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Script & Style is a new site to hit regularly »

Script & Style is a fairly recently-developed site of the type that collects high-quality articles spotted around the web that are useful to web designers and developers.
A project of Chris Coyier (whose name you might remember from my enthusiastic mention of his CSS-Tricks.com site) and David Walsh — if I’m remembering correctly, this is the [...]

This CSS tutorial + tricks site is better than best »

Okay. Feeling a bit over-enthusiastic right now, but I’ve been watching some of Chris’s podcasts this morning and they have been top-notch terrific in clarity and promotion of good, semantic CSS habits.
So put down the mouse and pickup your coffee (tea, soda, water, etc.) and check out CSS-Tricks.com. This morning, I’ve been watching the three-part, [...]

10 Things Any Web Developer Worth Their Spit Should Know »

10 Things Any Web Developer Worth Their Spit Should Know: (Via Search-This.)
Yep. That’s a pretty good list!

Starting up? …or not? »

I have nothing to add at this point. This is a great great “take assessment” and “be forewarned” post for independent / freelance creative / web professionals.
Via the incomparable Chris Brogan, who also mentions this “or not” blog post.

What would you pay for greater client communication and understanding? »

How about nothing?
I just spotted - or should I say, viewed - a new resource whose pricing structure starts at free. (Other price blocks are, as of this writing: $6.95/mo.(US), $13.95/mo, and Enterprise. Fees are month-to-month with option for a big price break for a 2 year commitment).
The product is VYEW, and having watched [...]

Gently, easily - get those site sign-ups »

You’ve got an online product, a new book, a service (or you are a web developer with a client need): why aren’t people signing up?
A great article, in five easily-consumed bites, answers the question with:
#1 value proposition
#2 investment breakdown
#3 call to action
(And the “call to action” might be a bit different than you think.) Do [...]

The 4 3 2 1 Challenge to Change Your Life Forever »

What do you want to do with your life? With your business? With your relationship(s)?
You have a goals list, don’t you? Maybe you have 12 of them scattered throughout your office and/or your house. I’m not talking about your to do list - they’re more for one-off tasks like “get a widget to fix [...]

Torn edges effect »

Designer Henry Jones generously shares: The first of the Free Design Elements is a collection of worn edges in PNG format. These come in handy when creating a rustic or vintage design.
In the (right) side panel are links to some very interesting ActionScript3 tutorials and demos.

Helvetica, the film »

Helvetica is a feature-length independent film about typography, graphic design and global visual culture.

phone bill eating you up? »

From this article in the 30 Oct 2006 issue of Information Week, news of Jajah, another VoIP service that doesn’t even require routing the voice data through your internet connection. Just pick up the phone. Very interesting.
-CF