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Automated cross platform / browser battery testing!

Thu, 25 Oct 2007 10:37:14 GMT

Test your URL on practically any platform, browser, screen resolution, JavaScript / Java / Flash enabled or disabled... returned to you from a server farm as screen shots while you wait! Sure, it saves time, it saves money but better than that is what becomes actually practical in terms of quality management.

Square America Snapshots & Vernacular Photography

Fri, 21 Dec 2007 19:52:19 GMT

"Square America is a site dedicated to preserving and displaying vintage snapshots from the first 3/4s of the 20th Century. Not only do these photographs contain a wealth of primary source information on how life was lived they also constitute a shadow history of photography, one too often ignored by museums and art galleries. Or at least that's what I tell people- more accurately, the site is a catalog of my obsession with vintage photographs."

Google Chrome

Fri, 19 Sep 2008 14:33:14 GMT

A comic book introducing the new open source browser, Chrome, Google's foray into the browser space.

jParallax

Fri, 19 Sep 2008 14:33:14 GMT

Parallax turns a selected element into a 'window', or viewport, and all its children into absolutely positioned layers that can be seen through the viewport. These layers move in response to the mouse, and, depending on their dimensions (and options for layer initialisation), they move by different amounts, in a parallaxy kind of way.

Unit PNG Fix

Fri, 19 Sep 2008 14:33:15 GMT

A "comprehensive, yet light-weight png fix built in javascript. It?s free to download and use as you like!"

WordPress Coda Clips Collection

Fri, 19 Sep 2008 14:33:15 GMT

"Panic just released version 1.5 of the popular all-in-one website editor, Coda. Included with this release was the ability to import and export clips into and out of Coda. We took it upon ourselves to add almost every tag on the very useful WordPress function list to Coda and export them as a group for y?all to use."

Tweetrush

Fri, 19 Sep 2008 14:33:15 GMT

"Tweetrush is a service based on our Rush Hour engine that aims to provide estimated stats on Twitter usage over a period of time. Feel free to click on the top graph for more detailed information about Twitter usage for a given date. "

Classy Icon Set

Fri, 19 Sep 2008 14:33:15 GMT

Classy free icons set contains 300 free icons available in PNG, ICO and ICNS format for download and preview

Elements of Design: A Web Design Showcase

Fri, 19 Sep 2008 14:33:15 GMT

"A different type of web design showcase focusing on specific aspects of web design."

jeresig's sizzle

Fri, 19 Sep 2008 14:33:15 GMT

A new selector engine that is expected to become the default engine in jQuery.

DryIcons.com

Fri, 19 Sep 2008 14:33:15 GMT

Free icons and free icon sets, as well as free vector graphics.

Typeface != Font

Fri, 19 Sep 2008 14:33:15 GMT

"A typeface is not a font. A font is not a typeface. It?s been said before, but confusion still resigns supreme; even the Online Etmology Dictionary and the holders of the rights to Georgia get it wrong. So, at the risk of stating the obvious, but in the hope that someone might find this useful, I?m going to attempt a little disambiguation."

Ma.gnolia.org

Fri, 19 Sep 2008 14:33:15 GMT

"M2 is a ground-up rewrite of Ma.gnolia, re-creating features we love today, taking a second run at what didn't worked as well as planned, on a distributed, service-based architecture designed to handle the large volumes of data we've seen. But even more significant, M2 will be an open source project that can be downloaded to remix and run as your own."

The WordPress Starter Theme Project

Fri, 19 Sep 2008 14:33:15 GMT

A starter theme for WordPress to make the creation of a new theme as easy as possible. Some of the features include: * Blank style.css with theme name, author, URL, etc. tags at the top * Content-ready 404, archive, search, index, single post, and page files * Full, working comments.php file * Complete header.php set up with links to RSS, a stylesheet, and JS file; template * Default search form template * Blank screenshot.png file and images folder

Visualization Strategies: Text & Documents

Fri, 19 Sep 2008 14:33:15 GMT

A survey of techniques for creating infographics and visualizations from textual data.

Telescopic Text

Fri, 19 Sep 2008 14:33:15 GMT

An exploration of scale and levels of detail. How much or little is contained within the tiniest, most ordinary of moments.

WP Developer Assistant

Fri, 19 Sep 2008 14:33:15 GMT

WP Developer Assistant is the first WordPress plugin of its kind. It essentially is a toolkit that makes life as a WordPress developer easier.

6 Metrics for Managing UI Design

Fri, 19 Sep 2008 14:33:15 GMT

"As part of a recent management summit at my company, we were asked to fill out an RMPT matrix for our departments (I head up Product Design). An RMPT matrix consists of (R)esponsibilities, (M)etrics, (P)rocesses, and (T)ools. I have been intending to develop better metrics for both measuring and guiding our design efforts, and this exercise served as a catalyst to get me started. "

The Micro-site Isn?t Dead. (It's Just Not Useful)

Fri, 19 Sep 2008 14:33:15 GMT

If there?s one type of headline that gets attention?it?s about claiming the death of something. Well, I?d like to proclaim the ?un-dead? nature of a format which I think has the potential to become something more powerful than we are currently seeing today. The Micro-site first became adopted by the marketing community as a tool of convenience. It simply became too unwieldy to continue adding sections to our large company/product Websites every time we wanted to promote a new product, feature or service. And specifically for advertisers?well, they needed an online extension for their campaigns to live in the digital space.

Domain-Driven Design in an Evolving Architecture

Fri, 19 Sep 2008 14:33:15 GMT

Mat Wall and Nik Silver explain how their has been using Domain-Driven Design in an evolving and Agile environment, at high traffic news site guardian.co.uk.

MacRabbit - Espresso

Sun, 21 Sep 2008 00:47:57 GMT

"Espresso is not a bunch of apps forcibly smashed together. Instead, we looked at the needs of modern web developers and streamlined their workflow into one focused app. Extremely powerful editing, sleek projects, live preview (we make CSSEdit ? did you really expect anything less?), real publishing and extensive synchronization tools. All this, and an amazing extensible core? It's not too good to be true."

xSort is a free card sorting application for Mac OS X

Mon, 22 Sep 2008 00:48:28 GMT

xSort is a free card sorting application for Mac OS X aimed at user experience professionals and social scientists.

five second test

Wed, 24 Sep 2008 00:49:34 GMT

"The five second test is a simple usability test that helps you measure the effectiveness of your user interfaces. "

Amazon Windowshop

Wed, 24 Sep 2008 00:49:34 GMT

"We've taken out the text and created an immersive experience to help you lose yourself in exploration. Trailers for bestselling movies. Insight into the hottest TV shows and video games. Track samples from Tuesday's new music releases. Audio reviews of books you should read. Amazon Windowshop lets you get a taste of many titles. They're here - in one place - and all you have to do is move a few keys to zoom in on whatever flips your switch. "

Advertising and Privacy ? Google Privacy Center

Tue, 30 Sep 2008 00:47:37 GMT

Google's Privacy Center includes an easy way to opt out of being tracked via cookie.

Thoughts on Interaction Design: About This Project

Tue, 30 Sep 2008 00:47:37 GMT

It "is the primary goal of this text to better define Interaction Design: to provide a definition that encompasses the intellectual facets of the field, the conceptual underpinnings of Interaction Design as a legitimate human-centered field, and the particular methods used by practitioners in their day to day experiences. This definition and investigation centers around the issue of argument and rhetoric, and illustrates that Interaction Design is a form of communication that can be thought of as identical in nature to language. As Interaction Design is a vast subject, this text attempts to touch on many topics in a slight manner rather than one topic in a deep manner. "An additional goal of this text is to assure practicing Interaction Designers that they are not, in fact, simply tools to be used in the cleanup phases of a technology-centered project. Interaction Designers need to possess a great intellectual capacity for complicated problem solving, for dynamic inquiry relating to technology, and for substantial empathy of the human experience. This intellectual insight is ideal for solving strategic business problems and for humanizing technology, and the creation of 'pretty interfaces' is perhaps the most blatant misuse of this critical resource."

Collection: [Design Solutions]

Tue, 30 Sep 2008 00:47:37 GMT

A large collection of screen shots taken by user experience designer Gustavo Pimenta.

Afloat

Wed, 01 Oct 2008 00:47:56 GMT

add many window management features to most Mac applications: * Keep windows afloat (heh) on top of all others. * Make windows transparent with a gesture. * Move windows from anywhere, not just the title bar. * Turn a window into an "overlay" on your screen that doesn't hinder your work. * Show a window's file in the Finder with nothing more than your keyboard. * Do all of this with quick keyboard shortcuts, or a flick of your mouse wheel or multitouch trackpad.

AppleJack: Mac OS X Troubleshooting Utility

Tue, 18 Mar 2008 18:09:41 GMT

AppleJack is a user friendly troubleshooting assistant for Mac OS X. With AppleJack you can troubleshoot a computer even if you can't load the GUI, or don't have a startup CD handy. AppleJack runs in Single User Mode and is menu-based for ease of use.

Design Resources Pack #1: The Grunge Pack, Brushes, Fonts, Textures etc?

Sat, 12 Jul 2008 14:16:42 GMT

Welcome to the very first edition of our Design Resources Pack, the basic idea behind this is; we collect a load of resources around a certain theme or style and put them together in one place. Grunge is a style which is often misunderstood. Grunge doesn?t always have to mean really over the top dirty and dark. Today grunge comes in many forms, subtle grunge effects seem to be more common than just completely ?grunging? something up. Whether you choose to be subtle, or over-the-top with your Grunge style here are some amazing resources to help you out.

More Photoshop brushes than you?ll ever need

Tue, 12 Aug 2008 17:33:08 GMT

I've been looking around the web for some Photoshop brushes for some upcoming job, so I thought you'd appreciate if I share what I find.

Aurora

Tue, 12 Aug 2008 17:33:08 GMT

Aurora is a concept video presenting one possible future user experience for the Web, created by Adaptive Path as part of the Mozilla Labs concept browser series. Aurora explores new ways people could interact with the Web in the future based on projected technological trends and real-world scenarios.

The National Championship Barbecue Cookoff

Tue, 12 Aug 2008 17:33:08 GMT

The 20th Annual National Championship Barbecue Cookoff. Invitation only with winning cookers from preceeding year's cookoffs eligible. Over $16,000 in prize money. Benefitting national and local charities.

NuevaSync - Over the Air Synchronization

Tue, 12 Aug 2008 17:33:08 GMT

NuevaSync allows direct, over-the-air, native synchronization of certain smart phones and PDA devices with public PIM, and calendaring services including Google Calendar. NuevaSync does not need any software installed on your device because it uses synchronization protocols that are already built in.

The invisible city: Design in the age of intelligent maps

Tue, 12 Aug 2008 17:33:08 GMT

Today's intelligent maps don't just represent spatial relationships, they reveal conditions in the city that were previously hidden in spreadsheets and databases. And it's not just a new representation of the city that emerges out of this data; its a new hybrid city, part physical texture and part data-driven map. As maps have become more complex, they have become our native medium for analyzing environments and societies, essential parts of the decision-making process in policy making.

Creating an interactive PDF file from a multipage document in Fireworks CS4 beta

Tue, 12 Aug 2008 17:33:08 GMT

In this article we'll take a look at how effortless it is to export a PDF from Fireworks, with a focus on creating interactive PDF files.

300+ Free Hi-Res grunge textures you?ve never seen before! | Design Shard | Web Design Blog

Tue, 12 Aug 2008 17:33:08 GMT

Here is a free Hi-Res texture pack that i have made over the weeks for you all to download, the pack contains over 300 grunge, worn, torn and weathered textures that i have taken in and around my house.

Orwell Diaries

Tue, 12 Aug 2008 17:33:08 GMT

"From 9th August 2008, you will be able to gather your own impression of Orwell?s face from reading his most strongly individual piece of writing: his diaries. The Orwell Prize is delighted to announce that, to mark the 70th anniversary of the diaries, each diary entry will be published on this blog exactly seventy years after it was written, allowing you to follow Orwell?s recuperation in Morocco, his return to the UK, and his opinions on the descent of Europe into war in real time. The diaries end in 1942, three years into the conflict."

The Bureau Loves You � Home

Tue, 12 Aug 2008 17:33:08 GMT

A collection of Photoshop brushes, color swatches, fonts and desktops.

Google Calendar CalDAV support

Tue, 12 Aug 2008 17:33:08 GMT

The steps required to set up CalDAV support for Google Calendar in iCal, which allows syncing between the two calendars.

MouritsaDA-Stock's deviantART Gallery

Tue, 12 Aug 2008 17:33:08 GMT

Art - community of artists and those devoted to art. Digital art, skin art, themes, wallpaper art, traditional art, photography, poetry / prose. Art prints.

Learn Illustrator CS3 in 30 Days

Tue, 12 Aug 2008 17:33:09 GMT

This FREE 30 days Illustrator crash course is created for beginners interested in learning Illustrator. Each lesson will take around 20 mins to complete and you will be able to learn the basic fundamental techniques before the 30 days trial ends.

How Comet Brings Instant Messaging to meebo

Tue, 12 Aug 2008 17:33:09 GMT

An interesting look at the foundation of Meebo, which relies upon Comet. 'The ability to create an "instant" communications experience through the Web is the strength of the Comet recipe. The use of long-polling via the XMLHttpRequest is a critical technology to meebo. It enabled meebo to implement low-latency bi-directional communication on any modern computer that can access the Web, without the need to download software.'

Beyond REST? Building data services with XMPP

Tue, 12 Aug 2008 17:33:09 GMT

Kellan Elliott-McCrea (co-presented with Rabble) presentationt, which was a 'XMPP outsiders look at how to hijack XMPP to solve the problems of RSS and polling at ?quantum? and ?relativistic? scales. (small and rare, or huge fast and raging).'

Tag Folders: Simple, flexible, powerful file management for Mac OS X

Tue, 12 Aug 2008 17:33:09 GMT

Smart Folders can find a file anywhere on your computer. Regular folders let you organize your files with ease. Tag Folders do both. Drop any file onto a Tag Folder, and it will immediately be tagged to match the Tag Folder?s search criteria. Open the Tag Folder, and every file with that tag appears in a Finder window, available for use.

Activate The Death Ray

Tue, 12 Aug 2008 17:33:09 GMT

"Activate The Death Ray is a Microformats and CSS demonstration site by Andy Clarke, part of the For A Beautiful Web series of web design and development workshops launching in 2008."

Schtock - All American

Fri, 19 Sep 2008 14:33:14 GMT

Schtock is the online playground of a pseudo-disgruntled stock photography employee.

Tax Plans (that?s one for you, nineteen for me)

Fri, 19 Sep 2008 14:33:14 GMT

A great visual breakdown of the impact of the tab plans from Senators McCain and Obama.

pptPlex

Fri, 19 Sep 2008 14:33:14 GMT

pptPlex is a plug-in that explores an alternate method for presenting a PowerPoint slide deck. Using pptPlex, you can present your slides as a tour through a zoomable canvas instead of a series of linear slides.

Everymoment Now : Obama Vs. McCain : Context and Scope to the 2008 US General Election

Fri, 19 Sep 2008 14:33:14 GMT

Everymoment Now. Exploring news histories and bringing context and scope to the moments shaping our world.

Data Filtering Using PHP's Filter Functions - Part one

Fri, 19 Sep 2008 14:33:14 GMT

"Filtering data. We all have to do it. Most, if not all of us, despise doing it. However, unbeknown to most are PHP's filter_* functions, that allow us to do all sorts of filtering and validation. Using PHP's filter_* functions, we can validate and sanitize data types, URLs, e-mail addresses, IP addresses, strip bad characters, and more, all with relative ease. This is part one of two, covering filter_var() and the different constants and flags that can be set."

FunctionFlip

Fri, 19 Sep 2008 14:33:14 GMT

"FunctionFlip's purpose is simply to disable the special features ? rewind, play, mute, etc. ? on the function keys. For example, if you "flip" F7, F8, and F9, those keys will revert back to normal F keys ? without affecting the other functions. Press the fn key with the special key to get the special function back. That is, the "special" and "normal" functions are flipped."

Cyclo.ps

Fri, 19 Sep 2008 14:33:14 GMT

"Tired of the cumbersome searches through stock photo sites? See better results with Cyclo.ps. Our monster machine brings the results of the most popular stock sites to one location. Search once. See it all."

Black Box Voting - America's Elections Watchdog Group

Fri, 19 Sep 2008 14:33:14 GMT

We want citizens out in the field observing, asking questions, asserting the right to know. We know it will help to have a booklet you can put in your purse or jacket pocket, to remind you of what to look for and what kinds of questions to ask. Therefore, we have also printed booklets.

Google Chrome Tips

Fri, 19 Sep 2008 14:33:14 GMT

tr.im your URLs and other stuff too

Fri, 19 Sep 2008 14:33:14 GMT

tr.im is for quick, easy, full-featured URL shortening service with integrated posting to social networks such as Twitter, with conversation panels, and a free public API.

PollTrack : Tracking Elections from the Ground Up

Fri, 19 Sep 2008 14:33:14 GMT

Polltrack gauges the mood of the nation and predicts the outcome of elections from the perspective of where it matters the most: with voters on the ground. Maurice Berger presents a comprehensive, up-to-the-minute picture of what voters are thinking and feeling, with maps and commentary.

Performance Bike - Home for all your cycling needs!

Fri, 19 Sep 2008 14:33:14 GMT

Bicycle Sport Shop - Bike sales, service and rentals. Austin, Texas

Fri, 19 Sep 2008 14:33:14 GMT

Bicycle Sport Shop Austin Texas - 517 S. Lamar Blvd. - 512-477-3472 - Austin's Premier Bike Shop. Featuring Specialized, Trek, Gary Fisher, Salsa, Niner, Co-Motion, Serotta, Santa Cruz , Electra, BMC Bicycles and more! We have great rental bikes and award winning service!

75 Powerful Adobe Fireworks Extensions

Fri, 19 Sep 2008 14:33:14 GMT

"Anyway here are below the best 75 Adobe Fireworks Extensions (MXP), nearly all are compatabile with Fireworks MX, 8 and CS3 (and quite a few with Fireworks 3 and 4)."

pinvoke - Icons and pixel fonts

Tue, 18 Mar 2008 18:09:40 GMT

Quality 10x10 and 16x16 pixel icons and pixel fonts to designers.

Anxiety - Lightweight To-do Management

Fri, 18 Apr 2008 12:48:42 GMT

Anxiety is a super-lightweight To-do list application for Mac OS X Leopard that synchronizes with iCal and Mail. Its aim is to provide a streamlined, easily accessible interface to add and check off your tasks, while remaining poised to melt into the background at a moments notice.

CSS Cheat Sheet (V2)

Tue, 01 Jul 2008 02:27:30 GMT

The CSS cheat sheet is a one-page reference sheet, listing all selectors (as of CSS 2.1) and properties. It includes a visual example of the box model, unit reference for CSS units and the various media types CSS makes allowance for.

Warp

Tue, 01 Jul 2008 02:27:30 GMT

"Warp is a [free] preference pane that allows you to use the mouse to switch between Spaces rather than using the keyboard. "Warp offers the ability to display a live preview of a space when you move the mouse to the edge of the screen, allowing you to see what you have on another space before actually switching to it. Clicking the preview will then warp you to that space. (Enable this feature by checking the option "Click screen edge to Warp" in Warp's preference pane) "

Google Talk for the iPhone

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 17:43:32 GMT

Stay connected to your Google Talk contacts right from your iPhone. Chat with your Google Talk contacts in real time. Send and receive instant messages in chat sessions with your contacts.* Move easily between multiple open chats. View and search for your Google Talk contacts. See the availability and status message of your contacts and change your own status on the go. Go off the record if you don't want to store your chats. Off the record chats are not stored on Gmail.

Tiled backgrounds designer

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 17:43:32 GMT

A nice little online utility to create background patterns.

Organized fromiSlayer.com

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 17:43:32 GMT

"Take care of the little jobs with Organized, a new widget from iSlayer featuring a calendar with events, world clocks, notes and to do's. The calendar and to do's utilize OS X's inbuilt databases, so they're always in sync with iCal and Mail. The world clock uses our very own database with over 700 locations."

PlugINCool

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 17:43:32 GMT

PlugINCool is a Plugin manager for Mac OS X. Thanks to this software, you can easily add and remove plugins for: * Dashboard * Screen savers * Spotlight * Preferences Panes * QuickLook * Web browser * iTunes * QuickTime * Mail

AppleScript: Quick Viewer, Quick View Droplet

Sat, 05 Jul 2008 01:42:42 GMT

Quick Look can be used for more than a means to locate information, it can also be used as a means to present documents or media. The Quick Viewer applet and the Quick Look Droplet are easy-to-use presentation tools.

Matt - Multi Account Twitter Tweeter

Sat, 05 Jul 2008 01:42:42 GMT

Multiple account twitter tweeting. Matt makes it easy to post to multiple Twitter accounts without having to log into each one every time.

TweetDeck

Sun, 06 Jul 2008 05:36:33 GMT

"TweetDeck is an Adobe Air desktop application that is currently in public beta. It aims to evolve the existing functionality of Twitter by taking an abundance of information i.e twitter feeds, and breaking it down into more manageable bite sized pieces."

WordPress for iPhone

Sat, 12 Jul 2008 06:23:52 GMT

Official home of the WordPress iPhone Application

Lost and Taken

Sat, 12 Jul 2008 06:23:52 GMT

"Free stock textures for your graphic design and photography projects"

rooSwitch

Sat, 12 Jul 2008 06:23:52 GMT

"rooSwitch exists to make it easy for you to create different profiles of almost any application's data. You then switch amongst the profiles to activate the data you wish to use. It's like a multi-user environment for just one application."

Fever� Red hot. Well read.

Sat, 12 Jul 2008 06:23:52 GMT

The Pencil Project

Sat, 12 Jul 2008 06:23:52 GMT

With the power of the underlying Mozilla Gecko engine, Pencil turns your excellent Firefox 3 browser into a sketching tool with just a 400-kilobyte installation package. The Pencil Project's unique mission is to build a free and opensource tool for making diagrams and GUI prototyping that everyone can use.

?Gorilla? Usability Testing

Sat, 12 Jul 2008 06:23:52 GMT

"In my never-ending search for interesting interface design, I had a chance to chat with Andy Budd, of Clearleft, about their new desktop application, Silverback. I believe it can bring usability testing the masses and will be the go-to application for basic usability testing. It's simple, focused, thoughtful, polished, and a joy to use."

A 10% improvement on conversion with one change

Sun, 20 Jul 2008 22:05:26 GMT

A post about one site's removal of CAPTCHA and the improvement to conversions.

Adobe Illustrator Shortcuts

Sun, 20 Jul 2008 22:05:26 GMT

"Here are 26 Illustrator shortcuts that can help you to speed up productivity. I use most of them (in fact, I can?t work without them). Most of shortcuts listed in this article aren?t documented in the software, so keep reading and you?re sure to find at least one new trick to put up your sleeve."

one hundred push ups

Sun, 20 Jul 2008 22:05:26 GMT

The hundred push ups training program - designed to improve strength and physical fitness by enabling you to do a hundred consecutive push ups after six weeks.

WordPress ? WordPress Themes

Sun, 20 Jul 2008 22:05:26 GMT

Looking for the awesome WordPress themes? Here's the place to find them!

SummerMash Austin - EventVue

Sun, 20 Jul 2008 22:05:26 GMT

EventVue provides an interactive online directory for your attendees before and after your event.

Our Electric Future

Sun, 20 Jul 2008 22:05:26 GMT

Energy independence is the wrong goal. Here is a plan Americans can stick to.

Prototip 2

Sun, 20 Jul 2008 22:05:26 GMT

Prototip allows you to easily create both simple and complex tooltips using the Prototype javascript framework.

50 Websites For Free Vector Images Download

Sun, 20 Jul 2008 22:05:26 GMT

WordPress 2.6

Sun, 20 Jul 2008 22:05:26 GMT

A tour of WordPress 2.6 and the new features.

DataCase - iPhone File Server and Viewer

Sun, 20 Jul 2008 22:05:26 GMT

DataCase keeps your files close by turning your iPhone or iPod Touch into a hand held wireless drive. Keep your data with you wherever you go and access it when and where you need, on any available computer (Mac, PC, Linux), no upload program or server configuration necessary.

Make Your Own Mac Mix

Sun, 20 Jul 2008 22:05:26 GMT

Choose the apps you like, add them to your Mac Mix and Check out!

Totally Looks Like? Famous People and Celeb Look-A-Likes

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 15:18:49 GMT

Etsy :: Elephannie

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 15:18:49 GMT

A great collection of vinyl stickers that can be added to any wall in the house.

Rainbow for Firebug :: Firefox Add-ons

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 22:27:07 GMT

JavaScript syntax highlighting for Firebug.

Dangerbird Records Launches � Athletics

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 22:27:07 GMT

A writeup of the launch of Dangerbird records by Athletics, which provides insight into their prototyping method (using Flash plus a bit of actionscript) as well as their implementation choices.

Create an Awesome Grass Texture in Photoshop

Thu, 24 Jul 2008 21:00:05 GMT

This is the fourth and final installment of my series on creating textures in Photoshop. If you missed the first three, they were creating: Water Texture, Wood

The Front-Runner?s Fall

Tue, 12 Aug 2008 17:33:08 GMT

Hillary Clinton?s campaign was undone by a clash of personalities more toxic than anyone imagined. E-mails and memos?published here for the first time?reveal the backstabbing and conflicting strategies that produced an epic meltdown.

The Complainist

Tue, 12 Aug 2008 17:33:08 GMT

The Complainist is dedicated to testing the limits of customer service departments. If there?s a possibility that an idiot might misunderstand a product?s intended use, we will be that idiot. We like to nitpick over details that most sensible people would just let go. The thought of a customer service representative actually believing that someone could be this stupid really gives us a thrill. This has all been done under the guise of Linda Wilson, so far, although we have plans to add more characters in the future.

Lingon

Fri, 18 Apr 2008 12:48:45 GMT

"Lingon is a graphical user interface for creating an editing launchd configuration files for Mac OS X Leopard 10.5. You can use launchd on a Mac to launch scripts and applications whenever something special happens or at a specific time or periodically. You get all launchd configuration files in a list to the left so you can easily see all and choose which one to edit."

UserVoice

Mon, 19 May 2008 13:19:36 GMT

A Web service that makes it easy for your users to vote on what is most important to them so you know what to focus on.

Automatically Create Table of Contents in Visio

Fri, 13 Jun 2008 12:31:50 GMT

"I use Visio to create wireframe documents, and as updating Tables of Contents in Visio is very dull, I wrote a macro (a small program) that automatically generates a Table of Contents list for a Visio document. It is stored in a Stencil."

Patterns for Designing a Reputation System

Fri, 13 Jun 2008 12:31:50 GMT

"These patterns are somewhat different from the typical UI or rich-interaction type of pattern. They don?t tell you how to lay out a page or where to put an interactive widget. Instead, they address how to design a reputation system for your social software."

Shift

Sun, 15 Jun 2008 05:16:27 GMT

"The Shift project was started in May 2008 as a fork of the apparently defunct CocoaMySQL project. The goal of Shift is to enhance upon the CocoaMySQL project and provide Mac OS X users with a completely free and elegant way to handle their MySQL databases."

Fight the Smears

Sun, 15 Jun 2008 05:16:27 GMT

A site put together by the Obama campaign to fight rumors, falsehoods and smear tactics.

MacGDBp

Tue, 17 Jun 2008 03:41:41 GMT

"A native Cocoa application that allows Web developers to debug their PHP applications. The tool makes use of the Xdebug (http://www.xdebug.org) PHP extension that provides remote debugging functionality."

300 Vintage Style Textures and Photoshop Brushes

Wed, 18 Jun 2008 07:05:32 GMT

Vintage design, when done well, can make a user feel like they have been transported back in time. This particular style often uses design elements that look like they were found in the attic of an old house dating back to the 1920?s, 30?s, or 40?s. If you have a project coming up that requires this type of design, here is a big roundup of textures and Photoshop brushes, all found at deviantArt.

Rubicon Rucksack Baby Bag

Thu, 19 Jun 2008 03:53:24 GMT

"Unless you're into the "dad in drag" look, we recommend the Rubicon Rucksack, the most masculine diaper bag we've come across. A rugged buffalo leather bag, it comes with two interchangeable linings that transform it from diaper bag (complete with bottle pockets) to padded laptop bag. "

Power User's Guide to Firefox 3

Thu, 19 Jun 2008 03:53:24 GMT

A useful collection of Firefox 3 tips.

What is good tequila?

Fri, 20 Jun 2008 07:51:27 GMT

Detailed explanation of the different types of tequila.

Flickr: Smithsonian Institution's Photostream

Fri, 20 Jun 2008 07:51:27 GMT

Amazing high resolution photographs scanned by the Smithsonian, with no known copyright restrictions.

Webfonts.info

Sat, 21 Jun 2008 12:14:25 GMT

The website dedicated to webfonts & @font-face embedding

Obama Graphic

Sat, 21 Jun 2008 12:14:25 GMT

An information graphic that explains how Barack Obama has "reinvented" campaign finance.

CloudStatus

Tue, 24 Jun 2008 03:42:51 GMT

"These charts display real-time health status and the last twenty four hours of health history for key Amazon Web Services. Click a Service in the left panel for detailed service health status, metrics, and more history"

30 Essential PDF Documents Every Designer Should Download

Wed, 25 Jun 2008 06:06:07 GMT

Useful set of resources for any designer

Live Search with Quicksilver Style

Wed, 25 Jun 2008 06:06:07 GMT

A tutorial outlining how to set up a live search on your Web site that mimics Quicksilver's presentation and uses the apps string ranking algorithm.

Silence The Echo with MacGDBp

Thu, 26 Jun 2008 07:42:42 GMT

A great review of MacGDBp which includes useful information for setting up and using the app.

Intel-based Macs: Starting up into Apple Hardware Test

Fri, 27 Jun 2008 05:59:21 GMT

"Apple Hardware Test (AHT) contains a suite of diagnostics that will test the hardware of your computer and is a great way to rule out a hardware problem when troubleshooting your computer."

Two-Finger Scrolling for Pre-2005 PowerBooks and iBooks

Fri, 27 Jun 2008 05:59:21 GMT

"Luckily, with the help of some third party software the two finger scroll feature and the two finger secondary right click function are easily added to older G4 laptops."

The what, when and why of wireframes

Sat, 28 Jun 2008 06:18:04 GMT

A great presentation covering the purpose of wireframes, the different methods available and their place in projects.

Apture

Tue, 01 Jul 2008 02:27:30 GMT

Apture provides the first rich communication platform allowing publishers and bloggers to easily turn flat pages of text into multimedia experiences.

Added Bytes

Tue, 01 Jul 2008 02:27:30 GMT

Once known as "I Love Jack Daniels", the rebranded "Added Bytes" has all of the old content and aims to become "as useful to the wider design, development and marketing communities as I always hoped ILoveJackDaniels.com was"

MySQL Cheat Sheet

Tue, 01 Jul 2008 02:27:30 GMT

The MySQL cheat sheet is designed to act as a reminder and reference sheet, listing useful information about MySQL. It includes a list of the available functions in MySQL, as well as data types. It also includes a list of MySQL functions available in PHP, and a list of useful sample queries to select data from a database.

JavaScript Cheat Sheet

Tue, 01 Jul 2008 02:27:30 GMT

The JavaScript cheat sheet is designed to act as a reminder and reference sheet, listing methods and functions of JavaScript. It includes reference material for regular expressions in JavaScript, as well as a short guide to the XMLHttpRequest object.

HTML Character Entities Cheat Sheet

Tue, 01 Jul 2008 02:27:30 GMT

The HTML Character Entities cheat sheet is designed to act as a reference sheet, listing the various character codes in HTML.

Ruby on Rails Cheat Sheet

Tue, 01 Jul 2008 02:27:30 GMT

The Ruby On Rails cheat sheet is designed to be printed on an A4 sheet of paper and live by a developers desk, to make life a bit easier.

Microformats Cheat Sheet

Tue, 01 Jul 2008 02:27:30 GMT

The Microformats cheat sheet is designed to be printed on an A4 sheet of paper and live by a designer or developer's desk, to make life a bit easier. A description of what is on the cheat sheet follows, or if you are impatient, you can go straight to the full size Microformats cheat sheet.

HTML Cheat Sheet

Tue, 01 Jul 2008 02:27:30 GMT

The HTML cheat sheet is a one-page A4 printable document, designed to provide a quick reference for HTML. A description of what is on the cheat sheet follows, or if you are impatient, you can go straight to the full size HTML cheat sheet.

SQL Server Cheat Sheet

Tue, 01 Jul 2008 02:27:30 GMT

The SQL Server cheat sheet is a one-page A4 printable document, designed to provide a quick reference for SQL Server. A description of what is on the cheat sheet follows, or if you are impatient, you can go straight to the full size SQL Server cheat sheet.

PHP Cheat Sheet (V2)

Tue, 01 Jul 2008 02:27:30 GMT

The PHP cheat sheet is a one-page reference sheet, listing date format arguments, regular expression syntax and common functions.

mod_rewrite Cheat Sheet (V2) - Apache

Tue, 01 Jul 2008 02:27:30 GMT

The mod_rewrite cheat sheet is a one-page reference sheet, listing flags for the RewriteRule and RewriteCond directives, list of server variables, a regular expression guide and several examples of common rules.

Regular Expressions Cheat Sheet (V2)

Tue, 01 Jul 2008 02:27:30 GMT

The Regular Expressions cheat sheet is a one-page reference sheet. It is a guide to patterns in regular expressions, and is not specific to any single language.

Cheat Sheets - Added Bytes

Tue, 01 Jul 2008 02:27:30 GMT

A tremendously useful collection of cheat sheets.

Trulia

Thu, 29 Nov 2007 16:13:05 GMT

Use Trulia to find real estate, homes for sale, recently sold properties, local school information and much more. Trulia is a free unbiased real estate search engine where you can search via location, map or neighborhood.

SeatGuru

Wed, 09 Jan 2008 15:44:33 GMT

Information on airline seats and in-flight amenities featuring the best seat, legroom, and recline information broken down by airline and then by plane model. * Detailed seat map graphics. * In-depth seat specific comments denoting seats with limited recline, reduced legroom, mis-aligned windows. * Color-coding to help identify superior and substandard seats. * In-seat power port locations. * Galley, lavatory, Exit Row and closet locations.

Tag Galaxy

Sun, 18 May 2008 17:40:52 GMT

A beautiful 3D visualization of the relationship between tags on Flickr.

100 Must-Read Books: The Essential Man?s Library | The Art of Manliness

Sun, 18 May 2008 17:40:52 GMT

A list of 100 books every man should read during his lifetime. Very interesting list. "From a seemingly infinite list of books of anecdotal or literal merit, we have narrowed down the top 100 books that have shaped the lives of individual men while also helping define broader cultural ideas of what it means to be a man."

Schmap - Map Guides and Map Widgets

Sun, 18 May 2008 17:40:52 GMT

Schmap destination guides - travel guides with photos, reviews and dynamic maps for cities, islands and regions worldwide. Exploring a Schmap Guide is a uniquely interactive experience: maps and guide content are dynamically integrated, allowing intuitive, real-time access to reviews and photo slideshows for places of interest.

Father's Office

Sun, 18 May 2008 17:48:18 GMT

Absolutely amazing "Office Burger" and a good beer selection are available at this "Gastropub".

Scanning wallet cards into the iPhone

Sun, 18 May 2008 17:48:18 GMT

Use your iPhone to store membership cards for your favorite stores and clubs instead of filling your wallet or purse with a bunch of membership cards.

Moving Tips

Sun, 18 May 2008 17:48:18 GMT

"I experimented by putting plastic storage totes through FedEx Ground, and for the items I moved myself I used cardboard boxes with the addition of nonadhesive strapping tape and tubular handles. Much quicker and easier, less effort, no breakages, big success."

Cubescape - Your own digital landscape

Sun, 18 May 2008 17:48:18 GMT

Cam's latest experiment is insane but brilliant ...sort of like Cam himself.

Create good queries in Spotlight

Sun, 18 May 2008 17:48:18 GMT

Query tricks for Spotlight searching.

25 resources for ornaments, fleurons, and "frilly bits"

Tue, 20 May 2008 00:54:54 GMT

"?Frilly bits? seems to aptly describe what are typically called ornaments, fleurons, vignettes, embellishments, or in some cases, frippery. Type ornaments, also termed printer?s ornaments, have been used in conjunction with type for literally hundreds of years. " "So, what follows are 25 resources for ornaments, fleurons, and frilly bits."

Lester Chan?s WordPress Plugins June 2008 Update (Wave 1)

Tue, 20 May 2008 00:54:54 GMT

Make Your LinkedIn Profile Work for You

Tue, 20 May 2008 00:54:54 GMT

"LinkedIn is a professional network built around one's employment capabilities...this service is sorely underrated as a place to develop business, grow your capabilities, and promote your projects and opportunities. Here are some thoughts on amping up your LinkedIn presence."

AJAX Libraries API - Google Code

Wed, 28 May 2008 11:20:43 GMT

"The AJAX Libraries API is a content distribution network and loading architecture for the most popular open source JavaScript libraries. By using the Google AJAX API Loader's google.load() method, your application has high speed, globaly available access to a growing list of the most popular JavaScript open source libraries"

Google AJAX Search API Blog: Speed up access to your favorite frameworks via the AJAX Libraries API

Wed, 28 May 2008 11:20:43 GMT

"We have worked with a subset of the most popular JavaScript frameworks to host their work on the Google infrastructure. The AJAX Libraries API then becomes a content distribution network and loading architecture for these libraries."

Image to Data Droplet for OS X

Wed, 28 May 2008 11:20:43 GMT

"Just drag any gif, jpg or png onto the droplet and the base64 encoded data is automatically added to clipboard. Paste away."

Easy way to reset your sleep cycle: Stop eating

Wed, 28 May 2008 11:20:43 GMT

"Not eating for 12-16 hours can help people quickly reset their sleep-wake cycle, according to a new study from the Harvard Medical School. This discovery can drastically improve a person's ability to cope with jet lag or adjust to working late shifts."

BBQ 08: Texas Monthly June 2008

Wed, 28 May 2008 11:20:43 GMT

"Our quintessential, quinquennial review of the fifty best barbecue joints in Texas, with special attention paid to the top five (one of which you?ve probably never heard of), the cherished components of the classic barbecue meal, and the pits in which our meats are smoked, seared, or (Lord help us!) gassed. "

Vinyl Gallery: Vintage classical album cover graphics - a set on Flickr

Wed, 28 May 2008 11:20:43 GMT

"The images in this gallery are mostly from the 1940's and 50's, and all are from albums that are some flavor of classical music or classical vocal."

Creating geometric patterns in Illustrator | Veerle's blog

Wed, 28 May 2008 11:20:43 GMT

"Sometimes when I create a pattern background in Illustrator I don?t end up with a Pattern Swatch. Instead, I create a Symbol of the repeating element and I create a whole background repeating this Symbol: duplicating 1, then 2, 4, 8, 16 and so on. It?s just not always that simple to create perfectly seamless patterns, especially with geometric forms. Today I?ll show you how to create a geometric pattern shape and fill a background with it using the method I just described. "

Create custom iPhone ringtones to announce caller ID

Wed, 28 May 2008 11:20:43 GMT

This tip provides the steps to create a custom ringtone that announces the caller's name.

HatBox

Fri, 30 May 2008 14:45:00 GMT

Welcome to Hatbox: A Modern Haberdashery, Austin?s only hat store. Previously Vertigo Hats, Hatbox has been serving Austin for over 30 years. Located in the heart of downtown we?re at the epicenter of Texas on 6th at Congress Avenue across from the Driskill Hotel. Our selection reflects an everyman and woman's hatstore, whether you?re a cattleman, oilman, legislator or chief, college student, musician, sophisticated professional about town, or just good 'ol mom we?ve got your hat!

Catalyze - A Community for Business Analysts and Usability Professionals

Fri, 30 May 2008 14:45:00 GMT

Catalyze - A Community for Business Analysts and Usability Professionals

DevKick | Web Development for Designers

Fri, 30 May 2008 20:54:26 GMT

Web Development for Designers

Travian

Fri, 30 May 2008 20:54:26 GMT

Travian is a browser game featuring a world with thousands of other real players. One begins the game acting as a chief of a tiny village

IETester

Tue, 03 Jun 2008 09:19:42 GMT

IETester is a free WebBrowser that allows you to have the rendering and javascript engines of IE8 beta 1, IE7 IE 6 and IE5.5 on Vista and XP, as well as the installed IE in the same process.

Repeal Day is December Fifth

Fri, 06 Jun 2008 21:05:44 GMT

The official website of Repeal Day, which celebrates the repeal of Prohibition on December 5, 1933.

Why we don?t skip Photoshop

Fri, 06 Jun 2008 21:05:44 GMT

Jeff Croft provides a good counter-point to the recent "Why We Skip Photoshop" article from 37 Signals.

Plainview

Fri, 06 Jun 2008 21:05:44 GMT

A full screen browser that strips all of the usual UI chrome, making it easy to give "presentations with the tools we are comfortable with, and have them look just as awesome as PowerPoint. Well, actually, a whole lot more awesome."

Debategraph

Wed, 11 Jun 2008 12:37:34 GMT

"Our goal is to make the best arguments on all sides of any debate freely available to all and continuously open to challenge and improvement by all."

One Bag

Wed, 10 Oct 2007 15:18:09 GMT

"here's no question: overpacking tops the list of biggest travel mistakes. "Thus this Web site, offering exhaustive (some might say exhausting!) detail on the art and science of travelling light, going pretty much anywhere, for an indefinite length of time, with nothing more than a single (carryon-sized) bag."

The Web development aristocracy

Sat, 17 Nov 2007 09:45:13 GMT

"So today's questions are: what makes a Web development aristocrat a Web development aristocrat? And what are aristocrats good for, anyway?"

The Importance of Design in Business

Sat, 17 Nov 2007 09:45:13 GMT

"Good design in our company doesn?t just sell products. Good design fosters collaboration, communicates strategy, sets expectations, improves the efficiency of a team, and most importantly inspires and motivates like nothing else."

Staying Motivated

Sat, 17 Nov 2007 09:45:13 GMT

"Been stuck in a creative rut so long so you?ve started to decorate it? A List Apart?s Kevin Cornell drops his crayons to share tips on developing and maintaining a productive creative routine."

34 More Ways to Build Your Own Social Network

Sat, 17 Nov 2007 09:45:13 GMT

A few weeks ago we posted 9 Ways to Build Your Own Social Network, a review of several hosted, do-it-yourself white label social ...

Dick Cheney on why America shouldn't invade Iraq (1994)

Sat, 17 Nov 2007 09:45:13 GMT

A 1994 interview with Dick Cheney on why we shouldn't invade Iraq. A choice quote: "how many additional dead Americans is Sadam worth? Our Judgement was 'not very many', and I think we got it right".

Center of the U.S.

Sat, 17 Nov 2007 09:45:14 GMT

An Independent Voter?s Thoughts on the 2008 Presedential Election, Congressional Politics and other Political News of the Day The Center of the U.S. keeps an eye on, and sparks discussions about, current political news and events. The site follows the issues of the day and comments upon the politicians and candidates as individuals and as a part of the larger systems of party politics and the roles they play within our government from an independent centrist point of view.

Squirl: A Site for Collectors

Sat, 17 Nov 2007 09:45:14 GMT

Squirl lets you organize, search and share your collectibles.

Power replacements for built-in Windows utilities

Sat, 17 Nov 2007 09:45:14 GMT

Power users need power utilities, and Windows' default system programs barely get the job done. Over time third-party developers have stepped up and built superior replacements to programs like Notepad, Paint, Windows Explorer and the Command Prompt. Get the simple jobs done smarter, faster and more efficiently with some of the best Windows utility power replacements - all of which are free downloads.

Derren Brown

Sat, 17 Nov 2007 09:45:14 GMT

"Derren Brown's combination of psychological illusion, perceptual manipulation and persuasive technique has pioneered a new form of magical entertainment, which is unlikely to be imitated for a long while."

8 ways to drive a graphic designer mad.

Sat, 17 Nov 2007 09:45:14 GMT

"So to do my part to save the world from them, i made a list of things you can do when working with a graphic designer, to assure that they have a burn-out and leave this business FOREVER."

Are You Watching This?

Sat, 17 Nov 2007 09:45:14 GMT

Aggregating votes for exciting games (going into overtime, rivalry etc.), "RUWTbot, our game-watching robot, spends all day looking for instant classics in the making: a pitcher with a no-hitter through 7, a ranked team about to be upset, or a playoff game going to double OT. And when he finds one, he'll let you know about it."

Stockvault.net

Mon, 24 Dec 2007 21:13:25 GMT

Stockvault.net is a stock photo sharing website where designers and photographers can meet to share their stock photos and images. All images on Stockvault.net are free for personal and non-commercial usage.

FontStruct | Build, Share, Download Fonts

Wed, 02 Apr 2008 17:58:46 GMT

FontStruct is a free font-building tool brought to you by the world?s leading retailer of digital type, FontShop. FontStruct lets you quickly and easily create fonts constructed out of geometrical shapes, which are arranged in a grid pattern, like tiles or bricks. You create ?FontStructions? using the ?FontStructor? font editor. Once you're done building, FontStruct generates high-quality TrueType fonts, ready to use in any Mac or Windows application. You can keep your creations to yourself, but we encourage users to share their "FontStructions". Explore the Gallery of fonts made by other FontStruct users and download them or even copy them and make your own variations. You can also use the FontStruct widget to show your FontStructions on your own website or blog.

CSS Compatibility and Internet Explorer

Thu, 03 Apr 2008 01:38:57 GMT

"This article provides an at-a-glance look at CSS compliance across recent versions of Internet Explorer, including support in Internet Explorer 8 Beta 1 for Developers and planned support in the final version of Internet Explorer 8."

Web 2.0 Tutorials Round-Up

Thu, 03 Apr 2008 01:38:58 GMT

Over 65 tutorials, references and related resources, which are supposed to help you to create graphics in Web 2.0-Look.

WordPress Plug-in: Clean Notifications

Thu, 03 Apr 2008 01:38:58 GMT

The Clean Notifications plugin "reformats the emails WordPress sends you when you get a new comment or ping so that they look nicer and less up less space."

63 Must Have Grunge Fonts

Fri, 04 Apr 2008 02:07:00 GMT

"Looking for the best free grunge fonts out there? We have found all of them and they are trapped in this post. "

Add Stock Textures to Images for extra ?Oomph?

Fri, 04 Apr 2008 02:07:01 GMT

"In this little Photoshop tutorial we?ll be designing a quick art piece, then we?ll be adding some texture to it, this is to demonstrate the use of texture in artwork, as you may be able to see in works from people such as GoMedia. Obviously this method will work better with some things and not so well with others, so please try to use it in moderation, if you will."

Supercharge Your Camera with Open-Source CHDK Firmware

Sun, 06 Apr 2008 02:08:24 GMT

"Digital cameras have powers beyond what is immediately available to the user. On a standard Canon, for example, the fastest shutter speed option offered is 1/1,600 second, but the hardware can handle much more than that -- up to 1/60,000 of a second. "CHDK, the Canon Hacker's Development Kit, is an open-source software project that can be loaded on cameras using Canon's DIGIC II or DIGIC III firmware platforms. It unleashes new features including RAW file format, live histogram display, a battery readout, and the ability to run scripted actions on a camera. "

The Ultimate Guide to the WordPress Loop

Sun, 06 Apr 2008 02:08:24 GMT

This guide will teach you everything you need to know about the Loop, including the basic flow, template tags used within the loop, and what to do after.

Commented On

Sun, 06 Apr 2008 20:05:31 GMT

A self-hosted bookmarking app that keeps track of where and when you have left a comment, allowing you to easily follow up on any updates or replies.

Syncopation

Thu, 10 Apr 2008 07:54:47 GMT

"Syncopation from Sonzea provides a hands-free solution to keep your iTunes� music collection synchronized across multiple computers running Mac OS X. Once installed on two or more Macs, Syncopation goes to work, finding music that is on one computer but not the others, and automatically transfers the songs between them so that they both contain your complete music collection. Leave it running in the background and it will keep your iTunes libraries up-to-date. When you make changes to your song files on one computer, Syncopation updates your other computers with those changes. If you add files to one of your computers, Syncopation replicates the new songs to your other computers, whether they are iTunes Music Store purchases or tracks ripped from your own CD?s. Syncopation works over your Ethernet or wireless network."

Fight Thieving Restaurant Servers With Checksum Tips | Punny Money

Tue, 15 Apr 2008 14:01:37 GMT

An easy method to combat the most common type of tip fraud - wait staff changing the amount of tip left on a credit card receipt.

Rands In Repose: The Business

Tue, 15 Apr 2008 14:01:38 GMT

An in-depth and very readable breakdown of how to negotiate when offered a job, breaking it down the practices to implement starting on day one.

TypingWeb

Tue, 15 Apr 2008 14:01:38 GMT

"TypingWeb is an online typing test & typing tutor and the only software you'll ever need to learn to type fast and accurately. "All skill levels will benefit from TypingWeb's free typing lessons. Engaging content keeps things interested, including daily News Headline lessons. "Best of all, TypingWeb's typing lessons are completely free for individuals!"

Designers Toolbox: OS Form Elements

Thu, 17 Apr 2008 15:44:57 GMT

A very useful set of form elements, providedas PSDs for each of the major browser/platform combinations to be used in comps. "Need a Windows XP button when you work on a Mac? Or a Mac OS X pulldown menu when you're on a Windows system? Download our free standard HTML form elements to use in your designs."

How to create an interactive PDF prototype in Visio

Thu, 17 Apr 2008 15:44:57 GMT

"Visio users know that it?s pretty easy to create an interactive HTML prototype from a set of wireframes (File>Save as Web Page), but for me, the major drawback to this approach is that the prototype isn?t portable. I need a way to communicate designs via email, and there?s no way I?m emailing a bunch of HTML and GIF files to people (or even a web link, since not everyone has network access). "PDF is ideal for emailing, but it takes a little work to create a clickable PDF prototype in Visio. Here?s what I discovered."

13 of the best WordPress plugins

Sat, 26 Apr 2008 04:37:55 GMT

"13 of the best WordPress plugins. Here are the plugins I currently have installed on my WordPress blog. Highly recommended."

Foxit Software

Sat, 26 Apr 2008 04:37:55 GMT

An alternative to Acrobat Reader, Foxit Reader provides all of the key functionality, in a smaller footprint, plus a few features that would normally require you buy Acrobat Professional. Looks promising.

Identicons, MonsterID?s, and Wavatars! Oh my!

Sat, 26 Apr 2008 04:37:55 GMT

Information about adding a single parameter to your Gravatar call to have the service provide an 'identicon' for people who don't have Gravatar account, instead of the default Gravatar logo.

Austin Tech Events Calendar WordPress Plugin

Sat, 26 Apr 2008 04:37:55 GMT

"The Austin Tech Events Calendar plugin is a ?branch? of the wpng-calendar, a WordPress plugin for integrating a Google calendar into your WordPress blog. I?ve customized it to best display events from the door64.com events calendar."

twistori

Tue, 29 Apr 2008 00:47:17 GMT

"this is the first step in an ongoing social experiment, based on twitter. inspired by wefeelfine and drawing data from summize, hand-crafted by amy hoy and thomas fuchs."

Fire Eagle and MarcoPolo

Thu, 01 May 2008 00:45:11 GMT

Updating your location data with a two minute hack "Now, when the computer identifies the location you've arrived at, it will open the Fire Eagle website where (possibly after confirming your password) you will be asked to approve the change of location. This isn't quite as seamless as can be achieved with a dedicated application and an API key, but is a quick and simple method that does the job for me for the time being."

How to be a UX Team of One

Thu, 01 May 2008 00:45:11 GMT

"In this presentation, originally presented at the 2008 IA Summit, I share tips and techniques for generating a variety of design solutions, and show how they can be adapted for use in a solo practice."

Web Form Design: Filling In the Blanks (book illustrations) - a set on Flickr

Mon, 05 May 2008 08:35:18 GMT

All of the images from the book 'Web Form Design', posted on Flickr under a Creative Commons license

Bokeh

Sun, 11 May 2008 10:44:56 GMT

"Bokeh is for people who have software with big needs. When your Mac is clogged with lots of extra processes, the amount of power it can give to any one program is lessened. Running an intensive process like Photoshop filter or a 3D render can be sped up with Bokeh." Bokeh allows you to temporarily suspend all or selected processes to focus your Mac's processing power where you need it.

Free Cardboard Playhouse Plans & Instructions

Sun, 11 May 2008 10:44:56 GMT

"Free cardboard playhouse plans for making an amazingly sturdy playhouse for toddlers using mostly free materials! Complete instructions and photo tutorial. "

1950's-era Cuban Advertisments

Sun, 11 May 2008 10:44:56 GMT

"A collection of ads from Cuba, circa 1950s. Many of these ads show off life in a pre-Castro Cuba, and are beautiful examples of artwork of the era."

Delocator

Sun, 11 May 2008 10:44:56 GMT

"Use Delocator.net to find a caf�, bookstore, or movie theatre that is not owned by a public corporation." "The mission of Delocator.net is to assist the public in finding and supporting independently owned businesses. On the results page for each search, listings of both independently owned entertainment venues and corporate businesses are presented. By comparison of quantity and user-created information, Delocator.net users will be able to make an informed decision about spending a buck (or eight) on a cup of joe, a new book, or an afternoon at the movies. "

Information Design Patterns

Sun, 11 May 2008 10:44:56 GMT

A "collection of about 55 design patterns that describe functional aspects of graphic components for the display, behavior and user interaction of complex infographics."

StrawPoll Platform

Mon, 12 May 2008 16:59:11 GMT

"StrawPoll is the coolest way to follow the opinions of people on Twitter, but until now you haven't been able to ask your own questions. " "With the new StrawPoll Platform, you can use your own Twitter account to ask the questions you find interesting." "Post a question, watch your friends reply?it's as easy as that. "

Standards for Life by Natalie Jost � Override Inline Styles from the Stylesheet

Mon, 12 May 2008 16:59:11 GMT

A quick write up of one way to override inline styles in your main style sheet. Works in all major browsers except IE 6; this includes IE 8.

Treat Your Rifle Like a Lady

Sun, 18 May 2008 17:48:18 GMT

"Presenting Will Eisner's M-16 Rifle Manual. Eisner Studios were responsible for the art, the U.S. Army provided the copy. "

HTML Entity Character Lookup

Thu, 25 Oct 2007 10:36:31 GMT

"Using HTML entities is the right way to ensure all the characters on your page are validated. However, often finding the right entity code requires scanning through 250 rows of characters. This lookup allows you to quickly find the entity based on how it looks, e.g. like an < or the letter c."

SWFAddress

Thu, 25 Oct 2007 10:36:41 GMT

"SWFAddress is a small script that sits on top of SWFObject and provides deep linking for Flash websites and applications. In other words it enables the Back, Forward and Reload buttons of the browser and creates unique URLs with page titles that can be sent over email or IM. SWFAddress uses the ExternalInterface functionality introduced in Flash Player 8 and comes with a technique that enables search engine indexing for deep Flash links."

MyHeritage

Thu, 25 Oct 2007 10:36:49 GMT

Face recognition for your photos and family tree. Free genealogy software. Tools for researching your heritage and sharing it on the Internet.

Vanilla

Thu, 25 Oct 2007 10:37:09 GMT

Vanilla is an open-source, standards-compliant, multi-lingual, fully extensible discussion forum for the web. Anyone can download and use the Vanilla forum package with no limitations for free!

I Think You're Fat

Sat, 17 Nov 2007 09:45:13 GMT

"My interview with Blanton is unlike any other I've had in fifteen years as a journalist. Usually, there's a fair amount of ass kissing and diplomacy. You approach the controversial stuff on tippy toes (the way Barbara Walters once asked Richard Gere about that terrible, terrible rumor). With Blanton, I can say anything that pops into my mind. In fact, it would be rude not to say it. I'd be insulting his life's work. It's my first taste of Radical Honesty, and it's liberating, exhilarating."

BarCampSanMarcos

Sat, 17 Nov 2007 09:45:13 GMT

BarCamp is heading to San Marcos.

JollysFastVNC

Sat, 17 Nov 2007 09:45:13 GMT

A speedy VNC client for OS X.

A Brief Message

Sat, 17 Nov 2007 09:45:13 GMT

"ABriefMessage.com features design opinions expressed in short form?200 words or less."

NFL to revamp shield with redesigned logo

Sat, 17 Nov 2007 09:45:13 GMT

"The National Football League is launching a makeover of its red, white and blue NFL Shield logo that adorns everything from player jerseys to fan T-shirts and hats. The league is creating a leaner, meaner version of the iconic logo that will debut..."

40+ Books For Professional Design & Development

Sat, 17 Nov 2007 09:45:13 GMT

Professionalism is built upon knowledge and experience. To become or remain professional, you permanently need to improve your design programming skills, be aware of new

justinguitar.com

Sat, 17 Nov 2007 09:45:13 GMT

"Completely free online pro guitar lessons from Justin Sandercoe (Guitar Institute Instructor, Katie Melua Band). A huge range of video, audio and text lessons on many topics including a complete beginners course, blues, jazz, rock, techniques and equipment. Payment by voluntary donation only :) all free. no bull."

Monoscope

Sat, 17 Nov 2007 09:45:13 GMT

A great site highlighting, and lambasting designs.