Tricklin

YSlow, which was created by the developers at Yahoo!, is a firefox plugin that analyzes web pages and tells you why they're slow based on the rules for high performance web sites. YSlow is a Firefox add-on integrated with the popular Firebug web development tool. Below is a google tech talk session explaining all about it:

A great lesson to be learned by this video comes at the 20 minute mark with the discussion on "CSS Sprites". This is a brilliant idea, and extremely simple to implement.

One of my favorite new (at least new to me) internet applications is Google Docs. There are quite a few reasons why I like it so much. The following are just a few of the main reasons why:

• Office!? We don't need no stinking Office! For those non-windows users out there (which now includes me), you won't need MS Office anymore. Google Docs allows you to create documents, spreadsheets, and presentations. You don't have to download any software either.
• You've been saved. Any document, spreadsheet, or presentation you create is automatically saved. Any changes you make get saved as well without ever having to hit the save button.
• It's polite to share. You can share any document/spreadsheet/presentation with anyone. This is extremely valuable when you are not the only one working on the document.
• Let's talk about this for second. If the person/people you are sharing this document with are viewing it at the same time, you can chat with them in real time about the document. This comes in very handy when making changes that will need to be agreed upon. I honestly didn't think this feature would be too valuable until I used it. It's especially valuable when you are working with spreadsheets. Being able to tell someone to look at Cell 'C16' in the very same window that contains the spreadsheet proves very useful.
• They're Everywhere! If you were working on a document using your work computer and couldn't finish up, there is no need to worry. When you go home, all you have to do is get on your computer and there it is, in your Google Docs repository, just waiting for you to finish working on it.

So if you're a Mac user, or if you like having more freedom with your documents, I highly recommend using Google Docs to manage all you documents. I promise, you won't be disappointed.

Someone please tell my why this Twitter crap has become so damn popular all of the sudden?

Do people really care what other people are doing? Why would I waste my time typing out a message explaining what I'm doing?

What's the deal with twitter?

UPDATE (04.27.07): Okay... So I signed up for twitter to see what the deal was. ummm... and ummm... I must ummm... admit, I'm addicted, and I can't even explain why. So, I guess the question in the title of this post is still legit: What's the deal with Twitter? I've been converted www.twitter.com/trick lin