An oldie but a goodie. If you think you’re getting statistically significant results from A/B testing, you should probably consider doing some A/A testing.
In an A/A test, you run a test using the exact same options for both “variants” in your test.
In this interview, Biance Berning says:
Cassie Evans from Clearleft is an interesting person to follow as she combines web animation with variable font technology, essentially exploring the technology’s practicality and expression.
Hells yeah!
We’re only just scratching the surface of what variable fonts can do within more interactive and immersive spaces. I think we’ll see a lot more progress and experimentation with that as time goes on.
In which Dan simultaneously goes to the Netherlands and Belgium in a Miévillian sort of way.
Have a listen to the dConstruct 2011 talk from Kars for context.
The Aaron Swartz film is available on the Internet Archive under a Creative Commons attribution non-commercial share-alike license.
A great analysis of how centralised hubs are the easiest attack vector for bad actors like the NSA and GCHQ:
How did we get such industry concentration? Why is a network famously based on distributed processing, routing, and peer connections characterized now by a few choke points that the NSA can skim at its leisure?
Andy remarks on the same synchronicity I talked about at An Event Apart Austin:
Every An Event Apart conference feels special, but at this one the (unplanned) recurring themes were spooky.
The Kiwi Foo Space Program (a weather balloon with an Android device attached) captured some beautiful images.
A speech given by Isaac Asimov on the future of humanity in space.
A very nice colour picker from the brilliant Dmitry Baranovskiy.
The classic arcade game, recreated using the JavaScript/SVG library Raphaël.
Mike has published his notes from day one of @media Ajax in London.
Scott Kveton rips Chris Saad a new one, and rightly so. We all sent Chris the same message at Social Graph Foo Camp, he's had enough time to shape up but instead things have become increasingly hype-laden and bullshitty with him.
The RIAA now says it is illegal for you to put that CD you bought onto your own computer. Asshats.
The slides from Dan's excellent presentation on metaprogramming JavaScript.
PPK delivers his report on the excellent @media Ajax conference.
Beautiful visualisations of flight data.
This transcript of Pat'n'Bruce's talk at the Geek in the Park makes for a great, thought-provoking read.
An interview with Niklas Zennström.