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All 100 US Senators are now on Twitter. Have you used Twitter or Facebook to send a message to your senators, representatives, or the POTUS? I have. In the “where the world is heading” department, here’s news of the first bookless public library. Chris at CSS Tricks is having a great time with his CSS … Continue reading “Useful links: Lawmakers, Bookless, CSS for Babies”
As both a student and a teacher of web design, I’ve found some amazing resources on how to share specific techniques. There are tutorials online for everything from designing a responsive site to securing a site from hackers. But there aren’t a lot of similar tutorials for the actual business of web design — the … Continue reading “How to Teach the Business of Web Design”
Glenda Watson Hyatt, aka the left thumb blogger, uses an iPad as a communication device. She recently went to SOBcon and has some must read comments about the difference between communication equality and communication equivalence. First read Communication Devices: An Communication Equivalent, But An Equal? and then Communication Equality in Social Interactions: What Does that … Continue reading “Useful links: communication equivalence, tablets, eBooks”
Let’s talk about how storytelling and a sense of shared experience can make a brand stand out and achieve success. Look at the letter below from Pinterest. This is a brilliant piece of outreach that I’m sure every person with a Pinterest account received just like I did. Hi, Virginia! I had two thoughts driving … Continue reading “Pinterest Secret Boards and Instagram Web Interfaces”
iPhone 5 image from apple.com Business Insider just published an article with the misleading headline Marissa Mayer Just Gave Every Yahoo Employee an iPhone 5. Every Yahoo employee worldwide is getting a new smart phone. The choices do include the Apple product mentioned in the headline, but are actually these: iPhone 5 Samsung Galaxy S3 … Continue reading “Why every front end developer should work for Marissa Mayer”
I just changed the theme on this self-hosted WordPress blog. So – no big deal, it’s as easy as pressing a button, right? Not exactly. Not if you want to modify the theme. Not if you are in the BlogHer Ad Network and need an ad in a sidebar on both the main blog page, … Continue reading “How to Put a Sidebar on a WordPress Twenty Eleven Page Like This One – UPDATED”
Geek Mom recently published a post by Sarah Pinault called Using HTML in Your Daily Life: The Rise of Fake Code. In this interesting essay, Sarah discussed the use of fake HTML tags in everyday communication. She cites examples like <rant></rant> and <giggle></giggle>. Sarah provided examples of using fake HTML in clever conversations like this: … Continue reading “Fake HTML is Always Semantic”