This looks like an interesting job for a UX designer in the Seattle area (and I know one who’s looking…so get on it, girl). Visit site »
More a piece on the dramatic growth of the South Lake Union neighborhood than on Amazon’s intentions to build a new campus there, this NYT article really quickly covers what has happened in SLU over the past few years, as well as what’s to come. The more I think about it, the more I feel like SLU is the neighborhood I’d like to live in. Visit site »
Dave Winer on Amazon’s new SimpleDB, which seems pretty damn awesome. I agree with Dane: it’s absolutely baffling that Amazon is gaining so much mindshare in online development tools (with S3 first, and now this) and companies like Google, Yahoo and Microsoft aren’t releasing any competitors. This feels like it should be Google’s realm, not Amazon’s. Nonetheless, the tools seem great. Visit site »
Adrian explains how he’s replaced chicagocrime.org’s media server with Amazon’s S3 service. Pretty ingenious. Visit site »