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19Feb1

Highlights of Week 07/2010

The Skinny on CSS Attribute Selectors (by Chris Coyier) - CSS attribute selectors are really useful and I've been using them for ages; here a nice summary by Chris.
Common Misconceptions about Web Designers (by Shannon Noack) - working odd hours? When was the last time I've seen day-light?
CSS files downloaded twice in Internet Explorer with protocol relative URLs (by Robert Nyman) - and Robert gives three nice (and trivial) examples on how to avoid it.
Create a Clean and Professional Web Design in Photoshop (by Waheed Akhtar) - Step-by-step guide for Photoshop geeks. Really basic but a nice start.
Is Web accessibility a human right? (by Vlad Alexander) - excellent article; and Ian Pouncey's response: Accessibility is a human right.
How to Make Your Small Business Geolocation-Ready (by Leah Betancourt) - jump on the train of geographically optimized interaction!
The Browser Choice Screen for Europe: What to Expect, When to Expect It (by Dave Heiner) - Microsoft finally bowed to pressure by the EU (better late than never).
25 Beautiful Examples of “Coming Soon” Pages (by Tyler Denis) - get inspired; and Walter offers similar A Collection of “Coming Soon” Web Pages

31Jan0

Win 5 Copies of “Fluid Web Typography” (by WebdesignerDepot) - leave a comment with your favorite typography link for the chance to win a copy of Jason Cranford Teague's book (I hope this trackback counts as a comment .
Finding the current location by IP and with the W3C Geo API (by Chris Heilmann) - nice writeup on how to read the IP in PHP and call the API with cURL.
Web accessibility myths (by Ian Pouncey) - accessibility isn’t a target to aim for, it is a goal to aspire to.
13 video player UIs in 24 hours (by Jason F.) - form follows function, or not? What do you think about these media players?
There are always more than two options (by Derek Sivers) - couldn't agree more. Counting choices means limiting yourself, like "all flights to Europe are too expensive therefore I cannot go to Europe" - how about taking a cruise?
Resist the urge to punish everyone for one person's mistake (by Derek Sivers) - another great by Derek, on how to stay positive when your thinking is clouded.

Top 20 Wireframe Tools http://t.co/zRBd0W0 via @garmahis 1 week ago
RT @wpzoom 500 Free Icons: WPZOOM Social Networking Icon Set http://bit.ly/aEGdUJ 2 weeks ago
RT @esriuc GIS: Designing Our Future. The concept of GeoDesign is really taking off, keep an eye out. http://bit.ly/9TioWQ 3 weeks ago
1400 super cool web icons by FatCow: http://bit.ly/ctskcU 3 weeks ago
[JOB OPENING] User Interface Engineer, http://bit.ly/ui-engineer-position 2010-07-30
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