February 2008
Best Of February 2008 →
Every month we take a look around and select some of the most interesting web-development-related web-sites. We read articles, check out tools, analyze the advantages of new resources. Below you’ll…
jQuery Tutorials for Designers →
This article contains 10 visual tutorials intended for web designers and newbies on how to apply Javascript effects with jQuery. In case you don’t know about jQuery, it is a “write less, do…
Understanding why TED is so special →
A lot of conversations in the blog-us-phere are occurring about the TED conference. Sometimes with appreciation & envy, often times with curiosity about what occurs behind the great videos people…
Smooth Leopard Icons Released →
Most folks, I would say, have just one criticism against the stock Leopard icons: the execution, especially in regards to the texture and color. But leave it to Susumu Yoshida, Japanese icon…
Earn money blogging for a new Upstart Blogger... →
If you are looking to make money from blogging and get some exposure for yourself at the same time then this should be of interest to you. I’m launching a new collective blogging project in…
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Photonic 1.0 →
New desktop Flickr client for Mac OS X.
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Going Ape →
Mr. Hicks shares his creative process with the Silverback gorilla icon. Dig that animated progression. #
ConceptShare: Try a business package on me. →
I am confident that once you try ConceptShare you are going to see that value that it brings to your project flow. You will see how you can go between design iterations faster, your communications…
The Future of Premium WordPress themes →
It’s prediction time: The Premium WordPress Theme phenomenon has approximately one year left before collapsing entirely, leaving a rather large hole between completely free WordPress themes and…
Free Photoshop Actions →
124+ Free Photoshop Actions to Boost Your Designs
How to recreate Silverback’s Parallax →
Paul Annett describes how to achieve that excellent faux 3D background sliding effect using layered alpha-transparent PNGs. Ignore most of the comments. #
New Contact Lenses Promise On-Demand Bionic... →
A team at the University of Washington has created a flexible contact lens, assembled with functional circuitry and LEDs. Potential uses for the “Bionic Contact Lens” include virtual displays for…
“Latitude” Browser Concept →
Sebastiaan de With is a very talented graphic designer, and he often posts some really nice articles on his blog, Cocoia. The other day he posted a mockup of his “Dream Browser,” and now,…
How to recreate Silverback’s Parallax →
When I was a lad, I remember being wowed by an effect in Sonic the Hedgehog known as parallax scrolling. Moving my little spiky friend to the right caused the foreground to move past the camera…
Navigation Menus: Trends and Examples →
Navigation is the most significant element in web design. Since web-layouts don’t have any physical representation a user can stick to, consistent navigation menu is one of the few design elements which provide users with some sense of orientation and guide them through the site. Users should be able to rely on it which is why designers shouldn’t mess around with it.
That’s why in most cases it’s...
What Every Blogger Needs to Know About Categories →
Because of the way they are misused all over the Web, categories have grown to become something that we regard in a purely user-centric light. We think of them as navigational tools and guides for users, but in reality, categories are a powerful tool that bloggers can use to exercise precise control over content in a dynamic environment.
Unfortunately, the true power of categorized content has...
Navigation Menus: Trends and Examples | →
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FlickrExport Updated For Aperture 2.0 →
Fraiser Spears of Connected flow is at it again! FlickrExport has just been updated to version 1.0.7. This new version is the first plugin we have seen that has specific features for users of Aperture 2.0. FlickrExport now takes advantage of Aperture’s handling of lens EXIF data and will automatically tag the image to the lens in Flickr.
This feature is only available for users of the paid...
Share your opinions on this item of blogging... →
I’ve been very critical recently of certain bloggers who flaunt their blog earnings like some sort of credibility trophy. My anger towards these bloggers is fueled by their use of these income…
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Wired Magazine Profile of 37signals →
Long profile by Andrew Park in the March issue. Pretty good overall, but there’s an awful lot of ginned-up conflict. E.g. the last paragraph contains the sentence: “Call it arrogance or idealism, but they would rather fail than adapt,” and suggests they’re somehow losing customers due to their emphasis on simplicity above all else. But the article also states that they doubled revenue in 2007...
Thoughts on Startups →
One of my secret passions in recent years has been learning about startups - how they run, what they need, how they reach their audience, the value-prop they offer and so on. Some people have a thing for GTD but I have a crush on startups. Why do I love them so? Take for example Markus Frind, the founder of the dating site Plenty of Fish. He is the sole employee of the company and single-handedly...
Subterranean →
Gabe Ibañez has directed this beautiful ad for… actually, I’m not going to spoil it. (via Coudal)
VIDEO: Rolex ad features Pagani Zonda →
Filed under: Gadgets, Marketing/Advertising, Videos, Supercars
What car would you associate with a Rolex? A Rolls-Royce? A Mercedes-Benz? How about a Pagani Zonda F Roadster? Never mind that, like a great many ultra-exotic supercars, the Zonda has a wristwatch of its own, made by Cvstos. Rolex may have the most recognized name in the business - and a longstanding association with motor racing -...
Desktop Setups At Starbucks →
I think it’s great that places like Starbucks offer Wi-Fi for customers, and since the customer is always right they can access that Wi-Fi on any device they choose, even if it’s a desktop setup running Windows 95, right? Well Improv Everywhere aimed to find out in one of those “I wish I had thought of that” moments. (if you’re into this kind of stuff) I’m thinking the only way to top this is...
Blue in the Interface →
This comes as a surprise to me, but a look at most all of the icons on my computer reveals that the vast majority of them are blue. There’s only a very small handful — Adium, Address Book, iCal, Transmit, some others — that aren’t. Blue, blue, blue — everywhere I look all over my hard drive, blue. Maybe this is old news to you — it’s hardly novel for any Westerner to realize that, if there’s a...
Float Dock Released →
I’ve been positioning my Dock on the left side of my screen for years, ever since a friend pointed out that I had far more screen real estate horizontally than vertically; but esXXI’s recent Dock release, Float, has me contemplating a change. Hitting us up with something a little different in the “running app” indicator area, EsXXI gives us 4 variations of neon circles that are a pleasant change...
MacBook Pro Updates... This Tuesday? →
After a number of false starts, it appears that Apple is finally going to deliver the anticipated MacBook Pro updates… and all signs are pointing to this Tuesday. We were hesitant to pinpoint a specific date, as a number of previous rumor predictions have come and gone, but sources reveal tha…
Relationship: Getting Along Has Never Been Easier →
Let’s face it: relationships are complicated things. Between keeping track of personal details, remembering dates, communicating efficiently and more, it’s a small wonder that we manage to get along at all.
And that’s just with personal relationships — what about professional relationships, where sometimes the extent of your contact with an individual is a series of digital transactions?
Jumsoft...
Angels come out to hit on young entrepreneurs -... →
Despite the cold weather, Montreal is hot for young entrepreneurs. La Jeune Chambre de Commerce will this Thursday the 28th of February host its 13th edition of Les Anges Financiers. This fast paced evening will give a unique chance to some lucky selected Start-Ups to show off their talent in front of the Montreal Angel community. There is also $25,000 in grants available to winning companies. I...
Invisible Secret Service Headset for Extreme... →
I really hate to put things even earbuds into my ears. Let me introduce a tiny device - the smallest of its kind. They call it “Secret Service Invisible 2-Way Micro Headset”, the micro-sized earbud is smaller than a hearing aid which fits snugly and securely in the ear canal. But, i don’t think we should call it ‘INVISIBLE’.
Star Wars According to a Three-Year-Old →
“But don’t talk back to Darth Vader. He’ll getcha.”
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Leopard Finder - Smart Sidebar Items →
Initially, Leopard Finder has 6 pre-defined smart folders on it sidebar. Actually, there are 11 of them provided. How to activate all 11 of them?
They are called CannedSearches
First of all, you should spot them first. If you follow these simple steps, spotting them won’t be hard :
Open Finder
Go to Macintosh HD ▸ System ▸ Library ▸ CoreServices ▸ Finder
Right-click on Finder...
Only five days left to win a free MacBook Air →
Don’t forget, this month’s giveaway is a shiny new MacBook Air. And all you have to do is write a linking review of Upstart Blogger on your blog and leave a comment here.
Good luck!
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Sim card data extractor gadget →
The SIM Card Spy will suck the data out of a SIM card on to a PC.
Camera flash exposes steely gaze of the Stig →
Top Gear’s tame racing driver was photographed yesterday in such a way that the flash of the camera revealed part of the man’s face. Still can’t tell who it is.
LoJack your iPhone →
Free new software tweets your iPhone’s location at scheduled intervals. Use a private account to keep tabs on your iPhone incase it’s lost or stolen. Or use a public account with quicker updates to track your travel across the country.
How many bloggers do you know in the offline... →
Despite the blogosphere’s rocket like growth over the last few years I’m convinced that we are still at the beginning of it’s development. My reasoning for this is based on the…
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Archer →
Everyone’s buzzing about Archer, the new colorful slab serif typeface from Hoefler & Frere-Jones. Liz Danzico made beautiful use of it in her presentation at Webstock last week, and I have to say after seeing it on a 10-foot screen — it’s a keeper. Love the “c”. #
Sign up for Google's Blogger and get a... →
Filed under: Internet, Blogging, Google, Beta
Looking for an invite to Google’s GrandCentral? The service has been in private beta since Google bought internet telephony company last year. While the private beta label hasn’t exactly come off just yet, Google is making it a lot easier for anyone who wants a GrandCentral account to sign up for one. Today Google posted a little note on...
Use Your iPhone As A Touchpad To Control Your... →
“Touchpad enables you to use your iPhone (or iPod Touch) as a wireless touchpad.”
Powerful CSS-Techniques For Effective Coding →
Sometimes being a web-developer is just damn hard. Particularly coding is often responsible for slowing down our workflow, reducing the quality of our work and sleepless nights with pizza and coffee laying around the laptop. Reason: with a number of incompatibility issues and quite creative rendering engines it sometimes takes too much time to find a workaround for some problem without addressing...
MNML, A TumbleLog Style WordPress Theme →
Automattic, the folks behind WordPress.com have a great quote on their company site, “Blogging is too hard.” I totally agree.
Why did you start your personal blog anyway? You wanted a place online to share things you found interesting and occasionally write a longer article, maybe even a rant. Right? Did you want to start a magazine site with 40 categories carefully arranged on a complicated...
Breaking : Credit Card Magnetic Strips Hacked! →
If the security risks faced by credit card users weren’t already enough, now the security information that is stored in a magnetic strip behind the card can be hacked and be used for malicious purposes. Hacking the data on the magnetic strip so far has been unsuccessful but RFID security guru Adam Laurie has come up with a test program named CHaP.py, specifically designed to read the chip and PIN...
Strawpoll →
Another Twitter toy. This one by Rob Goodlatte and Dan Romero. And if I might make a simple observation: parallax is the new grid. #
Help me solve this wordpress conundrum →
I’m working on a theme and have run across a problem that I can’t solve. It concerns the automatic insertion of paragraph tags at the top and bottom of the content. The effect I’m…
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3 reasons why you should use Safari as your... →
For a long time I’ve been a fan of Camino. It’s light and fast and does everything you’d expect a browser to do but today it let me down. Irregularities in color management meant…
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Lamp Lit by Gravity, Lasts 200 Years [Pic] →
Some Virginia Tech student (absolute genius) invented this energy saving, gravity powered lamp that can supposed last around 200 years emitting approximately 600-800 lumens.
The Intranet is Back(pack) →
Holy intranet, the new Backpack is glorious. We’ve been longtime supporters of 37signals’ amazing product line and we’ve relied on Basecamp to help us run Virb Inc. but it always felt a little too rigid. We were always having affairs with Google apps. The simplicity with which you can now share information, files, to-do’s and a calendar has got us re-thinking the way we do...
Duty Calls →
XKCD with the funny.
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45 More Excellent Blog Designs →
We, designers, are creative folks. And being creative, we permanently strive for inspiration — innovative approaches, crazy ideas, smashing concepts and, in general, unique designs which can help us to observe a given problem from a fresh perspective. This is why we always have some fancy design books laying around on our desk, and this is why we enjoy observing other people’s work — basically...