Finer Things in Web

The SublimeVideo player is a beautiful and functional HTML5 video player that requires no plugins but currently only works in Safari and Chrome.

“The conversation” is out there.

Two are better than one, right? Too bad Google Wave’s flexibility breaks down quickly when opening multiple waves.

Nike added Get Satisfaction, the social-media-centric support service, to its Nike+ running and community site.

A WordPress plugin that adds a unique, vertical social media bar with icons and links to your profiles.

Official Gmail Blog: Got the wrong Bob?
A bizarrely named new Gmail Labs feature, “Got the wrong Bob?” is intended to save you from emailing the wrong people.
If you typically add Jane Doe, Bill Smith, and John Doe to the same group message, Gmail will warn you the next time you accidentally add Bill Lumbergh instead [...]

A blue dot for new mentions in Brizzly. Are you listening Twitter?

When it comes to valuation, making money is a real obstacle. Our profitability has been a real drag on our valuation.
PRESS RELEASE: 37SIGNALS VALUATION TOPS $100 BILLION AFTER BOLD VC INVESTMENT, Jason Fried
This announcement is a veritable gold mine of fundamental truths about building a web company. You might as well copy and paste the entire [...]

Perhaps I use my iPhone to get directions far too often now, but I forgot this simple trick existed: In most of the maps services from the likes of Google, Yahoo, and Bing (though, unsurprisingly, not Mapquest), you can use your mouse’s scroll wheel to quickly zoom in and out of a map.

If you accept post submissions from the public on your Tumblr blog, specify some tags for visitors to use to help keep the site organized.