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Sticks and stones

Posted by on Dec 8, 2011 in Links | 0 comments

In light of recent and uncredited events I have some thoughts that need writing down. It is easy to hate on people. It is harder to do your research and resolve problems quietly. It is easy to think you deserve respect and others time. It is harder to have humility. It is hard to respond to those who take the easy path. They don’t care because caring is hard.

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Interview with Paul Boag

Posted by on Dec 3, 2011 in Design, Links, Videos | 1 comment

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In this video I speak with Paul Boag about the Boagworld podcast and how it relates to his success. Paul has hosted the award winning Boagworld podcast for many years. He is an adviser, partner at Headscape, professional speaker and author of the “Website Owner Manual”.

In this interview Paul dives into his path as a professional and how he came to podcasting. I highly respect Paul. Through his podcast I found my start in web design. I hope you enjoy this interview. Thanks Paul!

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24 Ways is here again in 2011

Posted by on Dec 1, 2011 in Design, Journal, Links, Marketing, Programming | 1 comment

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Its that time again. The advent calendar of web design is pumping out 24 more post until the day of Christmas. 24 Ways. This is one of the few blogs I look forward to each year.

24 Ways is a blog for web designers and developers published at the time of Christmas. Each day until the 25th of December an expert in the web community blogs about current and influential topics. These range from design to business development.

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Website: Sprite Cow

Posted by on Nov 25, 2011 in Design, Links, Programming | 0 comments

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Recently I found out about a really nice CSS sprite tool on CSS Tricks. The tool is called Sprite Cow and I cant wait to use it. I have tried the demo and I can’t think of a better way to generate the CSS for complicated sprites.

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Website: jQuery Mobile

Posted by on Nov 24, 2011 in Design, Links, Programming | 0 comments

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A week ago jQuery Mobile was released. If you are looking to build a mobile website or application on the fly this is the tool to use. You should also check out their ThemeRoller.

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Website: InstaCSS

Posted by on Nov 22, 2011 in Design, Links, Programming | 0 comments

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Trying to find that one thing you need to know looking in the CSS Documentation no further than InstaCSS. This neat tool will help you instantly locate what you are looking for. I just started using it and I only wish I found it sooner.

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Website: Postmark

Posted by on Nov 21, 2011 in Links, Marketing, Programming | 0 comments

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I have an account for Postmark. I plan to use it very soon. I should have been using it. You should be using it is you ever plan to send email from your website. Using a service and its API is the best way to send email from a website or web app. They protect you from ISP filters and spam folders. Postmark is one of the best. There is even have a WordPress plugin for Postmark.

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Interview with Chris Coyier

Posted by on Nov 19, 2011 in Design, Journal, Links, Programming, Videos | 15 comments

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In this interview I wanted to speak with Chris Coyier about unicorns and rainbows. However, he convinced me that CSS was a much better topic. Chris is the coauthor of “Digging into WordPress” and creator of CSS Tricks. Chris is a world known CSS expert and HTML guru. He also works at Wufoo making web forms fun, easy and modern.

I hope you enjoy this interview and learn a few things in the process. I think Chris is one of the funnest people to meet and talk to so I know you will love this interview. I also would like to thank Chris for taking the time to do this interview and share his thought with us today.

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PostPost Saves My Twitter Feed

Posted by on Nov 17, 2011 in Journal, Links | 0 comments

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I feel like I’m always playing hide a seek with Twitter links. PostPost may have just given me a heat seeking missile!

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Apigee is hot

Posted by on Nov 15, 2011 in Journal, Links | 0 comments

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This is a personal note. But I think it is worth sharing outside of tool week. It is Apigee, shown to me by my friend Handstand Sam. I wanted to share this because I have a Twitter in the brain that needs to get out. This epic site will help me do just that. But its way more than Twitters API that gets me excited.

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