Become a Greasemonkey Ninja with jQuery

This is for all the Greasemonkeyers in the house who want to learn how to be much more productive when it comes to hacking together Greasemonkey script by using my favorite Javascript library: jQuery. jQuery will turn a 700 line Greasemonkey script into a 12 line Greasemonkey script. I learned about jQuery through all of the Greasemonkey scripts I created to work with Friend Feed.

This is advanced stuff that is of interest to people writing Javascript. If you’re just a Greasemonkey user then you can safely skip this one.

Delicious Links – 20 links – friendfeed, blogging, javascript, psychology, startup

This is my weekly collection of the best stuff I saw on the Internet. You can see me add them in real time on Friend Feed.

• [BITTORRENT] Protect Your Privacy When Downloading, lifehacker.com
  • Two tips for not being caught as the nasty pirate that you are.
  • (bittorrent, torrents, 31 inbound links)
• [BLOGGING] 20 Types of Pages that Every Blogger Should Consider, problogger.net
  • Great examples of how to use the WordPress page feature. I wish I didn’t have so many damn problems with it on WordPress.com (can’t remove it from my theme head, trackback prob).
  • (blogging, wordpress, tips, 581 saves, 46 inbound links, 21 diggs)
• [BLOGGING] 7 Blogging Statistics Rules – There is Life After Page Views, hanselman.com, via:raganwald.com
  • From the article: ” If you post a Gallery or a List or anything post with a Prime Number and the word “Rules” in the title, you’ll get traffic. You post smart, compelling content, you need to be wicked smart before folks take note.”
  • (blogging, statistics, 16 saves, 8 inbound links)
• [BLOGGING] A Caffeine Inspired Interview with Jeff Atwood from CodingHorror.com, caffeinatedcoder.com
  • “The only difference between good and great blogs is that the good bloggers kept writing until they became great bloggers.” — Jeff Atwood
  • (blogging, writing, tips, codinghorror, 3 saves, 6 inbound links, 6 diggs)
• [BLOGGING] Group Interview: What Do Online Advertisers Look For in a Website?, dailyblogtips.com
  • Daniel gets the skinny on how to sell ads on your website.
  • (advertising, blogging, 20 saves, 8 inbound links, 3 diggs)
• [FRIENDFEED] A Few FriendFeed Treats Out There, jeffisageek.net
  • A list of the cool little hacks people have made for FF so far.
  • (friendfeed, 5 saves, 5 diggs)
• [FRIENDFEED] Friendfeed 2018, blogoscoped.com, via:winextra.com
  • The future of Friend Feed.
  • (friendfeed, humour, web2.0, 5 saves, 3 inbound links)
• [FRIENDFEED] Share that link on FriendFeed using FeedDemon, winextra.com
  • Share items on FF using Feed Demon.
  • (rss, friendfeed)
• [FRIENDFEE] The FriendFeed Playground, ffapps.com
  • Avi put together a FF apps site for pointing to the cool apps people are building around FF.
  • (friendfeed)
• [GEEK] Wired’s Geekster Handbook, a Field Guide to the Nerd Underground, wired.com, via:reddit.com
  • Which geek are you? I’m 1-5 but thankfully not 6.
  • (geek, 2 saves, 3 inbound links, 10 diggs)
• [GREASEMONKEY] How to play nicely with jQuery and Greasemonkey, joanpiedra.com
  • Tips on accessing jQuery inside your Greasemonkey scripts.
  • (greasemonkey, jquery, javascript, programming, 46 saves, 15 inbound links)
• [JAVASCRIPT] Great JavaScript presentation by John Resig, lazycoder.com
  • I started using jQuery a lot this week and its friggin awesome. I must watch this video.
  • (jquery, javascript, 2 saves)
• [MARKETING] Polarize Me, fastcompany.com, via:37signals.com
  • The ‘Made to Stick’ guys talk about how in order to have people love you, you have to decide who will hate you. No walking the middle line.
  • (marketing, branding, 43 saves, 36 inbound links, 1 diggs)
• [SOCIALSOFTWARE] Why I will never get another date, jennifer-mccarthy.blogspot.com
  • The truth of social web apps exposed.
  • (socialsoftware, humor)
• [STARTUPS] How To Use Perks and Rewards in Startups to Get The Best Talent, instigatorblog.com
  • Anywhere could hire me away if they offered me the best-of-breed source control, chat, backup and allowed me to attend conferences.
  • (startup, hiring, 6 saves, 7 inbound links, 37 diggs)
• [STARTUPS] The Psychology of Entrepreneurial Misjudgment, part 1: Biases 1-6, blog.pmarca.com
  • Long read, but the section on incentives/disincentives are particularly interesting and applicable to all aspects of your life.
  • (entrepreneurship, psychology, startup, 304 saves, 54 inbound links, 13 diggs)
• [WORDPRESS] FriendFeed Comments WordPress Plugin, blog.slaven.net.au
  • Display the Friend Feed discussion on your WordPress blog.
  • (friendfeed, wordpress, 9 saves, 8 inbound links)
• [WORKHACKS] The KJ-Technique: A Group Process for Establishing Priorities, uie.com, via:labnotes.org
  • The KJ-Technique is a method for getting the ‘wisdom of the crowd’ as fast as possible without getting bogged down by borderline cases.
  • (workhacks, psychology, 234 saves, 23 inbound links, 1 diggs)
• [XBOX360] REST API for Xbox Gamertag Data, duncanmackenzie.net
  • Public rest API for Xbox Gamertag. Gives you an XML file.
  • (xbox360, rest, 7 saves, 5 inbound links)

Delicious Links – 20 links – writing, programming, javascript, jquery, testing

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• [CODE] Research Supports The Effectiveness of TDD, haacked.com
  • IEEE paper on why Test Driven Development works
  • (tdd, testing, research, 42 saves, 27 inbound links)
• [CODE] Valued Lessons: Garlic Programmers for Silver Code?, valuedlessons.com, via:news.ycombinator.com
  • How can you measure programmer productivity when the biggest factor is the code base they are working on?
  • (maintenance, productivity, programming, 9 saves)
• [COMICS] Build your own Comics and cartoons, chron.com
  • You can put together a single page with most syndicated comics on it
  • (comics, 5 saves, 9 inbound links)
• [COPYRIGHT] Bad COPP No Netflix, davisfreeberg.com, via:dailybits.com
  • DRM causes hardware probs, that could make you lose all your legitimate digital downloads.
  • (drm, microsoft, netflix, 51 saves, 64 inbound links, 12 diggs)
• [DESIGN] Paper Prototyping, snyderconsulting.net
  • hallway usability testing before you code
  • (usability, prototyping, paperprototyping, 40 saves)
• [DESIGN] Web 2.0 how-to design style guide, webdesignfromscratch.com
  • Yes, we’re all tired of “web2.0” designs — but this guide makes some good points and is full of examples.
  • (web2.0, webdesign, tutorial, 10838 saves, 100 inbound links, diggs)
• [GAMERS] Audiosurf: Ride Your Music, audio-surf.com
  • Independent video game with strong ties to music/mp3s
  • (music, visualization, audio, game, 148 saves, 100 inbound links, diggs)
• [GAMERS] The Weighted Companion PC – Final shots, bit-tech.net
  • I’d love to have this PC mod… for Portal fans.
  • (portal, gamers, cool, 5 saves)
• [GREASEMONKEY] Greasespot: Greasemonkey Security Update, greasespot.net
  • New version of Greasemonkey is out. Please update.
  • (greasemonkey, 4 saves, 3 inbound links, 5 diggs)
• [GROUP WRITING] Blog Writing Project: Tutorials, dailyblogtips.com
  • Write a tutorial as part of Daily Blog Tips group writing project
  • (tutorials, blog, writing, groupwritingproject, 8 saves, 27 inbound links)
• [JAVASCRIPT] The jSkinny on jQuery, errtheblog.com
  • Examples of using jQuery instead of prototype or rjs files
  • (jquery, javascript, rails, rubyonrails, 254 saves, 15 inbound links, 9 diggs)
• [JAVASCRIPT] jQuery plugin: Tablesorter 2.0, tablesorter.com
  • Client-side library for sorting tables.
  • (jquery, javascript, table, tablesorter, 623 saves, 74 inbound links)
• [MYSPACE] January 30th is International Delete Your Myspace Account Day, bloggasm.com
  • It’s a good idea to delete your old social networking accounts that you don’t use anymore.
  • (myspace, facebook, 20 saves, 100 inbound links)
• [PHOTOS] everystockphoto – searching free photos, everystockphoto.com, via:scottkuperus
  • search engine for copyfree photos
  • (copyright, photos, free, 5418 saves, 100 inbound links, 2824 diggs)
• [REDDIT] what’s new on reddit: new features, blog.reddit.com
  • Users will have the ability to create their own public/private reddits.
  • (bookmarks, reddit, socialsoftware, 14 saves, 37 inbound links, 3 diggs)
• [RSS] Dosh Dosh Reaches 10,000 Subscribers (and the Reason Why People Subscribe to a Blog), doshdosh.com
  • How to get an audience
  • (blogging, howto, 10 saves, 29 inbound links, 3 diggs)
• [RUBY] Rubular: a Ruby regular expression editor, rubular.com
  • Web-based regular expression tester
  • (Ruby, regex, programming, 754 saves, 37 inbound links)
• [SOFTWARE] Ned Batchelder: Software I use, nedbatchelder.com
  • List of Windows software… some stuff worth trying in there. I recognize a lot of it from lifehacker.com
  • (list, windows, software, 23 saves)
• [WRITING] Effective Writing – George Orwell, pickthebrain.com
  • 5 tips from one of the masters
  • (writing, tips, 987 saves, 100 inbound links, diggs)
• [WRITING] Programming Book Profits, ejohn.org
  • A look at how much income writing a book can generate
  • (books, writing, business, programming, 171 saves, 13 inbound links, 3 diggs)
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• CoinStar — Is It Worth It To Convert Your Spare Change?
  • When I was a kid rolling up the spare change to take in the bank, I always wondered why there wasn’t a machine that would do it for you in bulk. Sorting coins mechanically isn’t rocket science; all you need is holes of different sizes. Now we’re in the 21st centuary. We might not have…
• Stupid iTunes Tricks – How to Burn a MP3 CD with Folders
  • An MP3 CD is a regular old data CD like any CD you put in your computer. Any program that burns CDs can create an MP3 CD, but I like to use iTunes because I’m already using it to manage my music library.
• Free Idea: Outlook Calendar Screensaver
  • People often guard their ideas thinking that if they let the word get out people will steal their golden shot at success. What they don’t realize is that idea are worth nothing. Implementation is the only thing that matters. Here’s an idea I had for something I’m not planning on…
• Best of Feeds – 19 links – blogging, inspiration, writing, design, apple
  • apple, blogging, design, inspiration, tips, writing

This Week at IDT Labs

IDT Labs is where I announce new software I’m working on.

• [PIPES] Filtered Technorati Recent Mentions
  • My Filtered Technorati Recent Mentions pipe works again. It can give you an RSS feed of the latest blogs that links to your blog.
• [GREASEMONKEY] Userscripts.org Popular Scripts v0.2Updated my script for identifying the most popular Greasemonkey scripts on userscripts.org

Tags: javascript, jquery, programming, writing