Guide to CSS Transitions
// A thorough step-by-step guide to #CSS transitions Embedded Link All you need to know about CSS Transitions | Alex MacCaw CSS3 transitions bring simple and elegant animations to web applications, but there’s a lot more to the spec than first meets the eye. In this post I’m going to delve into some of the [Continue reading]
Building a faster website
// Look at the slide below. How does your website compare with those numbers? A slow website means higher bounce rates (people come but wont load another page irritated or disinterested by the lack of speed), lost revenue and generally a low user satisfaction. For a "crash course on web #performance" check out this presentation [Continue reading]
Like a website's palette? Colorfy it!
// As it has been said a thousand times, great artists steal :) If you like the color palette used on a website, you can use Colorfy it to easily find out exactly what it is. Given a URL it will analyze the source code of the #HTML and #CSS and provide you with a [Continue reading]
Organization Chart with jQuery? Done!
// One of the things I love about #jQuery is that amazing community that has produced a plethora of solutions. This means that if you have a problem, it’s quite possible that someone else has dealt with it before. If you’re looking for a #javascript solution to displaying an organization chart, Wes Nolte’s jOrgChart comes [Continue reading]
Icons in a Font: Elusive & Font Awesome
// Elusive and Font Awesome are two open-source #fonts containing over 200 icons each. They are geared to be used with Twitter Bootstrap but you can use them in any kind of project. Check them out!Elusive: http://bit.ly/VCtQ9BFont Awesome: http://bit.ly/WatPZ5If you need more #free choices, here some more in font and PNG formats: http://bit.ly/UKIqxA
Instant Web/App Screenshots with PlaceIt
//Lovely discovery of the day: PlaceIt is a free service that allows you to create product images of your latest website or app in "real" environments. Just choose the setting and drag&drop a screenshot on the empty space and it’s magically done! Try it out here http://bit.ly/W7kFfU Instant Web/App Screenshots with PlaceIt http://bit.ly/W7kFfU Google+: Reshared 5 [Continue reading]
New year resolutions motivator: Lift for iOS
// As usual for this time of the year, you might be thinking about doing all those you always wanted to do like start reading more books or working out or even be a better person. If you’re missing on #motivation , there’s (more than one actually) app for that. Following the recent trend of [Continue reading]
A Laconic History of the World
// Simplifying history is of course… simplistic, but still here’s a #fun #typographic #map designed by Martin Elmer of maphugger.com This map was produced by running all the various countries’ “History of …” Wikipedia article through a word cloud, then writing out the most common word to fit into the country’s boundary. The [Continue reading]
Behold the Beauty of Bash
// This dangerous and #fun piece of #code (called a "fork bomb") would make a great t-shirt :)You can try to find out what it does, do a backup first. Or read the analysis here http://bit.ly/VYACFcVia +Geek Humor Google+: Reshared 1 times
G+ statistics via Webmaster Tools Author Stats
// I had previously http://bit.ly/W8U6r2 written about adding your #author information in your content so that your name can show up next to Google search engine results of your website and #Google+ posts. What I hadn’t included though is that Google’s #WebmasterTools have a "Author stats" report with traffic #statistics of the pages that Google has [Continue reading]
Ember table and the endless grid
// Ember table describes itself as a "fast, lazy rendered, easily extensible table built with Ember.js". The demos on the page http://bit.ly/UejkEL look nicely done (especially the one with thousands of rows!) but the examples in the download file do not run out of the box. Still, check it out and keep a bookmark for future [Continue reading]
The Internet of Buzzwords
// The Next Web explains "Why 2013 will be the year of the Internet of Things" http://tnw.co/TmTcZl According to WikiPedia, the term describes "a system where the Internet is connected to the physical world via ubiquitous sensors". But at the moment I think there is a confusion on what "the Internet of Things" actually means, or [Continue reading]
The universal translator is coming
// Speech recognition + instant translation + speaker like speech synthesis! Watch the demo:
How-to: Torrents on your iPad
// How to download/watch torrents on your #iPad:1) Go to www.put.io and make a free account2) Get a #torrent link from your regular legal source3) Paste the torrent link to put.io. 4) You’re done. Very soon you’ll have a download link and a stream option Enjoy! :)
Hoax almost becomes true, hell will freeze quite shortly, please stay tuned
Hoax almost becomes true, hell will freeze quite shortly, please stay tuned // Dear +Mark Zuckerberg, I really like your development priorities. We still can not edit our status updates, but we can now pay you money so that our posts can actually be seen by people that used to see all our posts. Keep [Continue reading]
Free eBook: Introduction to SQL
// If you are new to programming and looking for a way to start learning about databases, here is a free #eBook on #SQL by Rahul Batra Contents1) An Introduction to SQL2) Getting your Database ready3) Constraints4) Operations on Tables5) Writing Basic Queries6) Manipulating Data7) Organizing your Data8) Doing more with Queries9) Aggregation and Grouping10) Understanding [Continue reading]
Browser Modes and Doctype
// Because there are still clients who refuse/can not to upgrade from #IE7 …Here is a helpful page with tons of information on which browser runs which mode (quirks/ standard) under which condition. http://bit.ly/UKEqj3
Romney Self-Googlebombed!
// Apparently if you search on #Google images for "completely wrong" you get tons of photos of Mitt Romney. It’s not an old-style #googlebomb but just a regular search engine… feature. This result comes probably from Romney’s recent statement that he was "completely wrong" on his characterizations of 47% of americans… Google search link: http://bit.ly/VQqLGtLink to [Continue reading]
Awesome Google Maps fail
// Maybe we shouldn’t be so hard on #Apple’s #map failures… :) Link to the see it for yourself http://goo.gl/maps/4bh3mAnd Bing getting it right http://binged.it/QQMkkf Reshared post from +Sharon Strandskov I am usually pretty pleased with Google Maps, but surely there has to be a faster way… I know there were border issues, but I thought they [Continue reading]
Dailymotion opens up Publisher Network – kind of
// #Dailymotion has been doing revenue deals with big sites like Yahoo! and The Huffington Post, but recently they have opened their platform for smaller sites as well. The basic idea is that you embed Dailymotion videos in your site, ads are server and you get 30% of Dailymotion’s net ad revenues. A "Curator tool" [Continue reading]
SoftLayer considered spam by Google
//If you are a #SoftLayer client, be sure to check your #junk folder often as #Gmail is now considering it as a source of #spam . This is probably a recent development as I never had this problem before. As a result all mails from Softlayer of the last 10 days have ended up in [Continue reading]
Dalai Lama is an ass
// 5 Million (5,053,638) followers and not 1 (one) following back? :-) Other than that, the guy is great, you should follow him ;) But on Google+ => +Dalai Lama
Responsive on the vertical
// What can the visitor see on the first glance of your website? How can you accommodate users with different screen sizes? Read on +Chris Coyier’s article on #responsive #design above the fold :) http://bit.ly/PzETlp
The Apple Manual on being a Human
// A big scoop for Gizmodo yesterday, with what appears to be the Apple manual on their Genius staff training. It’s a full instructions set on how to talk to customers in a civilized, friendly and empathic way, while at the same time not admitting that there might something wrong with an #Apple product and [Continue reading]
Penises on Salad Super-Delegates
// Oh Google automatic #transcribe feature, you’re always an instant source of fun! :-) It’s like magic: "We’re enjoying a tasty lunch with Athenos feta in our salads, it’s super delicious" is transcribed to…what i’m saying it’s a steel into the penis that on our salads super-delegates More fun on the video link here http://bit.ly/OIVAHI [Continue reading]
Mailgun: Email for Developers
// This looks really cool: Mailgun is a service that allows you to "outsource" all mail-related functions of your application. You can send, receive, parse, track, etc messages programmatically. The same goes for e-mail accounts, even whole mail servers. I’ll be trying the service (there is a free plan) and posting some first thoughts… :) [Continue reading]
The Meaning Of Fake
//Here is how to make headlines for your social media management company1) Find a topic that’s causing traffic these days: let’s say… fake twitter follower counts and politicians in an election year2) Develop a tool that supposedly can identify fake accounts3) Instant success! Meet the Status People Fake Follower Check tool http://bit.ly/NlG47P You just give [Continue reading]
You can not delete stuff from the internet
Public reminder: when something is public, a copy of what you posted (multiple copies actually) remains somewhere. So you can’t just delete a customer’s comment and pretend it never existed. If his cares enough (like +Thomas Hawk here), the situation will be made even worse for you. Think again Walmart… Embedded Link Thomas Hawk Digital Connection » [Continue reading]