[M]obile browsers will wait approximately 300ms from the time that you tap the button to fire the click event. The reason for this is that the browser is waiting to see if you are actually performing a double tap. For most buttons we are developing we know that there is no double click behavior that we want to handle, so waiting this long to start acting on the click is time wasted for users.

— Creating Fast Buttons for Mobile Web Applications

Traditionally, Saudi Arabia has claimed it has an extra four million bpd of spare capacity. And during the current crisis, they’ve stated they will be able to supply enough oil to make up the difference in Libya… It won’t happen.

— The Saudi’s Don’t Like It

I was given an NFC phone, and told to tap it against the item I wanted from the vending machine. This is what happened next: the vending machine teeped, and the phone teeped, and six or seven seconds later a notification popped up on its screen. It was an incoming text message, which had been sent by the vending machine at the moment I tapped my phone against it. I had to respond “Y” to this text to complete the transaction. The experience was clumsy and joyless and not in any conceivable way an improvement over pumping coins into the soda machine just the way I did quarters into Defender at the age of twelve.

— Nokia: Culture will out « Adam Greenfield’s Speedbird

You probably think HTML5 is like HTML 4 because you’re an idiot dude! HTML 4 is a MARKUP language and document definition stupid, HTML5 is like an API + Markup + Rad! Also HTML5 doesn’t have a stupid space in it.

— Happy Magic Fun Time - HTML 5 For Drunks

Apps and extensions that use the new “background” feature can continue to run in the background—even if the user closes down all of Chrome’s windows. “Background apps” will continue to run until Chrome exits.

— Chromium Blog: Amping Up Chrome’s Background Feature

Honestly, how many of you people who use open source tell your boss what you’re using? How many of you tell investors that your entire operation is based on something one guy wrote in a few months? How many of you out there go to management and say, “Hey, you know there’s this guy Zed who wrote the software I’m using, why don’t we hire him as a consultant?

— Zed Shaw

I think Jack Dorsey is my new hero. I knew he was a founder of both Twitter and Square, but really didn’t know anything else about him. He’s super-sharp and has some great thoughts on startups, observing opportunities, and timing your ideas. I’d love to see a full hour or more with him.

— [gb] Studio / The Blog / Jack Dorsey on Foundation