Keeping up with technology is a lot of work. Luckily, we enjoy wading through the noise just to find the gems of awesomeness sprinkled throughout. Fusion Radar is our gift to you, Current or Potential Client, so that you can enjoy all of the awesome without any of the drudgery. Unwrap it each week, and know that you’re loved by the geeks and pixel-pushers at Agency Fusion.
Symbolset
Great icons don’t necessarily mean starting from scratch. Symbolset also lets you use keywords which are automatically changed into icons.
A Medical Use for Wearable Tech
With the announcement of the Apple Watch, wearable tech took another move toward mainstream adoption. While a smart watch might be an interesting novelty for gadget-heads, Mashable features an article about the Michael J. Fox Foundation partnering with Intel to use wearable tech for tracking Parkinson’s patients.
Makers vs Managers
Do you know whether you follow a maker’s scheduler or a manager’s schedule? Or do you have to switch between the two? Paul Graham’s enlightening post is worth reading if you care about maximizing your productivity.
CSS Shapes Editor
From the author: “CSS Shapes allow web designers to wrap content around custom paths, but authoring them is not trivial.” Amen. If you work with CSS shapes, this Chrome extension is worth a look.
Early Claim
Reserve your preferred username with Early Claim and they’ll in turn reserve it with startups so that you’re never stuck with bob128949 as your username because you’re late to the game.
TinyColor
If you’ve ever had to work with dynamic color on the web, you’ll appreciate the TinyColor JavaScript library. It’s lightweight but powerful. There are so many times this would have been a life saver in the past.
Lessons from 7 Years
Maria Popova has a well-written post covering lessons learned over the last seven years of creating Brain Pickings. We especially appreciate the reality check in lesson #7.
Whiteboard Fox
Collaborate online with others using the Whiteboard Fox virtual whiteboard.
Webpage Obesity
Using the data from HTTP Archive, John Bristowe created this chart showing webpage data usage over time (last few years).