10Jan0
Highlights of Week 02/2012
Starting into the new year with a short list of high quality links. As always, your feedback and suggestions are greatly welcome 
Cheers!
- Cross Browser HTML5 Progress Bars In Depth (by Zoltan “Du Lac” Hawryluk)
- 15 Web Design Trends to Watch Out For in 2012 (by Jake Rocheleau)
- Profiling CSS for fun and profit. Optimization notes (by kangax)
- Google Maps: Designing the Modern Atlas (by Willem Van Lancker)
- Password strength verification with jQuery (by Jim Nielsen)
5Dec0
Highlights for Week 48/2011
- 15 Responsive CSS Frameworks Worth Considering (by Paul Andrew)
- Complexity and User Experience (by Jon Bolt)
- Origins of the Apple Human Interface
- Internet Visionary Paul Otlet - Networked Knowledge, Decades Before Google (by Meike Laaff)
- The Anatomy of an Experience Map (by Chris Risdon)
- A Complete Color Spectrum of Web Design Inspiration (by Chris Spooner)
Minimalist Web Design: How Minimal is Too Minimal? (by Delwin Campbell)
1Aug0
Highlights of Week 30/2011
- How To Create a Slick Features Table in HTML & CSS (by Chris Spooner) - very slick
- 10 Absentee UX Features on Top e-Commerce Sites (by Paul Bryan) - co-shopping? en espanol?
- 6 tips to create better one-page websites (by Kendra Gaines)
- 10 Unmissable TED Videos For Designers (by Alvaris Falcon) - love TED, and you should too
- 20 jQuery Tutorials Teaching Super Cool Visual Effects (by Chris Spooner) - that's why you must love jQuery
- Requirements-Driven Software Development Must Die (by Fred Beecher) - nice approach with really good arguments, but with any workflow it seems just a little bit off
- 70+ Awesome Tumblr themes (by Cameron Chapman) - got tumblr? get a theme - and a life ...and follow me on tumblr
- Examples of Sites where localStorage should or is being used (by Chris Coyier) - localStorage is to HTML5 what isolated storage is to Silverlight
- jQuery plugin: Chosen (by Harvest) - go check it out, nothing else to say
- Freelance Web Development: 9 Tips for Better Project Management (by Kelli Shaver) - you do freelance work? enhance your productivity with these tips, very nice!
24Jul0
Highlights of Week 29/2011
- The Entrepreneur’s Guide to Coffee Shop Etiquette (by Erica Swallow) - "Sound = never appropriate" or "You only get one seat. Put your stuff on the floor."
- 10 Helpful Tools & Apps for Twitter Power Users (by Leo Widrich) - Tweepi – Get rid of unwanted followers
- 38 “Call to Action” Button Templates That Really Stand Out (by Alvaris Falcon) - Make it big, make it clear, make it delicious.
- Introducing BrowserID – easier and safer authentication on the web (by Robert Nyman, and Chris Heilmann) - strong forces behind this idea, will it take off?
- How I Write (by Mitch Joel) - Tools, tactics and techniques, very nice
- A different approach to conference Q&A – Interviews (by Christian Heilmann) - Q&A in separated session, very interesting approach with many advantages
- 40 useful APIs for web designers and developers (by Cameron Chapman) - great summary of google, yahoo and other API's
16Jul5
Highlights of Week 28/2011
- 48 Outstanding WordPress Themes of June 2011 (by Madalin Tudose)
- JavaScript language advanced Tips & Tricks (through Chris Heilmann)
- Useful Wireframing and Prototyping Tools – Roundup (by Jacob Creech)
- Introducing Usaura, the Fastest Way to Run Click Tests (by Dmitry Fadeyev)
5Jul0
Highlights of Week 26/2011
- 25 Excellent Photoshop Web Design Layout Tutorials (by Marcell Purham)
- Showcase of Impressive Design Process Explanations (by Chris Spooner) - explaining your design process is a great way of building trust
- Hottest Web Applications of the Month – June (by Jacob Creech)
- 65 Useful Android Apps for Designers (by Kay) - I like ColorSnap, tells you the color palette of pictures you've taken
- Five important things to do before any redesign (by Jeff Sauro) - You have customers because you solve some problem...
26Jun0
Highlights of Week 25/2011
- Colors in Web Design: An Exploration (by Kayla Knight) - in-depth reflection about color theory
- Top 10 Project Management Software for Remote Teams (by Rean) - exactly what the title says
- An Exploration of Website Redesigns: Tips and Examples (by Mohammad Moradi) - make a plan and consider doing it at all (sometimes)
- #19: Sketchnotes (by Eva-Lotta Lamm) - inspiring perspective on taking notes that aren't boring
- 10 Big Brand Lessons From The Corporate Social Media Summit (by Rohit) - talking about brands and their approaches to success
- Getting to grips with a mobile accessibility strategy (by iheni) - great approach on trying to establish a mobile accessibility strategy
- 5 Dangerous Ideas for Designers (by Scott Berkun) - be an ambassador of good ideas and sell and defend them to the right people at the right time
- HOW TO: Choose a PHP Framework for Your Next Project (by Kelli Shaver) - pick your weapons...
- Brainstorming Tips and Techniques for Freelancers (by Samar Owais) - in the end it all depends on you and how you set up the rules, but good tips in here
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Michael Gaigg is Lead UI Engineer in Esri's Professional Services Division.
He has been designing map application for over 10 years and can't stop thinking about improving them.
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