• Opera Bits: PNG CompressionAlthough geared toward mobile device designers, this article is a good start for anyone wishing to compress PNG files. On the Mac I currently use PNGCrusher which combines optiPNG with a nice interface to make it easy as pie.(Tags: png, compression, graphics, web-design, pngcrusher)
• How To: Backup your Mac to a Dreamhost ServerGood basic tutorial for using rsync utility to backup to a remote server. If I was geekier I’d try duplicity for compression and encryption… but this is a good start I think. As noted in the comments it’s probably better to use a cronjob rather than using an iCal alarm to trigger the backup.(Tags: backup, mac, dreamhost, osx, rsync, howto, tutorial)
• dotMobi Mobile Web Developers Guide | Blue FlavorBrian Fling’s in-depth mobile design primer. I highly recommend reading this, even if you aren’t a mobile designer or developer.(Tags: design, development, mobile, tutorial, guide, reference, webdev)
• Web Typography Sucks | Slides and notes from SXSW 2007Slides and audio from one of SXSWi 2007’s more practical presentations. Posted again for reference and the links to great resources for web typography. I use this site as a reference for double checking my character encoding when using dashes and smart punctuation.(Tags: typography, web-design, reference)

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