Web Dev

Customer support beyond email


Signal vs. Noise Feb 3, 2012 | 9:32 am CST
We’re seven members strong now and we’re able to add a lot of things our customers have been seeking. The bigger team also lets each of us work on support projects other than answering emails ligh...

How To Use Custom Post Types To Organize Online Marketing Campaigns


Smashing Magazine Feb 3, 2012 | 9:04 am CST
Custom post types add a level of flexibility to WordPress that makes this open-source Web development platform more useful on many levels. Whenever I have been faced with a Web-based task, especially...

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Signal vs. Noise Feb 3, 2012 | 8:15 am CST
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Why do some teams gel while others fail at collaboration?


Collaboration Feb 3, 2012 | 8:03 am CST
Healthy collaboration is a target many aim for but many miss. Why? It’s far easier to say you want your team to work smoothly together without too much stress than it is to actually accomplish t...

Full Day Web Design Workshops: Which Would You Pick?


Think Vitamin Feb 2, 2012 | 10:51 am CST
  At Carsonified Towers, we’re all getting super excited for May, when The Future of Web Design hits London for another three days of learning and inspiration. As ever, we kick off the show...

Microsoft Touts Plugin-Free Web, Offers Desktop Fallback for Flash


Webmonkey Feb 2, 2012 | 10:06 am CST
Microsoft’s new version of Internet Explorer has barred browser plugins in the Metro environment. But Microsoft has revealed a method that plugin-dependent websites can use to leap over Metro...

Hands on with Remarks, a remarkable iPad PDF annotation app


Collaboration Feb 2, 2012 | 9:59 am CST
App developer Readdle has been very busy lately. A big update arrived recently for its PDF Expert software, and now the company is also launching a brand new note-taking and PDF annotation iPad app ca...

Freebie: St. Valentine’s Day Icon Set (10 PNG/PSD Icons)


Smashing Magazine Feb 2, 2012 | 9:38 am CST
Every now and then, we release useful freebies for all of our highly valued readers. Today, it is our pleasure to present to you Cuberto‘s fantastic St. Valentine’s icon set  —...

SQL Fiddle


Think Vitamin Feb 2, 2012 | 9:05 am CST
If you like jsFiddle, then you will love SQL Fiddle. It allows you to select a database, build a schema, populate the schema and run queries against it. The service currently supports MS SQL, MySQL, O...

Tales from the Trenches: Flip Flop Shops


Collaboration Feb 2, 2012 | 8:02 am CST
Some people start businesses because they want to get rich. Some because they need to solve a problem that’s been annoying them for ages. And some just want to be able to wear flip-flops to work...

Free Video: Control Flow


Think Vitamin Feb 2, 2012 | 8:00 am CST
In this 4 minute video, you will learn about the concept of control flow in Ruby. This goes in to using if/else statements and case statements    This video is from Treehouse, a high-qualit...

Wireframing in Powerpoint? It Works!


UX Magazine Feb 2, 2012 | 3:48 am CST
It’s important for designers to translate the ideas in their heads into a tangible form that stakeholders can relate to. Prior to writing any code, wireframes are a great way to quickly map out the...

Git For Designers (Part 1)


Think Vitamin Feb 1, 2012 | 2:33 pm CST
Hi designers! I’m not a designer. Sorry. I’m a developer. I can barely tell when things look good or not. This week I learned that there are different ampersands out there (thanks, Allison...

Yammer time: Collaboration from the heart


Collaboration Feb 1, 2012 | 1:12 pm CST
  For a three year-old enterprise social network, Yammer has a sophisticated understanding of how customers come to value their tools. Brian Murray, head of implementation strategy, walked me t...

Firefox 10 Arrives With New Dev Tools and Full-Screen API


Webmonkey Feb 1, 2012 | 10:27 am CST
Mozilla has officially released Firefox 10. The new version of the open source web browser includes a handful of improvements and new features. The browser’s built-in tools for web developers go...

Developing for old browsers is (almost) a thing of the past


Signal vs. Noise Feb 1, 2012 | 9:11 am CST
It used to be one of the biggest pains of web development. Juggling different browser versions and wasting endless hours coming up with workarounds and hacks. Thankfully, those troubles are now largel...

Battling the dark side of coworking


Collaboration Feb 1, 2012 | 8:01 am CST
Independent and remote work may be on the rise and, as many experts have told us, this offers great benefits, from access to new markets for previously underemployed talent to the joys of autonomy and...

Showcase of the Best Google Fonts


Think Vitamin Feb 1, 2012 | 8:00 am CST
It’s no secret that I am in love with Google Fonts. In fact, I use Google Fonts frequently in Treehouse videos. :)    The ongoing drawback to Google Fonts has been the smaller selectio...

Josh Todd and Mike Guida – Scum Of The Industry


Shoemoney - Skills To Pay The Bills Feb 1, 2012 | 7:09 am CST
 Josh Todd and Mike Guida not to long ago were Affiliate Managers for one of the leading Affiliate Networks – GetAds.  They were pulling down good money and living the dream. If you k...

Styling Images with CSS3


Think Vitamin Jan 31, 2012 | 5:36 pm CST
Nick La over at Web Designer Wall put together a great article on how to style images with CSS3. The styles include: Basic Style(rounded corners), Embossed Style, Soft Embossed Style, Cutout Style and...

 

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