a Group of Interactive Craftsmen ★

New LinkedIn group for standards-minded web developers and designers, spearheaded by Greg Storey. Update: More on WSDD from Storey.

If Microsoft Goes Fully Hostile on Yahoo ★

Marc Andreessen’s detailed, plain-English analysis of the options Microsoft has for a hostile takeover of Yahoo.

iTunes Store Turns Five ★

Five years ago today, Apple launched the iTunes Music Store — Mac-only and with only 200,000 songs in the catalog. Seems to be doing OK.

The Talk Show, Episode 20 ★

We discuss one of the most important topics of our time: the Apple Extended Keyboard and Extended Keyboard II.

Mark Hamburg Leaves Adobe for Microsoft ★

Mark Hamburg, a 17-year Adobe veteran who worked on Photoshop from versions 2 through 7 and then led the Lightroom team from its inception, has left Adobe for Microsoft.

Martin Evening at LightroomNews reports, “As for what Mark is going to do next, it is known that he is now going to Microsoft in Seattle, and that his future work there won’t involve digital imaging, but instead be focussed on the ‘user experience’.”

Speed Bump for iMacs ★

Faster CPUs and video cards, including a build-to-order option for a 3.06 GHz Core 2 Duo processor.

Psystar in the Wild ★

Purported video of a Psystar Mac clone booting into Leopard. Check out the fan noise once the guy turns the thing on. Sounds like a vacuum cleaner. (Via Dan Benjamin.)

Adobe Discontinues GoLive ★

I’m guessing most people are surprised only insofar as they were under the impression GoLive had been killed a few years ago.

Gin, Television, and Social Surplus ★

Clay Shirky’s talk from the just-completed Web 2.0 Expo. Love this line: “We’re looking for the mouse.”

And, for those who prefer to watch rather than read, here’s a link to the talk itself on Blip.tv.