6 from the 11th week: Books, Software Patens, CSS Performance & more
Fast CSS, How Browsers Lay Out Web Pages: Máirín Duffy went to SXSW, making a lot of notes (and maybe transcriptions) of talks. This one is about technical backgrounds how browsers render web content.
The Open Data Handbook: This handbook introduces you to the legal, social and technical aspects of open data. It can be used by anyone but is especially useful for those working with government data. It discusses the why, what and how of open data – why to go open, what open is, and the how to do open.
The History of Open Source Software: an infographic about Open Source software from the 60ies to now, it inlcudes some numbers, involved parties, products and meanings.
A Patent Lie, How Yahoo Weaponized My Work: Andy Baio wrote some strong words about how your work could get misused years later after you accepted patenting, he closes: "Software patents should be abolished, plain and simple. Software is already covered by copyright, making patent protection unnecessary."
Word wrapping/hyphenation using CSS: good tutorial abouth what is currently possible and how you can adjust word-wrapping and hyphenation via your project stylesheets. If you think this would be just micro-optimization, you are propably wrong.
Developing Backbone.js Applications: the Git repository of the book about the Backbone.js framework for structuring JavaScript applications. It is released under a CC-license and will be out in physical form in a few months time via O'Reilly Media.