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Fusion Radar: October 1, 2014

October 2nd, 2014 - by Objective - Salt Lake City, Utah

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.

Slate

Sometimes API documentation gets the cold shoulder when it comes to design. Slate makes it easy to create attractive, responsive API docs.

Slate

Evernote’s Office

Environment does impact work. We’re constantly trying to improve our own office space so we often look to other companies for inspiration and ideas. The Evernote team, creators of the popular note-taking app, work in a pretty cool space recently featured on TechCrunch Cribs.

Evernote’s Office

If the Moon Were Only One Pixel

Josh Worth created this visualization to put some perspective to space (like, outer space). Scroll to get an idea how far the earth is from the sun, how far apart planets are, etc. Make sure you click the little sun icon at the screen’s lower right to see how fast light travels.

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iPhone 6 Resolution Guide

If you’re worried about designing for iPhone 6 and 6 Plus screens, you should be. The game is significantly different than with previous iPhones, so the folks at PaintCode have created this handy overview to get you started. It’s a worthwhile read.

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Searchkick

Rails developers should check out Searchkick for an intelligent, adaptable search solution. It’s apparently already in use at Instacart so that may mean it’s robust and production ready.

Searchkick

Superlooper

Tap the Q through P keys on your keyboard to live out your rock n’ roll drummer fantasies on Superlooper. Pro tip: watch the clock or you’ll waste an hour without realizing it.

Superlooper

Matchstick

A competitor to Google’s Chromecast, the Matchstick is a streaming media USB stick based on Firefox OS. The Kickstarter campaign aims to raise $100,000 to produce the device.

Matchstick

Apple Shellshock Update

If you’re a developer using your Mac as a web server, you’ll want to install this update to button up the vulnerability exploited by the Shellshock attack.

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Prototyping

Smashing Magazine has an excellent article on prototyping that is a must read. In the time you can write a thorough requirements document you can often build at least a lo-fi prototype. The prototype communicates requirements far better than pages of words, and has the added benefit of validating the idea and the user flows. We’re fans of prototyping.

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