Reading time #3

Once again, some nice reference stuff to read and enjoy.

First, a must read for every dev manager/ architect: I bet you over-engineered your startup - Try and read the comments as well - There's one I really like about backbone.js.

Here's something nice: An app for bullying reports. I think municipalities and local police departments should implement such apps, to see 'hot spots' of violence, and also make reporting a lot easier. A mobile phone does so many things, it's about time that it would help the community keep themselves safe.

My friend Moshe Kaplan from dSero with a nice article about SEO in Amazon AWS news.

Some new frameworks and tips:
- KineticJS makes 2d drawing easy, and is also pretty fast.
- A wonderful tutorial for creating clouds with css3. Opens your mind for lots and lots more ideas (Try use faces instead of clouds...)

Another useful UX related article: Overhauling a UI without upsetting the users (Thanks Itai:)).

And finally, a thought: The big tech companies have learned from the pharma industry: Since anyone can develop everything right now, and manufacturing is easy, intellectual property is the only way to make sure you have control over the market.
And unlike the pharma industry, you don't need to be a scientist, and spend years of FDA approval to get your product out there. Microsoft are buying patents from AOL, Apple is suing everyone, Samsung counter sues, and seems like the big techs' legal budget is going to be bigger than their R&D.

This is going to kill the small and medium businesses in the industry, unless legislation will somehow be able to protect them. Otherwise, we might as well give up our jobs, or relocate to China, where copyright rules are... More flexible :))