January 2012
2 posts
“In Search of JavaScript Developers: A Gist”
– In Search of JavaScript Developers: A Gist - rmurphey
“The interfaces we design must first be functional – they need to solve a problem...”
– Emotional Interface Design: The Gateway to Passionate Users | Think Vitamin
December 2011
1 post
“Over the next 10 years, the battles between incumbents and software-powered...”
– Marc Andreessen on Why Software Is Eating the World - WSJ.com
October 2011
2 posts
Carve Your Pumpkin Carefully
laughingsquid:
Carve Your Pumpkin Carefully
September 2011
5 posts
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“Amazon just split the tablet market with Apple. The Kindle Fire is subsidized...”
– Amazon’s Kindle Fire just nuked the tablet market: Winners and losers, Larry Dignan (via Luca)
jQuery Performance Rules →
Always Descend From an #id
Use Tags Before Classes
Cache jQuery Objects
Harness the Power of Chaining
Use Sub-queries
Limit Direct DOM Manipulation
Leverage Event Delegation (a.k.a. Bubbling)
Eliminate Query Waste
Defer to $(window).load
Compress Your JS
“50 Most Influential Designers in America”
– 50 Most Influential Designers in America | Fast Company
August 2011
1 post
“Use Google + Style Buttons to Improve Your UI”
– Google Buttons in CSS | Improve your UI | Pixify
July 2011
1 post
“With around 60% of users identifying themselves as web developers or software...”
– Google+ Users Are Nearly All Male
June 2011
1 post
Organizational Charts | Bonkers World →
Some fun charts displaying organizational culture of big tech guys.
May 2011
3 posts
The Real Cost of Social Media (Infographic) →
How Do We Prepare Kids for Jobs We Cant Imagine... →
March 2011
4 posts
“While many businesses have created mobile versions of their websites and/or...”
– Is Small Business Ready for Mobile Commerce? - www.smallbusinesscomputing.com
“Building a shared understanding is not really about a specific process or tool...”
– 52 Weeks of UX
AT&T Data Calculator →
Nice JQuerry based calculator to estimate your monthly data usage. Like the animations and drag-ability. Wish I had ipad around to see how well it works with touch. Don’t like the hard edges of the sliders.
February 2011
4 posts
Google Penalizes Overstock for Search Tactics -... →
Google Inc. is penalizing Overstock.com Inc. in its search results after the retailer ran afoul of Google policies that prohibit companies from artificially boosting their ranking in the Internet giant’s search engine.
Here is a link to Webmaster’s World post that possibly started the investigation from Google.
“The Dirty Little Secrets of Search”
– Search Optimization and Its Dirty Little Secrets - NYTimes.com
How J.C. Penney gamed Google’s search results. Some interesting read.
Articles - Feast: The Year of Honeysuckle |... →
“In times of stress, we need something to lift our spirits,” said Eiseman. “Honeysuckle is a captivating, stimulating color that gets the adrenaline going – perfect to ward off the blues.”
January 2011
3 posts
2011 social media predictions « Brendan Cooper –... →
Some interesting social media predictions from Brendan Cooper, social media freelancer and consultant. Things that I agree with:
“confidence will go down” for social media platforms that continue not having clear monitisation strategy;
“people who make money off social media right now are the ones who get paid to assess its value”;
“Social media curves will...
The Gestalt Principle: Design Theory for Web... →
Good article explaining why the big picture matters the most.
The Death of Files | Dustin Curtis →
The user doesn’t need to know about the technology used behind a product. It doesn’t matter if information is stored in a file, database or several files. The user thinks in terms of tasks and goals he is trying to achieve and when you let users do that, suddenly there is no learning curve for your product. Users already know how to look at a photograph, how to play a song or get rid...
December 2010
1 post
November 2010
9 posts
Vertical Alignment with CSS →
Feds Forcing New York to Change Font on 250,000... →
It all comes down to readability. Lowercase signs are easier to read.
Amazon Spends $545 Million On Diapers.com Parent... →
Amazon buys Diapers.com with Soap.com and couple other smaller online stores for $545 million. Diapers.com had around $300 million revenue for the last year.
Deconstructing PayPal’s Radical Checkout Redesign... →
Amazing Facts About Facebook And Breakups |... →
"Kiwi Anatomy" - Threadless.com - Best t-shirts in... →
October 2010
9 posts
“Ideas spread when people to choose to spread them. Here are some reasons why:
...”
– Seth’s Blog: I spread your idea because…
Flowchart: Understanding the Web, for Fans of... →
Holiday Spending Predictions Have Arrived | Solid... →
“Approximately 26.8% of American adults will use mobile devices for holiday shopping this year. For consumers in the 18-24 demographic, that number makes a huge jump to 45% using these devices.”
Why Exact Match Domains Are Not As Important as... →
Some interesting insights. 30 million words in the AdWords advertiser database. 25% of searches are unique…
Good points about alternative costs of spending money on an exact match domain. Narrow keyword profile.
52 Weeks of UX: What makes a good UX Designer? →
52weeksofux:
At the recent Warm Gun conference in San Francisco I heard a similar refrain: we’re looking for a good UX designer and can’t find one. I heard this from both startups and huge companies. Representatives from both Google and Facebook complained they could not find enough good UX designers.
New to tumblr.
I’m a total newbie when it comes to using tumblr and want to see how well email posting works.
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My site →
That’s my site that so desperately needs a redesign. I haven’t updated it in years.