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Michael Mahemoff (@mahemoff)

Twitter Bio:: Now putting podcasts in the cloud at http://player.fm. Previously Google, Osmosoft. #HTML5 #Rails #UX #DevExp michael@mahemoff.com
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There is something magical about Firefox OS

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Over the past year and a half I've been spending more and more of my time working with Mozilla's latest project, Firefox OS. During that time I've fallen in love with the project and what it stands for, in ways that I've never experienced with a technology platform before.Let me be perfectly clear; Firefox OS is the start of something huge. It's a revolution in waiting. A breath of fresh air. A culmination of bleeding-edge technology. It's magical and it's going to change everything.Firefox OS is a new mobile operating system developed by Mozilla's Boot to Gecko (B2G) project. It uses a Linux kernel and boots into a Gecko-based runtime engine,

Understanding CSS Filter Effects

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Caution: This article discusses APIs that are not yet fully standardized and still in flux. Be cautious when using experimental APIs in your own projects.

Filters are a powerful tool that web authors can use to achieve interesting visual effects. In this article weâll cover the history of filter effects, what they do and how to use them. Weâll cover examples of all the predefined filters defined for CSS with some examples. Weâll also cover performance considerations for using them on desktop and mobile devices since knowing the speed impact of filters is important for a good user experience.