October 2009
39 posts
#Playdar Resolver for @SoundCloud →
First step. Still super loose. But cool stuff like this is now resolvable.
Amie Street #Playdar Resolver →
Ported the Amie Street Playdar resolver to python and made it use the Amie Street Python API Client . Currently only resolves samples, but with a little more hacking it should support full playback of songs you’ve purchased in no time.
An HTML 5 Audio Player That Doesn't Suck
I’m tired of seeing HTML 5 Audio examples that make something so cool look so JV.
If you check out the demo and your’re using Safari 4 or Chrome, all playback will be handled by Audio. Sorry, but if you’re using Firefox 3.5+, you’ll get tossed to the SoundManager2 handler as FF doesn’t support Audio tags for mp3’s.
Demo
Core JS that uses HTML 5 Audio to...
Foursquair - @foursquare desktop app on AIR and... →
Naveen put out a call a while back about a foursquare AIR app to keep track of your friends during the day. We have something up and running now, but it needs somebody to sprinkle some sex on it and make it look good and polished.
Any designers out there want to lend a hand?
The github repo is http://github.com/foursquare/foursquair
It’s built on Flex, so if you don’t want to get...
“Surely you remember the Star Wars Kid? That chubby Quebec teenager, Ghyslain...”
– MSNBC: Survive your inevitable online humiliation via @trashrockx
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Carried Away by People Under The Stairs
Unbelievably good…
amiestreet:
Carried Away by People Under The Stairs
“Named “Best Act” of Bonnaroo ‘09 by Spin Magazine, People Under the Stairs bring their signature party-rock hip-hop sounds to Carried Away.”
—Amie Street Editors
For fans of: Ugly Duckling, Giant Panda, Jurassic 5
An Analysis of the Amazon Shopping Experience →
Lessons Learned from the Amazon Shopping Experience
The focus of an e-commerce site should be product search and online buying.
Whenever possible, content should be unique for each user.
Create sales incentives by giving “Why shop with us” reminders.
Give products as much exposure as possible.
Don’t make the user feel as some products/services are being forced on them.
Make important...
Using the Amie Street API to get your Play History
This is currently missing from the lastest version of the JS client on production, so its a bit hackey, but this is just the first example of some really cool things you can do.
Demo
Code
Amie Street API →
Finally got around to getting this out. This is a bit old, as we’ve added some new functionality in the last couple weeks that we’ll be getting out soon. If you’re interested on hacking on it, just ping me.
A stackoverflow clone for User eXperiance →
Fixing @foursquare timestamps for AS3
xCSS - OO CSS Framework →
#playdar's missing something...
Reading the post on wired.com yesterday got me thinking again about playdar. If you haven’t heard about it yet that’s ok. But, you’ll probably be hearing about it a lot soon because it really is one of those really big ideas (like toilet paper and soda) that can change things considerably.
What is it?
From a user prospective, think of it as Spotify (think of a song, find it,...
Anybody Here From Astoria? →
NYT: How many comics get off at this Queens subway station every day and call it home?
Watch
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Convert a Flex Project into a Flex Library Project
Open up your .project file and change
<nature>com.adobe.flexbuilder.project.flexnature</nature>
to
<nature>com.adobe.flexbuilder.project.flexlibnature</nature>
Now you wont have to delete your project and start over ever again :)
WatchMint CEO Aaron Patzer on Startups
Bright Works And Baton by Cast Spells
amiestreet:
Bright Works And Baton by Cast Spells
“All six tracks sparkle with strong melodies, lively arrangements, elegant instrumentation and plenty of brushed percussion. ”
—Amie Street Editors
For fans of: Brian Eno, John Vanderslice, Bill Callahan
Git aliases: so simple even a designer can use git
How I modify my bashrc to add single character aliases for git commands
“No matter how many times he changed the formula to Sea Monkeys, or how huge the...”
– 7 Secrets Only Two Living People Know (For Some Reason)
Why There Are Mountains by Cymbals Eat Guitars
amiestreet:
Why There Are Mountains by Cymbals Eat Guitars
“As the album’s name suggests, it could accompany a Planet Earth-style panoramic journey of Mother Nature’s most striking formations.”
—Amie Street Editors
For fans of: Japandroids, The Pains of Being Pure at Heart, The Antlers
Insides by Jon Hopkins
amiestreet:
Insides by Jon Hopkins
“If you’ve heard Viva La Vida, you’ve heard Jon Hopkins; Coldplay loved “Light Through The Veins” so much that they used it to bookend their new album.”
—Amie Street Editors
For fans of: Brian Eno, Chris Clark, Ulrich Schnauss
Embedding @github gists using JSONP, jQuery and a...
I use the shit out of Github Gists. I’ve been working on some javascript the past few days and wanted to post some code examples here using their embed script. However, Tumblr (like just about every other blog service that you dont self host) purifies your post text, stripping out script tags, embeds, etc because of security. However, you can usually add your own JS in your template code...
Watchfoursquare:
A foursquare reference on The Simpsons??? In an episode heavy on Twitter / Facebook references, Lisa quips: “No one plays foursquare, they just gossip!”
I’m 50/50 on whether it was a nod to us - and if so, it’s a a total dig - but whatevs!
Little backstory: Kate Bauer pings me via text (“they just foursquared on the simpsons!”), I tweet it out, flip thru the twitter search...
Test Gist embed
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Little Joy by Little Joy
Little Joy by Little Joy“Summery, relaxing side project from Strokes drummer Fabrizio Moretti and Los Hermanos’ Rodrigo Amarante.”—Amie Street EditorsFor fans of: The Shins, She & Him, The Strokes
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Fate by Dr. Dog
Fate by Dr. Dog“Dr. Dog take the psych-rock of the Beatles and the Beach Boys and give it a modern, Philly soul touch.”—Amie Street EditorsFor fans of: Spoon, The Beatles, The Band
nsIDOMHTMLMediaElement →
Just as handy for seeing what methods are actually supported
Using audio and video in Firefox →
Very very handy