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It’s not often Apple investigates cost-cutting measures. Consider MP3 players. They existed long before the iPod, but Apple took the technology, put it in a great-looking box, doubled the price and had a world-wide hit.
It’s the same story for the iPhone, iMacs, and the other ...
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You’ve got to love Google’s marketing machine. Despite having little new to say about Chrome OS, the media has been eagerly reporting this week’s “launch” . You can’t open a newspaper without reading something from an excited journalist who’s obviously ...
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This time of year always excites me. To me, the approach of a new year means new possibilities, a brand new start, and a chance to do more, accomplish more and achieve more. I love the unknown possibilities, and find planning for a new year one of the most invigorating parts of business ...
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Yesterday I wrote about retro designs on the web . A major factor in achieving that retro look is choosing the right typeface.
Today, as it’s Typography Friday here on Sitepoint, I want to follow it up with a pile of free fonts from some of the best retro font makers out there. There are a ...
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Episode 37 of The SitePoint Podcast is now available! This week, your hosts Patrick O’Keefe ( @ifroggy ), Stephan Segraves ( @ssegraves ), Brad Williams ( @williamsba ) and Kevin Yank ( @sentience ) discuss Patrick’s Blog World Expo 2009 panel, entitled Social Media: The Bad and the Ugly .
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My recent article, Run IE6, IE7, and IE8 on the Same Machine Using Windows 7 XP Mode , provided instructions for installing Virtual PC and XP Mode on a Windows 7 PC. Unfortunately, it only worked on the Professional, Ultimate or Enterprise versions of Windows 7.
Windows 7 Home Basic and ...
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Retro styles are popular in just about every aspect of design. I love looking at them to see how the designer puts together a look and feel that conveys a long gone era. Take a look at fashion, advertising, print and even cars. Designers revisit the past to plunder the good, the bad and the ...
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If you are a designer or developer, you probably use your own web site as a showcase, displaying what you can do for clients. Through your beautiful design, great functionality and creative navigation, your web site can be your best portfolio.
But sometimes when our focus is on the visual, we ...
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No one wants to read through thousands and thousands of lines of data looking for a trend. But what’s the best way to condense all that data into a simple visual representation? Read our latest tutorial to find out!
Data Visualization with Flex, Part I is the first in a three part ...
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(Sorry — I could not resist another ‘Go’ pun in the title!)
I recently looked at Google’s Go programming language . At first glance, it seems to be a good option for desktop or server-side web development, but it appears that Google has more ambitious plans.
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Yesterday, I provided a rundown of tips to help you conduct successful teleconferences . Today, I’ll share some research I’ve done into free teleconference services (this list doesn’t include paid options or services that offer webinar-based functionality).
The main benefit ...
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Every layout begins with a blank page or empty space. When we add an element, its placement can be determine how successful the design will be. Effective design initiates communication and an interest from the viewer whether it’s in print or on the web.
In a typical web layout, a designer ...
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This guest post has been written by Igor Faletski, co-founder of Mobify , the popular service for optimizing a site for the mobile web. SitePoint uses Mobify for its own mobile site — check it out at http://m.sitepoint.com .
1. Style for mobile
Congratulations — you’ve decided ...
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There’s been quite a bit of buzz online in the last few days about the new logo for the New York Public Library.
Old Public library logo (left) and new.
The Redesign began in 2008 with the designers using photographs and sketches of lion statues on the steps of the library building. ...
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Conducting business online means having virtual meetings, either teleconferences or webinars, on a regular basis. Without the traditional face-to-face business connection, it’s vital that these virtual meetings are easy to manage, focus on important information and satisfy all of the ...
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It’s incredible to think how far web development has evolved since the mid-1990s. Attempting server-side application development back in those dark times generally involved nasty CGI , a dash of Perl, Notepad editing, and a lot of luck.
Today, developers are spoiled for choice with PHP, ...
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In their ongoing attempt to lure users away from Google, Microsoft have teamed up with WolframAlpha to improve results in the Bing Search engine.
Both Bing and WolframAlpha were launched in 2009:
Bing appeared in June and received a largely positive response from the Internet community. ...
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If you’re involved with editing images you will undoubtedly need to crop some of them at one point or another. The Crop tool and the Marquee tools are the weapons of choice for these procedures. I’ve written in the past about keeping your crops , the massive time saver Crop and Straighten ...
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It’s hard to believe, but there are still people out there paying for email services. Luckily, there is a wide selection of free Web-based email applications these days that can help cut your email costs. We’ve gathered up 10 of the best ones so that you can get to emailing right ...
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Ahhh…the sound of crickets chirping. Lovely, isn’t it? There may be nothing more discouraging than committing to a regular posting schedule on your blog and never getting any comments. Sure, it’s not as bad as being stalked by a troll , but it definitely doesn’t make it ...
