Archive for the ‘interesting links’ Category
- 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)
- LogoMaid Rips Off Dan Cederholm’s SimpleBits Logo, and Then Things Get WeirdDan’s work is ripped off, again. This time the culprits are defiant, though. The resulting Flickr comment list has to be the longest I’ve ever seen on Flickr (more like Slashdot but without the nesting). In the aftermath, Nathan put up a list of logos stolen by LogoMaid. I believe LogoMaid finally issued a forced apology and took Dan’s logo down…(Tags: daringfireball, simplebits, piracy, copyright, design, logo)
- Lighthouse Issue Tracker"Beautifully simple issue tracking" from activereload. Worth a look, methinks. Subversion support isn’t built in, but is available as a plugin (or "Beacon" as they call it).(Tags: application, bugs, development, projectmanagement, issue-tracking)
- Newsvine – Hacking John McCainMike Davidson pulls a prank on Senator McCain’s MySpace page (but the guy deserved it, apparently). The prank got a bunch of publicity, with the latest bit involving Mike interviewed by a Seattle news station.(Tags: prank, joke, newsvine, mike-davidson, funny)
- Teleraña: Nobody Wants a $500 WebsiteAnother reason to educate clients on the value of a quality product: be it a website or software application or whatever. See the three key elements: cost, time, and price? You can only pick two. Nice writeup by Chuck Mallott on business and the worth of your work as a web designer/developer.(Tags: design, development, freelance, business, clients, project-management)
- Ficlets | Welcome to Ficlets!A site where your writing can be "prequeled" or "sequeled!" The idea is to share your stories and see what happens as it goes.(Tags: writing, collaboration, fiction, community, social, stories)
- PHP Video Tutorials for Web DesignersWhat it says: tutorials for new PHP programmers. I like the idea of video tutorials; if done well they can really be a big improvement over a static blog post or article.(Tags: code, learning, php, programming, resources, tutorials, howto)
- Daring Fireball: JavaScript Bookmarklet BuilderJohn Gruber delivers a clever script to help you develop bookmarklets. His bookmarklet generator takes your normal-looking JavaScript code and modifies it to fit on one line with all the correct escaping, but puts it as a comment in your script block so you use the bookmarklet but keep your normally-formatted code intact.(Tags: code, development, javascript, browser, bookmarklet, daringfireball, tools, url)
- www.welie.com—patterns in Interaction DesignA great list of design patterns. Design patterns create a shared language; if you know the name of something, you will be able to easily talk about things with others and can avoid re-inventing the wheel for lots of UI tasks.(Tags: patterns, design, usability, ui, web, reference, methodology, web-design)
- technorthodox: TextMate Trac bundleBrian Cavalier brings you a TextMate bundle for editing Trac wiki pages. This is just what I was looking for a few months ago, and now I use Trac more than ever so it will be useful. (via sdevore)(Tags: textmate, trac, wiki, bundle)
- FlickrBlog – CollectionsFlickr is impressive once again in releasing a new feature called "Collections" that allow you to group your sets. I’ve already made a few to hold the large themes (both geographical and topical) of my photos.(Tags: flickr, images, photos, photography)
- south by southwest coverageIn case you didn’t come to SXSW this year, or to hear sessions you missed, this site has links to the podcasts and videos from 2007 SXSW Interactive conference (more to come I assume, so grab the RSS feed also). My strategy this year was to skip the keynote talks and go to alternate panels with the intention of listening/viewing the keynotes the week after.(Tags: conference, feeds, sxsw, video, podcast)
- SEOmoz | Put Your Best Foot Forward: 19 Gorgeous Website FootersNice collection of footer designs from around the web.(Tags: web-design, css, footer, inspiration, layout, design)
- Netdiver digital culture magazine + new media portal -> Feed your eyesNetdiver is a great resource for finding design inspiration. I just resubscribed to their feed after about a year of abstention… hopefully it’s still as unique and creative as ever.(Tags: culture, design, ideas, inspiration, magazine, web, art)
- Edward Tufte: CoursesI’m going to attend one of these famous one-day courses May 24th in Virginia. Not only does Edward Tufte teach the session, but you also get copies of his books to take home with you.(Tags: books, conference, design, education, graphics, inspiration, visualization)
These are well worth the small price tag.