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Miniature Faking in Photoshop for Dramatic Effect
Images are often an afterthought in Web Development, whereas Design Imagery is usually in the forefront, for understandable reasons. However, do not let this dissuay you from making your stock imagery stand out and “pop” from your design(s). There is a plethora of design techniques artist use to create ambience from stock images, one such [...]
Image Naming Conventions for Increased Findability and SEO
Image Search is one aspect of Web Development typically overlooked by the vast majority of developers. While it may seem a distant second to the primary goal of Search, it’s actually not that far off. Image naming conventions, when properly applied, can aid in a sites Search, Searchability and Findability. Typical image naming conventions in [...]
Using Dublin Core HTML Markup for Increased Accessibility
Dublin Core is a set of metadata elements that provide a fundamental group of text elements through which most resources can be described and catalogued. A Dublin Core metadata record is intended to be used for cross-domain information resource description and have become standards in the fields of library science and computer science. Dublin Core [...]
Prerendering in Chrome for Instant Pages and Continued User Experience
Instant Pages is a new feature by Google which enables prerendering, where the browser grabs and caches most (if not all) likely documents required where the user goes next. In Chrome 13+, Prerendering allows author’s to dictate which assets/resources are most likely to be necessary for the continued ux. Prerendering is actually an extension of [...]
Use h5ai to Beautify Apache Index
h5ai is code that beautifies Apache Index. So essentially, instead of just having the plain old Apache Index out-dated markup and styles that show in folder’s without an index page (and if you don’t have them blocked) like so: Screenshot of Apache Index Default Folder Rendering h5ai makes it much more elegant, like so: Screenshot [...]
Support Mozilla Developer Network Badges
Promote mdn Spread some Developer Love Proper documentation and great reference examples are imperatives in webdev, without either, a reference source can (usually is) lacking and in the process, slowing down your own personal growth and development. The Mozilla Developer Network (aka mdn), has been offering up amazing and comprehensive resources for all Open Web [...]
Wu-Tang Clan at Bar Tent – Bonaroo-2011-06-10
Wu-Tang Clan at Bar Tent – Bonaroo-2011-06-10 posted by jalbertbowdenii The description, as entered by the person who uploaded it. 26127430@N04 The ID of the content owner – you can use this to link to their buddy icon. like so jalbertbowdenii jalbertbowdenii Your Flickr screen name.
Add Humans.txt to Your Site for Increased Findability
Humans TXT: We are People, Not Machines Add Humans.TXT to your site and flaunt your practices for the humanoid searcher. Humans.TXT is a simple text file that you add to the your root file, which is filled with information about the people behind the site. Humans.TXT is an initative to inform users about the people [...]
Plane Trail Exposure
SFO crunch posted by exxonvaldez The 10pm to 11pm outbound crunch at San Francisco International Airport on Friday, July 17th, 2009. Departures on Runways 1L/1R as seen from Millbrae. Better large. Edit: credit to papa_sierra for letting me know there were some good vantage points in Millbrae. Qantas Airways Limited flight 74 (Boeing 747-400) can [...]
Image Optimization in Photoshop
Optimization is usually an afterthought or an after process in development; it usually only begins once a product is built, and only then if the site or application shows visible signs of needed optimization. I am vehemently against optimizing at the last minute, it should be part of your workflow(s), integrated into your development, on [...]