Possibly one of the coolest things I’ve come across for Mac developers in recent months is Sparkle. What is Sparkle you ask? Sparkle is a handly little cocoa module that you add to your programs that automatically checks for updates of the application you’ve built, downloads, extracts, installs, restarts, and can even show release notes….
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The Top 10 Things They Never Taught Me in Design School Michael McDonough tells it like it really is in the business. This is a definite “must read” if you’re thinking about heading down the path to a career in design. (tags: design advice article graphics howto list reference business career work)
...Read MoreDesigning a site? Maybe you should be Getting Real
Adobe.com has an reprint of the excellent interview with Jason Fried of 37signals gave the New York Times. If you’re serious about development then you really need to take a look at the article. “There are plenty of ways to be close enough these days. In fact, we think close enough is better than too…
...Read MoreDEFINITELY Do This To Your Website
From the other side of the boat, here’s another MUST READ. 16 Elements You Must Include in Your Site Design.
...Read MoreDON’T Do This To Your Website
Here’s a good one for today. 8 Web Design Clichés of 2006. Yeah. It’s worth looking at. And hey, when you start redesigning your site, how about dropping those gradients you were planning on using and the diagonal lines. Just thought I’d suggest it.
...Read MoreHappy 4th of July!
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Adobe Labs – Spry framework for Ajax Adobes easy to use AJAX framework. (tags: adobe AJAX code design developer free framework javascript library tool web2.0 xhtml xmlhttprequest spry Programming)
...Read MoreVox Takes Aim At MySpace Users
6 Apart (think: MovableType, TypePad, TypeKey, LiveJournal) releases MySpace killer. Check out Vox.
...Read MoreNew Instrument Creates Sound With Math
Two Canadian mathematicians from the University of Moncton in New Brunswick, have created an entirely new kind of string instrument that exploits a kind of mathematics owing more to Pythagoras’s theorem for triangles than to anything he ever thought about music. read more | digg story
...Read More10 Things You Should Know About Ubuntu That Your Mother Never Taught You
As many of you know for some months I’ve been running a server using Ubuntu Linux to test webdesigns on an old computer in my house. I’d tried Mandrake and Red Hat but in the end Ubuntu appeared to have the ease of use and robust features I wanted. Graphical interface, easy configuration, easy install,…
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