Keeping up with technology is a lot of work. Luckily, we enjoy wading through the noise just to find the gems of awesomeness sprinkled throughout. Fusion Radar is our gift to you, Current or Potential Client, so that you can enjoy all of the awesome without any of the drudgery. Unwrap it each week, and know that you’re loved by the geeks and pixel-pushers at Agency Fusion.
BitTorrent Sync
BitTorrent Sync lets developers bypass the need to synchronize all their devices manually or log everything on a server in the cloud. Instead, you can automatically sync unlimited files via secure, distributed technology between all of your devices (and share those files with anyone else).
Flat UI
Flat UI is basically a flattened version of Twitter BootStrap.
The Archive of Interesting Code
This archive is one person's impressive effort to research and code every interesting algorithm and data structure ever invented. Java and C++ are the most common languages used, and everything is free to explore and use.
A History of Programming
Actually, the full name of this post is "A Brief, Incomplete, and Mostly Wrong History of Programming Languages." We're not sure how useful or "factual" this article is, but it was definitely entertaining.
How to Help Clients
We were delighted to find the article, "How to Help a Real-Life Knight Achieve His Goals," which gives some useful tips on how to guide and help your clients achieve their goals. Using the example of a knight slaying a dragon, the author gives suggestions on how you can set a vision for a project, narrow it down, and stick to that vision.
How to Help a Real-Life Knight Achieve His Goals
Chartio
Chartio is an online tool that collects, analyzes, and graphs data from your website. Although it's not cheap, the program seems to have an easy-to-use interface with a wide variety of visualization tools and collaboration options, as well as the ability to collect and analyze data in real-time.
Social Roulette
Social Roulette is a game(?) you can play that has your online identity set as the stakes. You log into Social Roulette via your Facebook account, and you hit Play. From there, it's a 5-in-6 chance that Social Roulette will simply post "I played Social Roulette and survived" on your Facebook wall; and a 1-in-6 chance they'll permanently delete everything in your account - games, friends, posts, likes, photos, etc. - before deactivating it.
GeoGuessr
Speaking of games, GeoGuessr tests your knowledge of geography by integrating Google map images into a "Where in the world are you?" quiz. It gives you a 360-degree view of a location, and you can explore your area before pinpointing it on the world map based on any signs or landmarks you see.
GeoGuessr
American English Dialects Map
This site maps out all the English dialects found on the North American continent. It's interactive (you can click on locations and it pulls up videos from that place) and details about a dozen different speaking patterns in the USA and Canada.
Here Is Today
Sometimes we get so focused on one task that we forget the big picture. Here Is Today is a simple HTML5 site that can help you put things in perspective.