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22 AUG 09
Free Podcasting, Video and Photography WordPress Theme | Freebies | Smashing Magazine SAVE
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In this post we are glad to release Smashing Multimedia, a unique, flexible and advanced WordPress theme for artists, photographers, podcasters, designers and users. The theme was designed by Sarah Neuber especially for Smashing Magazine and its readers.TAGS
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21 AUG 09
Top 29 Free UX testing Tools and Extensions from UX Booth SAVE
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Ever wonder how usable your site appears to someone with a disability, slower connection, or different setup? This list of tools highlights some of the most useful tools and extensions for making your website more usable.TAGS
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Carsonified » 5 Advanced Photoshop Techniques for Web Designers SAVE
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If we look at the web design today, it’s anything but simple. Sometimes you need that extra Photoshop knowledge in order to achieve the look we need. In this step-by-step tutorial, I’m going to show you how to create five killer effects for your site. When I was choosing examples for this article I visited some design galleries and roundup posts and took screenshots of design details that are used (sometimes overused) in web design. I don’t encourage you to follow trends but rather develop your own style. Nevertheless, it is always useful to polish your Photoshop skills a bit more. Let’s get rockin’!TAGS
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MediaCoder - more than a universal audio/video transcoder SAVE
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MediaCoder is a free universal batch media transcoder, which nicely integrates most popular audio/video codecs and tools into an all-in-one solution. With a flexible and extendable architecture, new codecs and tools are added in constantly as well as supports for new devices. MediaCoder intends to be the swiss army knife for media transcoding in all time. Millions of people are using the software all over the world.TAGS
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19 AUG 09
Mastering Photoshop With Paths | Tutorials | Smashing Magazine SAVE
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Anomalously residing within the pixel-gridded world of Photoshop are a series of tools waiting to break out of the canvas’ inherent squareness. Mastering these tools opens the stage for a higher level of flexibility, full of clean lines and non-destructive editing. Presented here is a guide to help you build proficiency, increase productivity and demystify the elusive world of Paths.TAGS
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The Evolution of Blogging SAVE
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Dave Winer’s ability to peer into the future is uncanny. He was talking about a river of news long before the current activity streams became popular. He was evangelizing RSS long before there were blogs. I could go on and on about his prescient observations, but it’s his warnings that are especially prophetic. For as long as I can remember, he’s been warning that users of new social web technologies need to be in control of their own destiny. He sounded the alarm about Feedburner and how it was hijacking an open standard, RSS, and inserting itself between content creators and consumers. And he’s long cited the need for open social communication platforms, often voicing his displeasure with newer services such as Twitter.TAGS
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17 AUG 09
Customization of UIs and Products (Jakob Nielsen's Alertbox) SAVE
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Websites that let users customize the UI have the same measured usability as regular sites. Sites for customizing products, however, score substantially worse due to complex workflow.TAGS
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10 User Interface Design Fundamentals - from Vitamin SAVE
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It’s no great mystery that truly great user interfaces are the ones that are engineered to stay out of the way. ‘Staying out of the way’ means not distracting your users. Rather, good UIs let your users complete goals. The result? A reduction in training and support costs, and happier, satisfied and highly engaged users. When getting started on a new interface, make sure to remember these fundamentals …TAGS
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14 AUG 09
The Pragmatic Bookshelf | Agile Web Development with Rails, Third Edition SAVE
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Agile Web Development with Rails, Third Editionby Sam Ruby, Dave Thomas, David Heinemeier Hansson, et al Rails just keeps on changing. Rails 2, released in 2008, brings hundreds of improvements, including new support for RESTful applications, new generator options, and so on. And, as importantly, we’ve all learned a lot more about writing Rails applications in the last few years. So here’s the Third Edition of the Jolt Award winning book that shows you a new approach to web development, updated for Rails 2. Sam Ruby joins the team to add his world-class knowledge of web application development, making this the most up-to-date and authoritative Rails book out there.TAGS