All Over the Map

The Little Mermaid General web Stout [github/eagerio] is a static site-deployment tool. Ultra Pull to Refresh [github/liaohuqiu] is an Android library for improved pull-to-refresh interactions. Here’s a guide to automating OS X Yosemite with JavaScript [macstories]. And here’s a post linking to an unofficial repo containing every open-source commit made by Apple [bou.io].

All Over the Map Design This is a fascinating article focused on Chinese mobile app UI trends [dangrover], with plenty of interesting examples of the ways different cultures use their devices. SVG-edit [svg-edit] is an in-browser SVG editing tool. Here’s a “design explosion”, digging deep into the differences between Apple and Google Maps on iOS [medium/uxlaunchpad].

Don’t Make Me Rethink SitePoint Today on SitePoint, we have another look at the classic design book “Don’t Make Me Think”. Then we have a go at demystifying JavaScript variable scope and hoisting. Then we have a detailed article on building a linear-gradient mixing in Sass. Lastly for this section: do you want to help some penguins by getting a great deal on web development learning? Well, do we have the deal for you — two years of Learnable for the price of one.

Coupon Going News/business Twitter (the company) is making Twitter (the service) safer [blog.twitter], making it much easier to flag offensive tweets or accounts, as well as block people. Here’s a less pithy summation of the changes [boingboing]. A jury is taking a look at whether Apple’s use of DRM in the iPod (remember the iPod?) was unfair [arstechnica]. No word on whether there will be a case brought against the red U2 iPod. Today in “duh”: Apparently resumes suck [blog.alinelerner]. Coupons at Checkout [couponfollow] is a Chrome extension that tells you if there are coupons you could be using to save money at checkout, in case you somehow didn’t spend all your money on Black Friday or Cyber Monday. Donations [open.tilt] is a way to easily accept donations to your site in only two lines of code.

Gangbusters Off-topic The journal Nature has made all research articles free to view [nature], although that’s pretty much all you can do. Still! PSY’s Gangnam Style broke YouTube’s play counter, so now they’ve had to upgrade [plus.google/youtube]. What’s most disturbing about all of this is that there are apparently people who are still watching that video. Finally, NASA is launching a test flight this week that marks the beginning of its mission to send humans to Mars [businessweek], or its next big fake production, depending on which conspiracy theories you subscribe to.

Alright, that's all from us for today. If you're unsure of what to do now, may we recommend you watch an obscure internet video like Gangnam Style. We'll be back tomorrow with more.