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Hello, I’m Barry Frost. I live in Windsor in the UK where I’m CTO of Global Personals and lead the globaldev team. Read more about me or this site.

My latest article is ‘Switching from Chrome to Safari’, posted 14 November.

  1. 19 May

  2. 18 May

    1. telyHD
      TV appliance for Skype calls on a TV without a computer
  3. 17 May

    1. redis-faina
      Query analysis tool for Redis, built by Instagram developers
    2. The Toolbox
      Directory of useful single-page sites, tools, widgets and apps for web site developers.
    3. MapBox
      Map service with free and commercial licensing. Used by Foursquare. Tile creation tool.
  4. 16 May

  5. 15 May

  6. 13 May

  7. 10 May

    1. How to use jQuery with a JSON Flickr feed to display photos
  8. 09 May

    1. CSS Arrows
    2. jQuery Knob
      Knobs, dials and segments
  9. 08 May

  10. 07 May

    1. Openreach - Superfast fibre broadband - Where and when
      BT's postcode checker to see when fibre broadband is coming to your area.
  11. 04 May

  12. 03 May

    1. Google Maps free alternatives
    2. Leaflet
      JavaScript library for interactive maps by CloudMade. Uses OpenStreetMap.
    3. RailsConf 2012 Schedule
      Videos of the RailsConf presentations, including DHH's keynote
  13. 02 May

    1. Planscope
      Project Management Software for Freelance Web Developers (another Basecamp-y PM system)
    2. Flowdock
      Team inbox and chat for dev teams - a bit like Campfire with social integration.
  14. 28 April

    1. "Moms We’d Like To Fund"
      Advocates targeting your startup's product/service at families and parents. Social media usage and app buying by US mums massively rising.
  15. 27 April

  16. 26 April

    1. bit.ly: Metrics - Building Clickatron
      How bit.ly stores analytics in its Clickatron system
    2. Marked Bonus Pack (scripts, commands and bundles)
      Using Marked with popular editors and code watchers
    3. formd
      Tool to convert inline Markdown to referenced Markdown and vice versa
  17. 25 April

    1. Maido
      London Facebook/mobile/web agency
  18. 24 April

  19. 23 April

  20. 20 April

    1. redis_failover
      ZooKeeper-based automatic master/slave failover solution for Redis in Ruby
    2. Atelier Olschinsky’s Cities Series
  21. 18 April

  22. 16 April