September 2012
Commons JS – Improving Client-Side JS by Improving Server-Side JS
Although CommonsJS is a set of standard APIs targeted at server-side JavaScript, it is adding value to client-side JavaScript by addressing low-level weaknesses in the language that have not yet been included in the ECMAScript standard. For example, JavaScript has no mechanism for defining modules, which has led to library developers exposing APIs through variables […]
The XOXO Festival
This past weekend, I spent four days in Portland, OR at the XOXO Festival. Billed as “an arts and technology festival celebrating disruptive creativity,” it brought together 400 minds in one space to share and discuss our work. The conference talks and themes have been thoroughly and thoughtfully covered by Anil Dash, the NYTimes, BoingBoing […]
It’s Time We Got Excited for the Self Driving Car
It’s hard to think of an imminent technology that will have more of an effect on our lives than the self driving car. The world we live in is built around the idea that we drive somewhere, leave the car in a parking spot, do something, then get in the same car and drive home. We take […]
Progress for Prosthetic Knees
The elevator door opens and a squat Latino man almost kicks my head off. Odd as it may sound, this is a pleasant greeting at the office where I have come to obtain a new prosthetic leg. Martin is a single leg below-the-knee amputee with a black belt in Karate, and his feisty roundhouse kick […]
Introducing This Is Responsive
In the fast-paced world of responsive web design, one of the most frequent questions that we at R/GA get asked is “Where do I go to learn about this stuff?”. We’ve been tracking this information internally for a while now, and this month we made this resource publicly available for everyone at This Is Responsive, […]
The Turing Test of Feature Assessment
If the results of an advanced system are indistinguishable from fake results, is it worth investing in the system in the first place? It’s my observation the brightest marketing minds struggle with this question every day. From cross-selling strategies to data-visualization, inspired creative and technical teams waste precious resources devising complex systems that perform no […]
