http://www.michaelgaigg.com/blog Fri, 11 May 2012 22:08:10 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.michaelgaigg.com/blog/2012/01/10/highlights-of-week-022012/ http://www.michaelgaigg.com/blog/2012/01/10/highlights-of-week-022012/#comments Tue, 10 Jan 2012 17:36:38 +0000 Michael Gaigg http://www.michaelgaigg.com/blog/?p=1629

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)

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That “JavaScript not available” case (by Christian Heilmann)

10 Twitter tools for better social networking (by Leo Widrich)

How to Design the Best Navigation Bar for Your Website (by Daniel Alves)

Product Graphics: 6 Techniques to Make Images More Informative (by Jake Rocheleau)

jQuery Scripts for Creating Cool Image Slideshows (by Chris Spooner)

Web design predictions for 2012 (by Debbie Hemley)

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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)

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CSS3 secrets - 10 things you might not know about CSS3 (by Lea Verou)

Announcing jQuery Mobile 1.0 (by jQuery Mobile, Todd Parker)

NASA now seeking candidates for astronaut positions (by NASA)

A Look Inside Mobile Design Patterns (by Theresa Neil)

Using Fonts for Icons… (by Chris Coyier)

Make Your Own Fonts: Free Font Editors (Elsewhere on the Web) (by Jacob Gube)

Which Custom Web Fonts Solution Should You Use? (by Chris Spooner)

Create CSS3 Buttons Compatible with All Browsers (by Madalin Tudose)

Quantifiable Design: How to Remove Subjectivity from the Process (by Stuart Silverstein)

25 Google+ tips and tricks (by Vail Joy)

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50+ PSD UI Web design elements (by Cameron Chapman)

How to Develop Your Website’s Tone of Voice (by Ailsa Partridge)

25 jQuery image galleries and slideshow plugins (by Cameron Chapman)

What’s the difference between a Heuristic Evaluation and a Cognitive Walkthrough? (by Jeff Sauro) - great description and overview together with a "What HE & CW have in common" section

What’s new for designers – Aug 2011 (by Cameron Chapman)

40 Absolutely Brilliant Billboard Ads! (by Alvaris Falcon) - yes, simply brilliant, take 1 or 2 minutes and enjoy

Your Meetings Suck (by Mitch Joel) - Solution: "a meeting cannot exist without a decision to support it that has already been made"

30 Beautiful Clean and Simple Web Designs for Inspiration (by Jacob Gube) - inspiration is always welcome, right?

Strengthening behavioral cues in UX web design with Gestalt principles (by Shell Grenier) - all of reality is experienced and organized perceptually in the simplest and most stable manner possible, web design can utilize this principle

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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!

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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

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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)

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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...

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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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