Columbia takes an interesting approach to the BKG of their store by stitching photos together: goo.gl/MpnI9 columbia.com
http://t.co/v5SAQ8e1 is a nice adventure travel/outdoor website with a different style of navigation. Hattip to @siteinspire #inspiration
@twbootstrap examples.furtherahead.com has some great examples of accessible tabs, popovers, et all if you all are interested.
@emilysquared mint, and atomic web browser, twitteriffic, quora, opera mini.
@feather Ditto! Look me up if you ever come to West Virginia. Thanks again. …WVU’s team: universityrelations.wvu.edu
.@AIGAdesign Just launched Design for Good, resources for helping non-profits & socially just causes via Desigoo.gl/BXvZzR93c
Finished the #a11y talk from Derek @feather. Completely blown away. Amazing presentation. Talked the talk & walked the walk. Gre#aea#aea
A nice table comparing ARIA roles to HTML5 tags: goo.gl/IBthm See it at the end of the article Thanks to @zeldman for the link. #aea
Some more information on syncing & mNote from the ever-so-help@lifehackerckgoo.gl/iibZI6nwA
mNote is a sweet Android app that syncs with simplenoteapp.com so that, when you make notes, you get them synced to every device you own.
Much like premailer.dialect.ca , Mailchimp has created Beaker to inline CSS for HTML Emails: beaker.mailchimp.com/inline-css
Once again, @dcaryll & I are taking notes in real time @googledocsdocs here at An Event Apart in DC. Have a logoo.gl/nkIY6O#aea#aea
With the flexible box model (CSS), you can restructure the order in which elements appear. Very useful to reorder & it doesn’t look hackish.
@dmolsen Use ie9.js, code.google.com/p/ie7-js/
Wow. Windows Phone 7, before Mango (just released), uses Internet Explorer 7 as its rendering engine. Yikes. http://t.co/9GngobaN
I’m super amazed that Amazon has “Not [your name]?” instead of “Log out” . Perhaps this made more sense to more people (…not me).
Any #Concrete5 CMS folks at #aea in DC? concrete5.org
html5reset .@adactio has just announced that his fantastic book is now online for free: html5forwebdesigners.com
Mobile devices will zoom in to inputs when you select them. Put <label>’s on top (not to the left) so that you can see them when typing.
@dmolsen @lukew just showed the xkcd diagram and attributed it to your site, mobile in highered: http://t.co/4qgiItbC #aea #aeafamous
@html5reset @zeldman @murtaugh Ten four. Will do! FYI I am sharing my notes via Google Docs to help folks follow along: goo.gl/nkIY6
@html5reset I’m at AEA DC as well and would love to connect and chat. I ported HTML5 reset to Concrete5 CMS: http://t.co/GW8J04bj
At #aea with the UR, Web team of @WestVirginiaU. We’re sharing our notes in real time via @googledocs: goo.gl/nkIY6
If you are getting a new phone and it’s an Android, this @lifehacker article will help you get started, fast: goo.gl/FmZj0
@mcopeman23 HTC hero s
@mcopeman23 any tips/sites for a new android user? Also, how’s launcher 7?
(cont.) Number porting via Google Voice FAQ’s: goo.gl/Wi4u3
@weldtheweb Thanks for the RT’s ‘fellas. Much appreciated.
Switching phone numbers? Port the number you are loosing to Google Voice ($20) & forward calls to your new numbgoo.gl/Pmj6GJWan
@weldtheweb No doubt. It’s easy to believe in the big picture; however, that pic. can get lost in the day-to-day minutia. Reminders are good
Thanks to @weldtheweb & their article How a corp. found its sgoo.gl/aiYuewgAx for inspiring my recent blog pgoo.gl/Ssp5sxrGC
New post on my blog: Do you believe in design? Thinking about how design moves people & sticking with goo.gl/Ssp5sxrGC
A few sites to point clients to with info about updating their browsers: browsehappy.com , abetterbrowser.org , browserupdate.org
If you have not seen a lot of Windows Phone 7, check out this SlideShare with lots of screenshots: goo.gl/z3Zgi #inspiration #type
@mcopeman23 Definitely leaning toward Android, esp w/ this: http://t.co/tJSMZb6F I’m thinking HTC Hero S: http://t.co/1r6baeJb
New phone time. It’s Android v Windows Phone 7 in the rink. Before you scream Android, recognize the WP7 UI is beautiful. What do you think?
If you ever need to video conference or share documents via video, definitely check out Google+ Hangouts with Extras: goo.gl/ChkaX
Not only is there a Bootstrap CSS framework, there’s also a Bootstrap JS framework to compliment it: goo.gl/jLXQB jQuery based.
Some very impressive 3D animation work for Terminex + others by @dveinbcn: goo.gl/oepNZ
iOS5 includes “current location” weather in addition to hourly weather for the current day. Very nice new feature.
@nreckart @stevenspriggs @dmolsen Using a full out toolkit framework for Slate v2 is an interesting concept. Eg: goo.gl/K78sk
The new #Concrete5 UI looks rad. See it in this weeks Totally Random Episode: goo.gl/37zWh Based off Bootstrap: goo.gl/K78sk
orbeon.com is an enterprise form creation solution. Open source, WYSIWYG based. Community & Pro editions available.
Whoah, you can download all of your Picasa photos, Google Plus, Buzz, Circles, & contacts as a zip via Google Accounis.gd/DEi91K2krg
Should you donate to open source projects? Answer: No (not directly at least). Instead, buy their commercial products: goo.gl/W8QJp
The HTML5 Boilerplate just changed how they reference IE via the html tag. Instead of just .ie8, its now .lt-ie8: goo.gl/FbVj0
Creative Commons 4.0 licenses on the horizon: goo.gl/MpdWK
@MesuvaWebDev Accessibility experts are praising HTML5 for better semantics. Use a shim and you are good to go. ARIA roles ain’t bad either.
Swffit is a flash movie/object resizer that automagically resizes flash objects to a desired width & heigswffit.millermedeiros.com2bv5
@nathansmith …I didn’t even think about .name domains. Twitter tried. Hat tip to it for trying I spose. Great tweets BTW. Keep ‘em coming!
@nathansmith I hear that. All these people getting their.name@gmail.com or whatever. Arg!
Long links can cause horizontal scrolling when doing adaptive design. Solution: CSS Truncation FTW: goo.gl/T2PBN
960 Grid System TextMate bundle: http://t.co/vbeZEXXp
curdbee.com is another invoicing web app similar to FreshBooks. Time, expense tracking, & billing included. Paid & free plans.
@conceptshare Hey ConceptShare. West Virginia University is still on the old app. Is the new one coming? cc/ @wvuadam
@dcaryll You should package that all up and I’ll add it to the docs for re-use. Ya dig’?
@triberider !!!!!!!!! Holy crap! Africa, WTF!
I use pastie.org for random bits of code that I need to casually share. For more formal code sharing, see: gist.github.com
Finding a good domain registrar is difficult. Here are the top 5 via @lifehacker: goo.gl/VtNLv via @SammyKMedia
@SammyKMedia Ah yes. Bob Parsons. So who’d you move to? …I haven’t found a good solution to domain registrars yet.
@SammyKMedia Any particular reason you are moving away from GoDaddy for Domains? I could understand hosting…
Get the best deal on a cell phone & plan by always being a new customer. Switch carriers at contract end & keep goo.gl/2u6DIG6NplUDa
People are reporting good experiences with Burst.net’s managed VPS hosting. Real cheap at $6/month: burst.net/linvps.shtml
New blog post on AdamJohnsonDesign.com. How to upgrade #concrete5 with minimal downtime: goo.gl/YfRud
@JuddLarke Makes sense for games and 3D stuff. If there is a darn good reason, then sure, it’s a’ight. Otherwise, toss it out the window.
Add global styles to the Webkit inspector: On the right hand side, click the “+” symbol for “New Style Rule: min.us/mfKgjETan #useful
A list of plugins available to the Prototype JS library: prototype-plugins.com
Ahh Flash. Such a buzzword. http://t.co/kIXT37EY
Change your #concrete5 <title> tag structure from “Site Name :: Page Name” to “Page Name - Site Name”: goo.gl/5OICp #useful #tip
@MesuvaWebDev Agreed. Hitting a magic update button makes me nervious; however, I do it with WP all the time.
The 9/30 episode of #concrete5’s Totally Random has a ton of new insight into C5 v5.5. Talk about Stacks, a Trashcan, & css/js concatenation
@MesuvaWebDev I do them all manually. Takes longer but feels cleaner. Wish I could only replace the files that changed though. You?
Scrapbooks to disappear in #concrete5 v5.5, to be replaced by “Stacks”. Looks well thought out. More in the vid: http://t.co/h2grJ9b4 @36:15
A new version of #concrete5 just hit the net. Download Concrete5 v5.4.2.2: goo.gl/K5qtE
Feed2JS.org, an RSS to HTML feed parser, is calling for donations to keep the free service running: goo.gl/Yjr8W
@triberider Jeezus. That seems stout. I would do Fuy waterfalls, Demshitz drop/Nevado, or the stout section of the Llancahue.
Pandora gets unlimited free listening after their recent design upgrade: goo.gl/1jvwQ via @lifehacker
Someone in the #concrete5 community should make a FlexSlider add on: flex.madebymufffin.com
Similar to Premailer for HTML Emails, wordoff.org cleans messy HTML.
A nice kinetic type animation about Google Analytics Premium. Simple, colorful, and effective: goo.gl/rmgS2 #inspiration
landsend.com has some really nice looking HTML emails.
http://piwik.org looks like a cool alternative to Google Analytics. Open source, real time analytics. PHP & MySQL based web app.
If you don’t already review the deals at slickdeals.net daily, then you should. Super sweet deals on everything you need for life.
The best structure for the <title> tag: Page Name | Site Name. This @Real_CSS_Tricks poll confirms: goo.gl/au4KP /cc @slatecms devs
prAna Behold the turtle. He only makes progress when he sticks his neck out.
~James Bryant Conant fb.me/HOoPWTqp
How to create a #concrete5 theme: http://t.co/aCHskRMy by @webphilm
@WebPhilM embedding blocks in templates is huge. I feel like that would be a good follow up post. Thanks for the nice writeup.