June 2010
33 posts
Why a web design really takes six weeks | New... →
New Orleans Web Design company
Sunday Afternoon →
I’ve favourited a YouTube video: A dance song by DJ Jon Lajoie. www.jonlajoie.com
Minor Differences →
A short list of minor differences that aren’t really that minor.
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10 Ways To Beef Up Your Website’s Security |... →
If everyone was more committed to protecting their own data, then hackers would have a much harder time. Here are 10 effective ways to thwart the best efforts of hackers.
Rock Your Next Networking Event: How to Network... →
So now that you have cool business cards, bet you can’t wait to use them. They’re just burning a hole in your shirt pocket. Who wants one? They’re free to the first 250 people you meet.
There’s…
Supporting the Gulf with Larry King →
Like so many of you, we’ve been saddened and frustrated to see the environmental devastation caused by the ongoing oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. That’s why when our friends at CNN and…
WordPress › Blog » WordPress 3.0 “Thelonious” →
A List Apart: Articles: Fluid Grids →
Early last year, I worked on the redesign of a rather content-heavy website. Design requirements were fairly light: the client asked us to keep the organization’s existing logo and to improve the…
John Resig - Sub-Pixel Problems in CSS →
that jumped at me, recently, was a rendering dilemma that browsers have to encounter, and gracefully handle, on a day-by-day basis with little, to no, standardization.
What it's like to own an Apple product - The... →
Got an Accounting Headache? It May Be Time to Hire... →
Shared by Newton
And if you need a really good local bookkeeper in the area check out www.eanewton.com.
For some freelancers and small business owners, bookkeeping is one of those dreaded tasks…
Marco.org - Employing tricks like needless... →
Employing tricks like needless pagination, auto-refreshing (see Salon.com), misleading headlines, and the like is cheating. You didn’t earn those pageviews, you tricked people into giving them to…
LakTEK – Handy Git commands that saves my day →
There are 3 essential weapons every developer should have in their armory. A text editor, a terminal and a source code management system. Picking powerful, flexible and personalized tools will make…
The New Mac Mini
Apple does it again. For $699.00... →
The New Mac Mini
Apple does it again. For $699.00 you get a 2.4 Ghz Intel Core 2 Duo, 320GB Hard drive, 2GB RAM, FW 800, HDMI, even and SD card slot. You may also notice the other thing Apple…
A List Apart: Articles: Responsive Web Design →
The English architect Christopher Wren once quipped that his chosen field “aims for Eternity,” and there’s something appealing about that formula: Unlike the web, which often feels like aiming for…
Pure CSS Twitter Fail Whale - By Steve Dennis →
The CSS white-space Property Explained →
The CSS white-space Property Explained
Web Designer Notebook » The CSS3 :target... →
It’s no secret that I’m always looking for an easy way out using CSS instead of trying to replicate things with convoluted code — there are so many underused techniques that we could be applying to…
The Essential Guide to @font-face →
This guide will teach you how to implement @font-face with cross-browser compatibility and will also look at a number of the supporting services that have arisen, making it even easier to use custom…
Daring Fireball: Tynt, the Copy/Paste Jerks →
Over the last few months I’ve noticed an annoying trend on various web sites, generally major newspaper and magazine sites, but also certain weblogs. What happens is that when you select text from…
Designing for usability vs. motivation →
Keeping your usable is like keeping your home clean; it’s all about hygiene. It only becomes a problem if the hygiene is bad. If not, good usability won’t even get noticed, but be taken for a given.
The Process Behind Good Illustration (Part 1) |... →
In this two-part article, I’d like to share some tenets behind what I think good illustration is, and what I learned about the process and technique behind how to execute it.
Overflow: hidden; - CSS Tutorial - Correcting... →
The overflow property in CSS can be used in various ways and comes in handy when correcting bugs. Below are some tutorials that demonstrate how to clear up some
What You Really Need Is A Manifesto →
One really awesome way to give your personal productivity a nice boost is to get your very own manifesto. Not to be confused with the mission statement, a manifesto is like the mission statement’s…
Increase Your User Activity with Points, Badges... →
Using virtual rewards and status — also known as game mechanics (or funware) — to increase website engagement.
Making CSS Count Backwards →
Did you know that CSS Counters can go backwards?
Neither did I until I needed it, and I discovered that the counter-reset and counter-increment properties can be “seeded” with extra numbers,…
Photos of a Mexican Drug Lord’s Home After a... →
I guess it is a cash business.
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HTML6 may not have a name →
The next version of HTML doesn’t have a name yet. In fact, it may never have a name, because the working group is switching to an unversioned development model. Various parts of the specification…
How HTML 5 link prefetching can make your site... →
One of the lesser-known jewels of HTML 5 is link prefetching. The idea is to extend the time-honored concept of image preloading to HTML content (and without any messy AJAX code).
WatchSeductive Design (by Andy Budd via Build)
Late last week I made a good start on the... →
Late last week I made a good start on the programming for the Snowsquatch Frost Breath ability. The graphics aren’t done so no video of that yet. Earlier this week I implemented moving…
The NBA Finals on Gowalla →
Just in time for tonight’s tip-off between the Los Angeles Lakers and the Boston Celtics, Gowalla and the NBA are teaming up yet again for another fun round of pro basketball interaction!…
For The Love of The Game: Softball Team Forfeits... →
We have so many things to worry about right now, I figure we can stand a little good news, right? Whenever I read a story like this column by Rick Reilly, it makes me feel a lot less…