Archive for February, 2010

Sat Nav – the Killer Application for Offline Web Technology?

Sat Nav – the Killer Application for Offline Web Technology?

In yesterday’s post , I discussed the problem of developing offline web functionality and the disappointing number of applications which use it. I summarized that offline functionality seems like a technology waiting for an application. ...

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Adjusting Saturation With The Sponge Tool In Photoshop

Adjusting Saturation With The Sponge Tool In Photoshop

There are several ways to adjust color and saturation in Photoshop. You can completely desaturate an entire image (i.e. ...

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Find the Right Color Palette for Your Next Presentation or Design [Web Design]

Find the Right Color Palette for Your Next Presentation or Design [Web Design]

Many of us spend hours floundering around looking for just the right colors while designing a web site, presentation, or flier. Design blog Before & After put together a great booklet detailing a little beginner's color theory for complimenting...

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Social Networking Software: 12 Ways to Build the Next, Best Social Network

Social Networking Software: 12 Ways to Build the Next, Best Social Network

Do you want to be the next YouTube, Flickr, Match.com or Facebook? Then, you need to find the right social networking software ...

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Creative Button Animations with Sprites and JQuery (Part 2: CSS, XHTML, JQuery)

Creative Button Animations with Sprites and JQuery (Part 2: CSS, XHTML, JQuery)

In Part 1 of this tutorial, you designed a button sprite that will be coded with HTML, CSS, and JQuery in this part of the tutorial. If you do not want to complete part one of this tutorial, you...

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Creative Button Animations with Sprites and JQuery (Part 1: Photoshop)

Creative Button Animations with Sprites and JQuery (Part 1: Photoshop)

This tutorial will show you how to build creative hover animations for buttons using sprites. ...

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Boagworld Podcast Celebrates 200 Episodes

Boagworld Podcast Celebrates 200 Episodes

One of the biggest sources of inspiration behind the SitePoint Podcast has been the long-running Boagworld Podcast , which marked its 200th episode this past week by broadcasting a 12-hour live marathon . Regular Boagworld hosts Paul Boag and...

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CodeBurner Updates for Firefox 3.6

CodeBurner Updates for Firefox 3.6

I’m pleased to announce the hotly awaited update to CodeBurner, our popular developer tool for Firefox and Firebug, bringing it up to date with Firefox 3.6. ...

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!important is Actually Useful (in Print Style Sheets)

!important is Actually Useful (in Print Style Sheets)

The poor old !important statement receives a lot of flak in the CSS community, and with good reason. It’s unnecessary, creates a maintenance nightmare, and makes a hollow mockery of the cascade. I haven’t thought about using !important in...

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How a Career Coach Can Help You Bust Through a Roadblock

How a Career Coach Can Help You Bust Through a Roadblock

When I graduated from college, I had a difficult time finding a job that kept me challenged and engaged. I had several different positions related to web design, in a few different industries, and each one started out with...

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