Outlook Better Than Gmail?

It seems Outlook.com is a whole lot better than Gmail.com

http://netforbeginners.about.com/od/guidesfavorites/a/Outlook-com-Review-Why-Outlook-Is-the-New-Prince-of-Webmail.htm

Generate QR Codes with PHP

Here is an easy to follow article about how to generate QR Codes using PHP.

http://phpmaster.com/generate-qr-codes-in-php/

The Gifting Bandwagon

It seems everyone is jumping on board to produce the ideal gifting service. Even Facebook is getting ready to announce their gifting initiative. 

Facebook to Launch Gifting App

http://www.dropgifts.com/

https://wantful.com/

https://www.wrapp.com/us

http://www.give.it/

Irrive: Collaborative Social Scrapbooks

I wonder what a scrapbook would look like if you and all your friends could make one together.

Irrive.com

TC review

Raspberry Pi

If you thought coding a webserver with a few lines of Node.js was cool, then try take it down another notch. This time throw away your server hardware and start from scratch using Raspberry Pi. 

The Raspberry Pi is a $35, full-blown micro computer that runs Linux. Use its video, audio, network, and digital I/O to create media centers, web servers, interfaces to external hardware—you name it. 

Update: May be the Raspberry Pi is not so easy or cheap to use.

Hot New Development Frameworks

These are cool new frameworks for developers to use for fast programming.

Firebase.com

Derbyjs.com

Meteor.com

Email APIs

The new services for programmatically accessing your emails:

Mailgun

CloudMailin

SendGrid

Nice Waiting List iOS App

These guys are probably getting it right. A very nice iPad app for restaurants to use to manage their waiting clients list. 

NoWait

TC review

Cloud-Based Mobile App Development

Forget about installing all those SDKs on your computer. Do all your mobile develoment, from Windows Phone to iPhone, using Tiggzi.com.

Mobile Development with ShoutEm

Another service for mobile app and web app development, that uses HTML5. 

ShoutEm

TC review

KiteDesk

Another service to integrate all of your personal data, from Facebook to Gmail, etc.

KiteDesk

TC review

PowerInbox

PowerInbox allows you to be more interactive with your emails. For example, you can send a post directly to your Facebook or Twitter, without having to login to those separate services. 

Sanebox: Tame Your Inbox

Sanebox.com connects to your Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn accounts to prioritize your emails at Gmail, Yahoo, Apple, AOL, etc.

Good review here

Icon Fonts

Icon Fonts are awesome. They are especially made for Retina Displays and look fantastic regardless of the zoom level. 

http://css-tricks.com/flat-icons-icon-fonts/

Google Icon Fonts

LittleBits

LittleBits Electronics Discovery Kit for kids

CSS Animations Done Right

Animations are not just done with javascript and jQuery any more. CSS3 is very good at it as well. This is the code you need to use for that.

Animate.css

Mobile Fixed Menus

On mobile devices it's difficult to implement fixed tabs or menus that do not scroll with the rest of the content, and to make it compatible across devices.

The elegant solution is to use iScroll 4

Best Mac Editor

Best all around text editor IMHO, Coda 2

Mobile App Wireframing

Here are some cool services for doing wireframes for mobile apps.

OminGraffle

Balsamiq

iMockup
Graffletopia

Konigi Stencils

Other Free Ones

Make Your Own Cartoons & Memes

Free tools for making your own comic strips and memes