Web Dev

Six Apart Shuts Down Vox


Webmonkey Sep 3, 2010 | 9:51 am PDT
Six Apart is shutting down its Vox blogging service. Users have until Sept. 30 to export their data to other services, including Six Apart’s TypePad blogging service. After that, Vox will be go...

This week in Twitter


Signal vs. Noise Sep 3, 2010 | 9:38 am PDT
A few of this week’s 37signals staff posts at Twitter.   jasonfried: The reason you can’t get it done in one day/week/month is because you’re making it take two days/weeks...

‘UX Professional’ isn’t a Real Job


Think Vitamin Sep 3, 2010 | 9:03 am PDT
      ‘UX Professional’ is a bullshit job title. It’s just a way to over-charge naive clients. All web designers should be UX prosless than a minute a...

Make Use Of – Free Shirt Friday


Shoemoney - Skills To Pay The Bills Sep 3, 2010 | 4:00 am PDT
MakeUseOf is a daily blog that talks about websites, computer tips, and downloads meant to make you more productive. Very useful to tell you about websites you have never heard of, free alternatives t...

Web Design Checkmate: Using Chess For Success in Web Design


Smashing Magazine Feed Sep 3, 2010 | 2:49 am PDT
    The business of building websites is one of constant change, adaptation and strategy. The way designers and developers build websites is often informed by the methods of others and...

[Podcast] Episode #20: Programming roundtable (Part 1 of 3)


Signal vs. Noise Sep 2, 2010 | 1:53 pm PDT
Time: 19:38 | 09/02/2010 | Download MP3  Summary  Three members of the 37signals programming team — Jeffrey Hardy, Jamis Buck...

Chrome 6 Arrives, Just in Time for Cake


Webmonkey Sep 2, 2010 | 11:18 am PDT
  Google is celebrating the second birthday of its Chrome web browser with the release of a new, improved version.  Chrome 6 arrives with an updated user interface, better syncing tools that...

Five UX Research Pitfalls


UX Magazine Sep 2, 2010 | 10:55 am PDT
Avoiding the growing pains and pitfalls associated with becoming a user-driven company.  In the last few years, more and more organizatio...

QUOTE: Sometimes the problem has to mature before



Signal vs. Noise Sep 2, 2010 | 8:50 am PDT
Sometimes the problem has to mature before the solution can mature.  —Kent Beck 

A couple of interesting UI techniques at Flickr


Signal vs. Noise Sep 2, 2010 | 8:03 am PDT
1) Interesting use of unicode characters for the UI on Flickr:    That triangle up top is actually two triangle characters side-by-side. Sucks that we still have to resort to such hack...

Showcase Of Appetizing Restaurant Websites


Smashing Magazine Feed Sep 2, 2010 | 6:54 am PDT
    They say the first bite is taken with the eye. If so, these appetizing restaurant websites succeed in whetting our appetites, inviting us to a savoury next bite. In these designs,...

The Hidden Magic in TextMate


Think Vitamin Sep 2, 2010 | 4:00 am PDT
      TextMate has become an essential part of my development arsenal over the last few years.  When you first open up the application, you may be wondering what all...

FOWA. Las Vegas. Baby.


Think Vitamin Sep 2, 2010 | 3:32 am PDT
      Feb 7-9th 2011  Get ready for the best event you’ve ever experienced.  Sign up to get notified when Early Bird tickets go on sale. 

Around the Web: 37 Signals, Apple, & @Beep


Think Vitamin Sep 1, 2010 | 9:07 pm PDT
    Hey there!  It’s Wednesday, so this mid-week roundup is devoted to all things business and development.  Some links are newsworthy, some retweeted across T...

iCandies Icon Set: 60 Free Icons For Your User Interfaces and Apps


Smashing Magazine Feed Sep 1, 2010 | 4:08 pm PDT
    Today we are glad to release iCandies Icon Set, a set with 60 high quality icons in 64×64px, 48×48px and 32×32px, available in .EPS, .AI and .PNG. The set is desi...

Using Microformats in HTML5


Webmonkey Sep 1, 2010 | 3:52 pm PDT
With all the attention being paid to HTML5’s <video> tag, few have clued in to what is perhaps the most useful magical pixie dust hidden inside the web’s next markup language: the new s...

How to Speed Up Your Site With YSlow and Page Speed


Webmonkey Sep 1, 2010 | 12:00 pm PDT
We all want our websites to load faster, but speeding things up can be tricky. There are numerous tried and true tricks we all use to keep page load times down, but once you’ve done a few round...

Epic Direct PlayBoy Mansion Party 2010 (NSFW)


Shoemoney - Skills To Pay The Bills Sep 1, 2010 | 10:45 am PDT
Saturday I was in L.A. for the 2nd annual Epic Direct (formally AzoogleAds) top publisher PlayBoy Mansion Event.  I went last year and it was an unreal experience. I did all the first timer stuf...

Informing Smartphone App Design


UX Magazine Sep 1, 2010 | 10:26 am PDT
An overview of three complementary user research techniques that are well suited to mobile design.  All smartphone app ideas start somewh...

Smiley: An app in 24 hours


Signal vs. Noise Sep 1, 2010 | 9:14 am PDT
Late Monday afternoon David, Kiran, and I were discussing how we could begin to measure how our customers felt about our customer service. We’re already measuring things like response time, aver...

 

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