Yearly Archives: 2009

The Best Firefox Add-ons (or at least a list of my favorites…)

Nearly any Firefox (FF) user knows that you can “add-on” stuff that doesn’t come innately with a FF download and install.  If you don’t, you should; try going here: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/ Now, on my first encounter with this page, I looked … Continue reading

And Now for Something Completely Different…

This is just simply freaking awesome…  what a fantastic perspective on life… http://www.simonhoegsberg.com/we_are_all_gonna_die/slider.html And for other viewpoint-altering shots of life… http://www.simonhoegsberg.com/ Happy mind-bending, Atg http://www.simonhoegsberg.com/we_are_all_gonna_die/slider.html Top⇪

How to Code HTML Newsletter Emails

Never fun, always a pain, and something that just won’t go away… Clients always want Newsletters that they can send via email.  They want their brand correctly represented.  And they want it to look good in “everybody’s email”…  Ugh… In … Continue reading

Today’s Readings

Anyone with a few extra days on their hands… http://bestwebdesignschools.com/2009/usabilityedu-25-incredibly-useful-usability-cheat-sheets-checklists/ Alex: Did you write this one?? http://bestwebdesignschools.com/2009/25-essential-freeware-apps-for-web-designers/ Josh: This one’s for you! http://www.businessinsider.com/henry-blodget-check-out-all-the-cool-new-stuff-the-new-york-times-is-working-on-to-save-itself-2009-5 A brief, painful, but useful lesson in life: http://www.adaptivepath.com/blog/2009/05/15/less-is-more/ Happy reading, Atg Top⇪

Today’s Readings

Almost like it’s Christmas, a plethora of tutorials! http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2007/06/20/ajax-javascript-solutions-for-professional-coding/ http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2008/10/16/50-excellent-ajax-tutorials/ http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2008/09/11/75-really-useful-javascript-techniques/ http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2007/01/19/53-css-techniques-you-couldnt-live-without/ Happy holidays, Atg Top⇪

iPhone Application Development Training & iTunes University

Anyone interested in building iPhone apps, but can’t quite manage to dig in? Well, crack open your iTunes, go to the store, and look for iTunes U (you can also get there directly, but it took a while to load … Continue reading

Font matrix

Assuming you’re not using @font-face to get your fave font into your pages, you might find this font matrix helpful. I really only find the first few columns useful, those being the Mac OS and Windows columns, but maybe you’ll … Continue reading

CSS Debugging Tips

So who doesn’t use border:1px solid red (or some similar expression) for debugging CSS? From Eric Meyer comes these very slick CSS debugging tips! Way cool!! Atg Top⇪

More Geekier than Twitter?

If you’re a Twitter user, Blellow may be right up your alley. Blellow is a social networking community for freelancers and creative professionals who answer the question “What are you working on?” I think that says it rather nicely, now … Continue reading

5 Rarely-Used CSS Properties

Craig Buckler writes a nice, quick article for SitePoint listing five (somewhat) rarely used CSS properties. I was pretty familiar with the first three, but the last two are pretty interesting… Happy CSSing, Atg Top⇪