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• History of beer in America [video infographic]

  Holy Kaw!

  9 Feb 2012 | 10:49 am

  Worried about having enough small talk to fill tomorrow’s happy hour? Fear not, thanks to this video infographic courtesy of Visual.ly that supplies all the beer trivia you need to look like a bar-fly who knows what they’re talking about. Oh, wait, that might not be a good thing… Full story at Vimeo via Buzzfeed. Know your beer. Permalink | Leave a comment  »

• Smashing Special: WordPress Theme Trends For 2012

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  Siobhan McKeown

  9 Feb 2012 | 5:25 am

     This special is the first in our series of Smashing Specials — extended articles and studies dedicated to a specific topic. The special features current WordPress theme trends for 2012, covering past trends, new developments in theme design and trends in the theme development. 2011 was a great year for WordPress, with some excellent new updates that saw the introduction of a drag-and-drop uploader, distraction-free writing, the HTML5 Twenty Eleven theme, and movement towards a fully responsive dashboard. As well as changes to WordPress core, theme development continued to…

• Responsive Images: How they Almost Worked and What We Need

  A List Apart

  31 Jan 2012 | 4:00 am

  With a mobile-first responsive design approach, if any part of the process breaks down, your user can still receive a representative image and avoid an unnecessarily large request on a device that may have limited bandwidth. But with several newer browsers implementing an “image prefetching” feature that allows images to be fetched before parsing the document’s body, some of the web's brightest developers are abandoning responsive images in favor of user agent detection, at least as a temporary solution. For us standardistas, UA detection leaves a bad taste in the mouth. More…

• 26 Jan 2012 | 8:46 am

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  By BRAD STENGER

  26 Jan 2012 | 8:46 am

  Cameron Brown, Carnegie-Mellon '95, and e-commerce director at The New York Times, shares insights into news and technology with his alma mater.

• Are There Problems Web Apps Can’t Solve?

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  Jim Hoskins

  9 Feb 2012 | 6:00 am

  I’m a developer, have been for a long time. I’ve been wrting code for the web for the past decade in my life. I think I might be stuck in a bubble, I look to the web to solve problems that can be solved better in simpler ways. And looking around, I know I am not the only one. I want to tell you a story of a couple of problems that we’ve tried to solve several times with technology, when all we needed was a couple dollars worth of office supplies. The Lunch Party I’ve been working with Nick Pettit since 2007, before we came to Carsonified and Treehouse. In our last job…

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  Holy Kaw!

• History of beer in America [video infographic]

  9 Feb 2012 | 10:49 am

  Worried about having enough small talk to fill tomorrow’s happy hour? Fear not, thanks to this video infographic courtesy of Visual.ly that supplies all the beer trivia you need to look like a bar-fly who knows what they’re talking about. Oh, wait, that might not be a good thing… Full story at Vimeo via Buzzfeed. Know your beer. Permalink | Leave a comment  »

• What’s the future of virtual sex?

  9 Feb 2012 | 10:48 am

  Computer scientists are seeking to transmit sense data across the Internet and enable interactions with virtual entities and environments. They're steering us toward a reality previously only dreamt of: sexual congress between the material and immaterial worlds. The future is bright for virtual sexuality. After all, we're human beings. Think of any great artistic or technological achievement and chances are it winds up in the bedroom. Will it end up in yours? Full article at HowStuffWorks.com. Total aggregation of HowStuffWorks.com. Photo credit: Fotolia Permalink | Leave a…

• 5 tiny countries with big space dreams

  9 Feb 2012 | 10:46 am

  You don't have to be a global giant to reach for the stars or to benefit from the pecuniary promise of space-age technologies. Thanks to the growing availability of public and private launch vehicles, "off-the-shelf" tech for kitting out satellites and serious opportunities for research collaboration, even the smallest nations on Earth can dream big. Which little countries have big space dreams? Lithuania Belgium Israel Full list at HowStuffWorks.com. Total aggregation of HowStuffWorks.com. Photo credit: Fotolia Permalink | Leave a comment  »

• Top 5 unforgettable memory games

  9 Feb 2012 | 10:43 am

  It's often said that the brain is like a muscle: You have to exercise it to make it stronger. What you may never have thought about is the way many of our leisure activities -- games, both competitive and solitary -- also contribute to firming up those mental muscles. Let's talk about a few different kinds of memory -- and the games that test, stretch and improve them: Concentration: The way we play Concentration -- turning up cards, looking at them, and turning them facedown again -- strengthens our memory throughout the game the same way that studying with flashcards does. Facial…

• 5 tips for getting organized at work

  9 Feb 2012 | 10:39 am

  Starting a new job is one of the more stressful life events. From learning a new commute to mastering different skill-sets (not to mention trying to figure out if your boss finds your sense of humor refreshing or revolting), it's difficult to develop an organizational system from the ground up. In the next few pages, we'll scope out ways that you can get your space and yourself organized for optimal working conditions. From cleaning up to calming down, we'll dispel some rumors about how handling multiple tasks at a time is better than one -- and explain why a messy workspace doesn't always…

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• Smashing Special: WordPress Theme Trends For 2012

  Siobhan McKeown

  9 Feb 2012 | 5:25 am

     This special is the first in our series of Smashing Specials — extended articles and studies dedicated to a specific topic. The special features current WordPress theme trends for 2012, covering past trends, new developments in theme design and trends in the theme development. 2011 was a great year for WordPress, with some excellent new updates that saw the introduction of a drag-and-drop uploader, distraction-free writing, the HTML5 Twenty Eleven theme, and movement towards a fully responsive dashboard. As well as changes to WordPress core, theme development continued to…

• A Craft Of Consequences: Reader, Writer And Emotional Design

  Robin Rendle

  8 Feb 2012 | 8:06 am

     Before the very first page of a book has been read, you’ve already analyzed it in countless ways without even noticing. The paper stock, the thickness of the binding, the aroma, the color of the type and even the texture of the cover; the very character of the book is being dissected by the hand and eye at every moment. In this brief second there is a dialogue between the reader and the object. This conversation is subtle and complex, but for most people it is entirely subconscious. This is because we rarely think about these things  —  we feel them…

• Collaging: Getting Answers To The Questions You Don’t Know To Ask

  Kyle Soucy

  6 Feb 2012 | 7:02 am

     When conducting user research, we all know that asking the right questions is just as important as how you ask them, but how do you know exactly what questions to ask? What if the discussion topic is very personal? How do you get a complete stranger to open up? There is a better way to conduct an in-depth interview, and it doesn’t involve a clipboard. Just imagine what you could discover if the participant’s answers weren’t limited to a predetermined set of questions. This is where collaging can help. Collaging is a projective technique by which participants select images…

• How To Use Custom Post Types To Organize Online Marketing Campaigns

  Joshua Dodson

  3 Feb 2012 | 7:04 am

     Custom post types add a level of flexibility to WordPress that makes this open-source Web development platform more useful on many levels. Whenever I have been faced with a Web-based task, especially one that involves organizing information, the first thing I do is examine WordPress to determine if it can handle the job. It usually can. Image Source As an Internet marketer and analyst, I need to be able to organize online marketing campaigns in a way that is trackable in Google Analytics. This is the perfect task for WordPress custom post types. In this article, we’ll explain…

• Freebie: St. Valentine’s Day Icon Set (10 PNG/PSD Icons)

  Smashing Editorial Team

  2 Feb 2012 | 7:38 am

     Every now and then, we release useful freebies for all of our highly valued readers. Today, it is our pleasure to present to you Cuberto‘s fantastic St. Valentine’s icon set  —  exclusively designed for Smashing Magazine and its loyal readers. The icons presented are available in transparent PNGs as well as Photoshop PSDs (128×128 px) and are perfect for any projects you have coming up for St. Valentine’s Day. Enjoy! Download the Set for free! This icon set is completely free to use for commercial or personal applications without any…

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  A List Apart

• Responsive Images: How they Almost Worked and What We Need

  31 Jan 2012 | 4:00 am

  With a mobile-first responsive design approach, if any part of the process breaks down, your user can still receive a representative image and avoid an unnecessarily large request on a device that may have limited bandwidth. But with several newer browsers implementing an “image prefetching” feature that allows images to be fetched before parsing the document’s body, some of the web's brightest developers are abandoning responsive images in favor of user agent detection, at least as a temporary solution. For us standardistas, UA detection leaves a bad taste in the mouth. More…

• Pricing Strategy for Creatives

  31 Jan 2012 | 4:00 am

  Strategic pricing helps your brand and helps you to make more money. Issuing a price is like handing out a business card—it’s a great branding tool, but be careful about what it says to your market. Beginning relationships with customers at a high price makes the statement: “we’re good at what we do and we know it.” Fighting with a competitor over a low price says “I’m uncertain about my abilities, so I’ll take what I can get.” Failing to use a considered pricing policy will leave you treading water in a sea of design mediocrity, allowing you to just stay afloat while you…

• Building Twitter Bootstrap

  17 Jan 2012 | 1:00 am

  Bootstrap is an open-source front-end toolkit created to help designers and developers quickly and efficiently build great stuff online. Its goal is to provide a refined, well-documented, and extensive library of flexible design components created with HTML, CSS, and JavaScript for others to build and innovate on. Today, it has grown to include dozens of components and has become the most popular project on GitHub, with more than 13,000 watchers and 2,000 forks. Mark Otto, the co-creator of Bootstrap, sheds light on how and why Bootstrap was made, the processes used to create it, and how it…

• An Important Time for Design

  17 Jan 2012 | 1:00 am

  Design is on a roll. Client services are experiencing a major uptick in demand, seasoned design professionals are abandoning client work in favor of entrepreneurship, and designer-co-founded startups such as Kickstarter and Airbnb are taking center stage. It’s becoming increasingly difficult to ignore the fact that design has a massive role to play in the evolution of the web and the next generation of web products. The result, says Cameron Koczon, is that designers have now been given a blank check—one that lets web designers band together as a community to change the way design is…

• A Pixel Identity Crisis

  17 Jan 2012 | 1:00 am

  The pixel has long been the atomic particle of screen based design: a knowable, concrete unit of measurement. But layouts based on the hardware pixel are fast becoming an endangered species. Even the introduction of a new, W3C standard reference pixel, although it promises stability in the long-term, can't help us navigate the current chaos. Consider the two "standard" pixel definitions and 500 "standard" viewports your user's Android device may support. To create designs that transcend platform differences—the promise of the web and standards—you must normalize pixels across devices.

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• 26 Jan 2012 | 8:46 am

  By BRAD STENGER

  26 Jan 2012 | 8:46 am

  Cameron Brown, Carnegie-Mellon '95, and e-commerce director at The New York Times, shares insights into news and technology with his alma mater.

• Introducing ICE: Writing for the Web First

  By MATTHEW DELAMBO

  23 Jan 2012 | 12:26 pm

  ICE is a customizable JavaScript library that will allow you to track changes in any element that is contenteditable, or in a TinyMCE or Wordpress text editor. At this early stage, ICE has some limitations, but we think it is a very useful tool and hope that others will help us expand the project. Patches and forks are welcome at our repository, https://github.com/NYTimes/ice/. An ICE demo is at http://nytimes.github.com/ice/demo/.

• NYT Districts API helps Fractured Atlas help artists

  By BRAD STENGER

  9 Jan 2012 | 12:10 pm

  The arts, and the benefits to the public they provide, sometimes gets lost, barely noticed by government. Fractured Atlas, a New York City-based multi-disciplinary arts service organization, is finding that by creating information and data services for its members and for city arts communities, it can also provide more effective advocacy for the arts to government. Fractured Atlas uses the New York Times' District API to create and run these services and to link them to its arts advocacy mission.

• Two New Client Libraries: Times Wire and Campaign Cash

  By DEREK WILLIS

  22 Dec 2011 | 9:08 am

  Announcing two new Ruby clients for New York Times APIs: Times Wire and Campaign Cash.

• New in the Campaign Finance API: Independent Expenditures

  By DEREK WILLIS

  21 Dec 2011 | 8:05 am

  The Campaign Finance API now supports independent expenditure data.

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• Are There Problems Web Apps Can’t Solve?

  Jim Hoskins

  9 Feb 2012 | 6:00 am

  I’m a developer, have been for a long time. I’ve been wrting code for the web for the past decade in my life. I think I might be stuck in a bubble, I look to the web to solve problems that can be solved better in simpler ways. And looking around, I know I am not the only one. I want to tell you a story of a couple of problems that we’ve tried to solve several times with technology, when all we needed was a couple dollars worth of office supplies. The Lunch Party I’ve been working with Nick Pettit since 2007, before we came to Carsonified and Treehouse. In our last job…

• Rails 3.2.1

  Jason Seifer

  8 Feb 2012 | 6:00 am

  Greetings, folks! If you haven’t been keeping up with the latest Rails news, we have a new version! Ruby on Rails 3.2.1 has recently been released with some very welcome changes! Faster development mode – Rails now only reloads the classes you’ve actually changed between requests in development mode. Explain queries – In development mode, you can automatically show the explain of certain queries by calling .explain at the end of your query. The results will go in your log. Active Record Store – Active Record now has a built in way to do key/value storage right…

• Treehouse Groups are live!

  Ryan Carson

  8 Feb 2012 | 5:45 am

  You can now create a Treehouse Group Account for your company, university, school or any grouping of two or more people. Group plans are 25% cheaper so it’s a great way to save money. We’ve added a simple Groups Dashboard that allows you to see … Group Activity: Who’s watching videos and unlocking Badges Ranking in your Group, based on Badge unlocks More info … Group pricing is 25% off normal prices, which allows people with large groups to save a bit of money. You only need 2+ people to sign up. If you’re already a Member, you can’t be brought into a…

• Free Video: Getting started with iOS development

  Amit Bijlani

  7 Feb 2012 | 7:38 am

  In this 6 minute video, we will get you started with iOS development by learning about the benefits of Apple’s iOS Dev center and how to gain access to the integrated development environment (IDE) called Xcode. This video is from Treehouse, a high-quality video training site with hundreds of short videos on topics like … Accessibility CSS3 Aesthetic Foundations Django HTML CSS HTML5 iOS Development JavaScript jQuery NoSQL PHP Responsive Web Design Ruby Ruby on Rails UX Version Control WordPress Theme Design New videos are added regularly, so it’s a great way to stay…

• Another Round of Treehouse Nerd Merit Badges!

  Nick Pettit

  7 Feb 2012 | 6:00 am

  We recently launched Treehouse and, thanks to you, it’s been successful beyond our wildest expectations. Thank you all so much! We had so much fun celebrating with our previous giveaway, that we thought we would do another one.If you tweet to @treehouse the name of your favorite web app, we’ll randomly pick 10 winners to receive a "Mike the Frog" Nerd Merit Badge! Here’s a picture of what they look like:

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  Psdtuts+

• Freaky and Bizarre Animal Mashups by Human Descent

  Grant Friedman

  9 Feb 2012 | 8:30 am

  One of the best things about Photoshop is that it allows us to combine more than one photo to create an entirely new image. This can be done with landscapes, people, and even animals. In this article, we will showcase the work of Human Descent, a photo manipulator who has managed to create hundreds of new species using the power of Photoshop. Let’s take a look! Frederick the Fruck This image combines a duck and a frog. Roaring Liog This frog was combined with a lion. Nosferafrog This breed of frog has huge teeth. Rabbick A rabbit combined with a baby chicken. Hummingwolf Bird This is…

• Test Your Photoshop Knowledge #6

  Martin Perhiniak

  9 Feb 2012 | 5:00 am

  We know how much you guys like to test your knowledge of Photoshop so today we are giving you an opportunity to do so with another quiz from Martin Perhiniak. Please take a moment to complete this 10-question quiz and see if you’re prepared to pass our test! Good luck! Editor’s note: this quiz is for Photoshop CS5.

• Easy Dashed and Dotted Lines in Photoshop

  Grant Friedman

  8 Feb 2012 | 9:57 am

  For the last few weeks, the Photoshop team has been giving us some sneak peeks of the latest version of Photoshop. The latest version of Photoshop is due to be released in the first half of 2012. We have already seen videos showing off Photoshop’s new look, and some performance enhancements but this video shows us something new, something that we have been asking them to include for a long, long time – dotted and dashed lines. In this video, Photoshop Product Manager, Zorana Gee shows how you can click on a stroke and quickly convert it to a dotted line. Then, she shows how to quickly…

• Create a Caricature Painting in Photoshop

  Martin Perhiniak

  8 Feb 2012 | 7:00 am

  Photoshop is an excellent tool for manipulating photographs but it can also be used as a means to create stunning digital art. This tutorial is part of a 25-part video tutorial series demonstrating everything you will need to know to start producing digital art in Photoshop. Digital Art for Beginners, by Adobe Certified Expert and Instructor, Martin Perhiniak will begin by teaching you how to draw in Photoshop. At the conclusion of this series you will know all you need to produce your own concept art and matte paintings in Photoshop. Today’s tutorial Part 22: Create a Caricature…

• Retouch a Bland Model Portrait in Photoshop

  Kevin Stohlmeyer

  7 Feb 2012 | 6:00 am

  Sometimes retouching a portrait can be really tricky, specifically when dealing with model portraits. In this tutorial, we will be retouching a particularly difficult shot in which the subject has no makeup or dramatic lighting to emphasize the shot. Using Photoshop, you will be able to add makeup, repair flaws, and add some drama to this shot. Let’s get started! Tutorial Assets The following assets were used during the production of this tutorial. Model (iStockPhoto) Background (iStockPhoto) Step 1 – Selections The first thing I want to do is remove the model from her background.

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  Graphic Design News

• Slidevana provides pro design templates for Keynote

  9 Feb 2012 | 7:44 am

  Slidevana is a curious thing. This US$69 bundle offers a set of professionally designed slides.

• Entrepreneurs bloom at Mars Area High

  9 Feb 2012 | 3:34 am

  T.J. Pieffer, 15, of Mars, is the star of a weekly show, "Teej Tuesday," which he broadcasts on YouTube.

• League of Striving Artists' first showcase in the PML

  8 Feb 2012 | 11:30 pm

  The League of Striving Artists has an art exhibit currently on display on the second floor of the Paul Meek Library.

• Domtar Teams with Hatch Show Print to Boost AIGA's Design for Good

  8 Feb 2012 | 7:15 pm

  Domtar Corporation has collaborated with Hatch Show Print to create a limited edition poster that supports AIGA's "Design for Good" initiative - an effort to recognize and support pro bono social engagement design projects.

• Design News

  8 Feb 2012 | 3:10 pm

  Ode to Eva Industrial designer Eva Zeisel lived to the age of 105 before passing away in December.

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• The Weekly Wraparound: February 3

  3 Feb 2012 | 12:03 pm

  Top stories this week: A new partner at Pentagram, Bloomberg Businessweek’s newfound edge, learning responsive design as you go, Design Envy picks from Joan Raspo and more.

• The Weekly Wraparound: January 27

  27 Jan 2012 | 11:22 am

  Top stories this week: redesigns, Facebook’s IPO, IxDA People’s Choice Award, a dearth of critical discourse on design, Design Envy picks from Jonnie Hallman and more.

• What role do design competitions play?

  27 Jan 2012 | 10:54 am

  Through member surveys, conversations with stakeholders and conference sessions, AIGA has been examining the role of annual design competitions. AIGA Executive Director Ric Grefé explains the thinking behind new programs and competition structures. 

• The True Partnership: How to Get Great Design Solutions

  26 Jan 2012 | 8:54 am

  There are three general types or client/designer relationships: boss/worker, friends and partners. All three types have their place, but only one of them offers the potential for truly great design to emerge.

• The Weekly Wraparound: January 20

  20 Jan 2012 | 9:48 am

  Top stories this week: The new face of American activism, design’s role in the evolution of the web, creative gatherings in Utah, Design Envy picks from Jessica Walsh and more.

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  CSS-Tricks

• Musings on Preprocessing

  Chris Coyier

  8 Feb 2012 | 9:45 pm

  I've been using SASS for pretty much everything I do recently. Here's some musings on the journey. From hold-ups, to trip-ups, to turn-offs. From apps and teams to workflows and syntax. You Gotta Work Locally The biggest contributor to me getting on the bandwagon was giving up my going-commando live FTP editing ways. Yeah, Coda is awesome, but it's bad habit forming. It makes it way too easy to work live instead of local1. Working local is full of obvious advantages. Namely, 1) It's fast 2) You can edit stuff to your heart's content without worry you're screwing up a live site and 3) It…

• Speech Bubble Arrows that Inherit Parent Color

  Chris Coyier

  6 Feb 2012 | 9:57 am

  Interesting question: css3 speech bubble question: for the "triangle"'s border color, how can I set it to whatever its parent div's bgcolor is automagically? — Jin Yang (@jzy) February 1, 2012 By "css3 speech bubble", Jin means using a pseudo element on a container to add a little pointer arrow (triangle). Not really CSS3, but that's pedantic. Let's say that pink color isn't practical to set in an external CSS file. Perhaps is a user setting, or perhaps its set dynamically somehow. <div class="speech-bubble" style="background: pink;"> I like bananas, because they have no bones.

• A proposal to drop browser vendor prefixes

  Chris Coyier

  3 Feb 2012 | 1:49 pm

  Interesting idea by Felipe G on using a new at-rule, @-vendor-unlock, to tell the browser to use it's experimental implementation of any particular property, rather than using a vendor prefix on that property. Unfortunately at this point, even if you could get all the browsers on board, you'd need to use this and vendor prefixes to get deep support, which makes the problem worse. What we really need is for all browsers to implement auto-updating so eventually "supporting older browsers" is something we can look back and laugh at. Direct Link to Article — PermalinkA proposal to drop…

• Digging Into WordPress 3.3

  Chris Coyier

  3 Feb 2012 | 1:30 pm

  Digging Into WordPress (the book) is now updated to v3.3. Includes new chapters specially on what's new in 3.2 and 3.3, all the rest of the chapters tightened up and refreshed, better internal hyperlinking (in the PDF), and more. It's a free update (PDF) to all previous buyers. New print copies are on order and will be available soon. Direct Link to Article — PermalinkDigging Into WordPress 3.3 is a post from CSS-Tricks

• ShopTalk Episode 4

  Chris Coyier

  2 Feb 2012 | 5:50 pm

  Dave, Jonathan Longnecker, Nate Croft and I talk shop. Topics include website building apps, where to start designing, when not to design for modern browsers, and more. Sponsored by LessAccounting. Direct Link to Article — PermalinkShopTalk Episode 4 is a post from CSS-Tricks

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  CSS Drive News

• Turn.js page turn plugin

  webmaster@REMOVETHIScssdrive.com

  7 Feb 2012 | 5:35 am

  jQuery plugin that adds a beautiful "page turn" transition similar to flipping a book or magazine for HTML5.

• 42 Logo Designs With Creative Use of Pen

  webmaster@REMOVETHIScssdrive.com

  2 Feb 2012 | 9:14 pm

  A showcase of creative logos where the "pen" is the focal point.

• 5 Tips for Designing iPhone Apps in Photoshop

  webmaster@REMOVETHIScssdrive.com

  2 Feb 2012 | 3:22 am

  Some tips on creating the mockup and basic skeleton of your iPhone App in Photoshop.

• Beating Borders: The Bane of Responsive Layout

  webmaster@REMOVETHIScssdrive.com

  19 Jan 2012 | 5:36 am

  This article looks at how CSS's "outline" and "box-sizing" properties can help resolve issues that arise in percentage based layouts.

• Web Typography for the Lonely

  webmaster@REMOVETHIScssdrive.com

  5 Jan 2012 | 5:23 pm

  Cutting edge experiments with HTML5 canvas and SVG graphics to create interesting typography effects.

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  Nettuts+

• Easy Script Loading with yepnope.js

  Nikola Malich

  8 Feb 2012 | 6:00 am

  Officially released by Alex Sexton and Ralph Holzmann in late February of 2011, the yepnope.js resource loader features asynchronous, conditional loading and preloading of both JavaScript and CSS resources. This makes managing dependant, conditional code a breeze. March of 2011 This nifty resource loader, which is only 1.6KB minified and gzipped, is now bundled with Modernizer and is great for loading polyfills, preloading or “priming” the users cache, or as a simple asynchronous resources loader / filter! For those of you unfamiliar with polyfills, they are essentially plugins,…

• Turbocharge Your Website With Memcached

  Nicolas Sebban

  6 Feb 2012 | 9:49 am

  Your latest PHP/MySQL website is finally online. And it’s awesome. But it’s not as fast as you want it to be, because of the many SQL queries running every time a page is generated. And above that, you have the feeling it will not scale well under heavy loads. And you are most likely right. In this tutorial, we will see how you can greatly improve your website’s responsiveness, and help it scale to handle many simultaneous visitors, by implementing a cache layer between your code and your database. The good news is it is fairly easy, and can be done in a few minutes!

• JavaScript Testing From Scratch: New on Premium

  Andrew Burgess

  5 Feb 2012 | 12:30 pm

  This likely isn’t the first tutorial on testing that you’ve ever seen. But perhaps you’ve had your doubts about testing, and never took the time to read them. After all, it can seem like extra work for no reason. This tutorial (with screencasts) intends to change your views. We’re going to start at the very beginning: what is testing and why should you do it? Then, we’ll talk briefly about writing testable code, before actually, you know, doing some testing! Let’s get to it. Become a Premium member to read this tutorial/screencast, as well as hundreds of…

• Best of Tuts+ in January 2012

  David Appleyard

  2 Feb 2012 | 7:37 am

  Each month, we bring together a selection of the best tutorials and articles from across the whole Tuts+ network. Whether you’d like to read the top posts from your favourite site, or would like to start learning something completely new, this is the best place to start! Psdtuts+ — Photoshop Tutorials Create a Pimped Out Truck Using Photoshop and Point and Shoot Photos Making modifications to your car or truck in Photoshop can be a lot of fun. In this tutorial we will demonstrate how to create a pimped out truck modification using photos taken with a simple point and shoot camera,…

• Learn jQuery in 30 Days

  Jeffrey Way

  31 Jan 2012 | 8:47 pm

  Sometimes, it’s easy to become overwhelmed by how much there is to learn in this industry. If jQuery happens to be on your personal “need to learn soon” list, then I’m happy to announce my new course: “Learn jQuery in 30 Days”. If you’ll give me fifteen minutes a day for the next month, I’ll help you become a jQuery pro – and it’s free! How Does it Work? Sporadically, your skills will be put to the test, when you take the interactive quizzes! Once you enroll (free) via email, each day, you’ll receive a 10-15 minute video…

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  About.com Web Design / HTML

• Poll: Where do you include character set information in your pages?

  8 Feb 2012 | 8:11 pm

  It’s important to specify the character set for your web pages because that tells the browser what characters are valid on the web page. But more importantly, if you don’t specify the character set, your page can be hacked. In fact, if you don’t put the character set tag e.g. as the first line of your HEAD element, your page can be at risk. HTML5 makes it easy to add the character set, as I showed, with a very short “meta charset” tag. But many designers don’t ever define the character set. Where do you define the character sets for your web pages?

• Welcome Kim!

  8 Feb 2012 | 9:17 am

  I am pleased to announce that there is a new intern for the site: Kim R. West. Kim is a full-time student at the Tennessee Technology Center studying web design and development. She will be writing articles for the site for the next few months. I would like to welcome Kim to the site, and I look forward to her articles and the fresh perspective she will bring to the site.

• HTML5 Design Gallery - KA Graphic Designs

  7 Feb 2012 | 8:09 pm

  Here is a very nice looking design using HTML5 features like HTML sectioning content, HTML5Shiv, and CSS3 designs. Be sure to go to the site now, as it has changed even more since the screen shot was taken. Have you built an HTML5 site? Or do you know of one that does a great job with HTML5? Submit HTML5 site designs to be featured on this site.

• When Valuing Your Web Business, Don't Forget the Domain Name

  6 Feb 2012 | 7:42 pm

  Domain names are an important part of a web business. They are an asset to your company and you should be aware of how much they are worth. And if your business is looking for a new domain name it can often be more effective to purchase a domain that is live. But to do that, you should know how to value the domain. Read the full article: How to Value a Domain Name More Help with Domain Names How to Choose a Good Domain Name What is a Top-Level Domain Name? Is .COM Really Better than .NET or .US?

• Do Your Search Engine Results Show You as the Author?

  5 Feb 2012 | 7:24 pm

  Google and other search engines are starting to use authorship information with the rel=author attribute to provide more information about the articles that are linked to. These fancier search results can include the author's photo, links to related articles by the same author, and more. Ultimately, results with this extended information are more memorable and more likely to get clicks. Learn how to tell Google who authored your articles. Read the full article: Tell Google About Your Writing More About Authorship and Microformats Authorship What is Microdata? What are Microformats?

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  Slashdot

• FBI File Notes Steve Jobs' Reality Distortion Field

  timothy

  9 Feb 2012 | 10:01 am

  Hugh Pickens writes "Bloomberg reports that the FBI has released a decades-old file it kept on Steve Jobs, the deceased Apple co-founder, after a background check for a possible appointment by former President George H. W. Bush conducting interviews with unnamed associates of Jobs to judge his character, drug use and potential prejudices. 'Several individuals questioned Mr. Jobs' honesty stating that Mr. Jobs will twist the truth and distort reality in order to achieve his goals,' according to the materials. Several people commented 'concerning past drug use on the part of Mr. Jobs,'…

• Ask Slashdot: Where Are the Open Source Jobs?

  timothy

  9 Feb 2012 | 9:20 am

  stry_cat writes "My company has bought into the FUD and is going 100% Microsoft. Rather than work in this environment and be continuously at odds with upper management, I have decided to seek employment elsewhere. Where do I look for an open source job? I've started with the local paper's Sunday classifieds. I've looked on dice.com and monster.com. However almost all are Microsoft related. The few that aren't are some sort of dinky contract or temp job. So is there a place to find a job in an open source environment?"Read more of this story at Slashdot.

• Sponsor a Valve On Colossus

  timothy

  9 Feb 2012 | 9:01 am

  mikejuk writes "The UK's National Museum of Computing has come up with a novel idea to raise funds for its new gallery for its rebuilt Colossus computer — you can sponsor a valve. All you have to do is buy a small area in a picture of Colossus (at £0.1 per pixel — min £10), upload a picture to occupy the space, set a URL and pay using PayPal."Read more of this story at Slashdot.

• IBM Seeks Patent On Judging Programmers By Commits

  timothy

  9 Feb 2012 | 8:37 am

  theodp writes "How'd you like to be deemed unworthy of a job based upon a scan of your GitHub updates? That's what proposed in a newly-published IBM patent application for Automated Analysis of Code Developer's Profile, which proposes weeding out developer candidates for certain roles based on things like the amount of changes one typically makes with each commit, how frequently and regularly one makes commits, what hours of the day one makes commits, the percentage of commits with conflicts that one resolves, and the 'depth' of one's commit comments ('shallow', 'mid-range' or 'deep'). Big…

• Therapy Over IP Draws the Young, Isolated

  timothy

  9 Feb 2012 | 7:57 am

  Lucas123 writes "Psychiatrists say VoIP technology is more popular with patients than even in-person therapy when it comes to counseling — especially for their younger patients who are less intimidated by it. Along with many patients who like the convenience, telepsychiatry is a necessity for others who live in rural areas or are in, prisons, nursing homes or hospital ICUs. 'We've had just over 60,000 patient encounters. To my knowledge, only six have refused to be seen via teleconferencing,' said Dr. Avrim Fishkind, an emergency psychiatrist. 'We're tailor made for telemedicine because…

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  By BRAD STENGER

  26 Jan 2012 | 8:46 am

  Cameron Brown, Carnegie-Mellon '95, and e-commerce director at The New York Times, shares insights into news and technology with his alma mater.

• Introducing ICE: Writing for the Web First

  By MATTHEW DELAMBO

  23 Jan 2012 | 12:26 pm

  ICE is a customizable JavaScript library that will allow you to track changes in any element that is contenteditable, or in a TinyMCE or Wordpress text editor. At this early stage, ICE has some limitations, but we think it is a very useful tool and hope that others will help us expand the project. Patches and forks are welcome at our repository, https://github.com/NYTimes/ice/. An ICE demo is at http://nytimes.github.com/ice/demo/.

• NYT Districts API helps Fractured Atlas help artists

  By BRAD STENGER

  9 Jan 2012 | 12:10 pm

  The arts, and the benefits to the public they provide, sometimes gets lost, barely noticed by government. Fractured Atlas, a New York City-based multi-disciplinary arts service organization, is finding that by creating information and data services for its members and for city arts communities, it can also provide more effective advocacy for the arts to government. Fractured Atlas uses the New York Times' District API to create and run these services and to link them to its arts advocacy mission.

• Two New Client Libraries: Times Wire and Campaign Cash

  By DEREK WILLIS

  22 Dec 2011 | 9:08 am

  Announcing two new Ruby clients for New York Times APIs: Times Wire and Campaign Cash.

• New in the Campaign Finance API: Independent Expenditures

  By DEREK WILLIS

  21 Dec 2011 | 8:05 am

  The Campaign Finance API now supports independent expenditure data.

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• Force.com: Data Management

  25 Jan 2012 | 3:07 am

  The MVC model helps us separate the business logic from the display and data. Now, we can build an application on Force.com . For an effective application, having correct data is as important as having efficient business logic. Force.com is suitable for data-driven and process-driven applications, hence the data operations are massive. Force.com provides us with some really nice and efficient tools to manage, manipulate, and clean massive data per iteration. In this article by Siddhesh Kabe, author of Force.com Developer Certification Handbook (DEV 401), we will learn: How to import data…

• Geolocation and Accelerometer APIs

  24 Jan 2012 | 8:49 pm

  Devices such as the iPhone are also location-aware; its GPS receiver is able to determine its position anywhere in the world. Movement can be tracked, the current speed can be obtained, and even the direction the device is facing can be determined. In addition to mapping, location services are finding their way into all kinds of areas ranging from photography to messaging clients. In this article written by Christopher Caleb, author of Flash iOS Apps Cookbook, we will cover the following recipes: Determining your current location Determining your speed and heading Checking for geolocation…

• .NET Generics 4.0: Container Patterns and Best Practices

  24 Jan 2012 | 2:59 am

  There are several generic containers and generic algorithms available in the .NET Framework and a couple of other majorly accepted APIs such as Power Collections and C5. In this article by Sudipta Mukherjee, author of .NET Generics 4.0 Beginner’s Guide, we will take a look at: Generic container patterns: There are several patterns that are used more than the others in code bases that use Generics. Here, we shall walk through some of these very popular generic structures. Best practices: Here we shall walk through a list of best practices with succinct causes to back them.

• Axure RP 6 Prototyping Essentials: Advanced Interactions

  23 Jan 2012 | 3:19 am

  This article covers some advanced topics such as conditions, raised events, and so on. In this article by Ezra Schwartz, author of Axure RP 6 Prototyping Essentials, we will cover a set of features such as raised events, conditional logic and variables, introduction to a terminology which is usually associated with programming and suggests complexity. It is understandable if you are not interested in, or are intimidated by, the prospect of coding, and wish to avoid using this set of Axure features as long as possible. You should not. First, rest assured that no coding is involved. By now, you…

• Oracle JDeveloper 11gR2: Application Modules

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• WPP's MJoule Enters China's Mobile Market

  9 Feb 2012 | 9:06 am

  WPP agencies GroupM and Tenth Avenue have joined forces to launch a mobile marketing presence in China through the acquisition of local mobile agency Wisereach. The new entity, known as MJoule, will combine assets of Tenth Avenue's mobile specialty unit Joule with the existing mobile operations of GroupM in China.

• Social Marketing Drives Higher Value, Revs

  9 Feb 2012 | 5:38 am

  Do premium display advertising and social marketing drive product sales, media subscriptions and memberships? New research finds a direct correlation between visual and emotional resonance and higher revenue per order.

• 5 Lessons March Madness Mobile Marketers Can Learn From The Super Bowl

  9 Feb 2012 | 5:38 am

  With the Super Bowl over, time to focus on the next widely televised and advertised event: March Madness. For mobile marketers, the Super Bowl ads' use of mobile displayed five takeaways essential for success.

• Publicis Unveils 'Friendly' Bid For Germany's Pixelpark, Part Of Aggressive Digital Acquisition Plan

  9 Feb 2012 | 5:35 am

  Publicis Groupe, which has been bulking up on digital agency acquisitions as part of a long-term plan, this morning unveiled a "friendly takeover bid" of Pixelpark, an independent digital shop headquartered in Germany.

• Apple iPad Holding On To 88% Of Tablet Traffic

  8 Feb 2012 | 6:49 pm

  Clicks on tablet ads from paid-search campaigns rose five times higher in January, compared with the same period a year ago, according to research released Wednesday from Rimm-Kaufmann Group (RKG), a digital marketing agency.

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• Morning Show Ratings: Week of January 30

  Chris Ariens

  9 Feb 2012 | 5:14 am

  NBC’s “Today” show holds a +516K Total Viewer lead on ABC’s “Good Morning America,” but “GMA” continues to cut the gap with the perennial morning show leader. Compared to the same week last year, “GMA” has cut the gap –41% in Total Viewers (516,000 vs. 868,000) and –50% in A25-54 viewers (396,000 vs. 788,000). Week-to-week, “Today” was down in both Total Viewers and A25-54 viewers while “GMA” and the month-old “CBS This Morning” were up. ABC was up +3% in Total Viewers and +6% in A25-54…

• The Ticker: King, Kotb & Gifford, Semper Fi…

  Chris Ariens

  9 Feb 2012 | 4:50 am

  “CBS This Morning” co-host Gayle King will broadcast live from the Staples Center in Los Angeles tomorrow ahead of Sunday’s Grammy Awards. King will also be live Monday for a Grammy wrap-up. Kathie Lee Gifford and Hoda Kotb have taken their show to the Bahamas. The fourth hour of “Today” originated from Atlantis on Paradise Island this morning and will be back tomorrow morning as well. MSNBC premiere’s “Semper Fi: Always Faithful,” the story of Marine Corps Master Sgt. Jerry Ensinger whose search for the cause of the death of his 9-year-old daughter,…

• Big Media Executives Take To FCC To Fight Political Advertising Disclosures

  Alex Weprin

  9 Feb 2012 | 4:04 am

  Have you ever wondered exactly how much the Mitt Romney or Barack Obama campaigns are paying for their television advertising?  If the companies that own most of those TV outlets get their wish, you won’t. Executives from News Corporation, NBCUniversal, the Walt Disney Company and the National Association of Broadcasters met with officials at the FCC on Monday to express their displeasure at proposed public interest rules, according to FCC filings obtained by TVNewser. The rules in question would force TV networks to share details online about political advertising, including the rates…

• ‘It’s time for Disney to cut ABC loose’

  Chris Ariens

  9 Feb 2012 | 3:38 am

  After Disney’s earnings news — which showed a drop in revenue and operating income at the broadcast division — and the reports that the company is looking to partner with Univision for a 24-hour cable news network, CNNMoney contributor Cyrus Sanati, asks, “Is it time for Disney to finally banish ABC from the Magic Kingdom?” Sanati thinks the idea of an ABC News-Univision channel “could become yet another albatross around Disney’s neck.” And he takes out the long knives for ABC News: ABC News is but a shell of what it used to be and its ratings…

• Mike Huckabee Adding Radio Show to Résumé

  Alex Weprin

  9 Feb 2012 | 2:15 am

  Fox News host and former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee is getting a three-hour afternoon radio show from Cumulus Media Networks, Brian Stelter at the New York Times reports. Stelter writes that the new show is something of an attack on talk-radio stalwart Rush Limbaugh, whose program airs at the same time in many markets. Huckabee, who hosts his eponymous Fox News show on the weekend, will add his radio show from noon-3PM Monday-Friday.  His deal with FNC is not expected to change… for now. Mr. Huckabee will normally host the radio show from Florida, where he lives, but it will…

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• 'Idol,' 'Family' set Wednesday pace

  9 Feb 2012 | 1:28 am

  TV News: NBC's 'Rock Center' debut on night soft, but 'SVU' rises

• Warner Music posts loss of $26 mil

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  Technology News: Digital revenue climbed 17% to $219 million

• London gets three 'Gatsby' shows

  9 Feb 2012 | 12:22 am

  Legit News: 'Gatz' to run June 8 to July 15

• Sony re-ups with 'Breaking Bad' creator

  9 Feb 2012 | 12:00 am

  TV News: Vince Gilligan signs on to oversee final episodes

• European film admissions dip 0.4%

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  Box Office News: 960 million tix sold in 2011