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Fusion Radar: October 15, 2014

October 20th, 2014 - by Objective - Salt Lake City, Utah

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.

Acorns

Acorns is a mobile app (web app coming soon) which claims to help you invest your spare change by rounding up every purchase.

Acorns

Visualization of 15 Sorting Algorithms

A sorting algorithm is used to put a list’s elements into order. For example, a sorting algorithm can take the following list of numbers and figure out how to arrange them in order from lowest to highest: 10, 2, 17, 22, 104, 54. The following YouTube video provides a visualization (with sound) of 15 different sorting algorithms at work. Each algorithm runs until it is done ordering the list, which you’ll know has happened when the white bars all turn green.

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Inspirograph

If you grew up with the excellent drawing toy, Spirograph, you’ll appreciate the Inspirograph’s digital version. Try your hand at creating a work of art, or view the gallery to see what others have created and submitted.

Inspirograph

GitHub for Windows

If you use GitHub for Windows, learn more about the open source projects that power it.

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Final

Payment is a hot topic. Apply Pay, Coin, and now Final are all aiming to make it easier and more secure to pay for your purchases. Final allows you to use unique card numbers with each merchant, which in theory “sandboxes” each merchant in the event of a security breach.

Final

Oh My Zsh

If you’re using Zsh (Z Shell) you’ll want to check out Oh My Zsh, a framework for managing your Zsh configuration.

Oh My Zsh

20 Under 20

Flickr is featuring their 20 most talented young photographers.

20 Under 20

Wayfinding for Mobile

Achieving mobile usability can require a different approach than designing for full-screen devices.

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Programming Sucks

If you know a programmer/developer, this post might give you a bit more appreciation for the complexity of their job. If you are a programmer/developer, this post might help you stay sane just one more day knowing that someone out there understands your pain.

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Segment

Hat tip to our friend Brian Bond for turning us on to Segment, a single hub for gathering your site data/analytics and importing it into multiple tools like Google Analytics, Marketo, MailChimp, Salesforce, and more.

Segment