September 2010

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There's nothing like that creeping feeling that you're going to blow the project budget. Here, Georgina explains how she plans for, and reacts to, potential budget blowouts.Read More
 
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Situational awareness is your perception and comprehension of the environment around you. Alyssa describes how situational awareness can help you make better decisions and avoid mistakes.Read More
 
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Bloglines, the popular RSS news aggregation service, will close forever on October 1, 2010. Although Craig is saddened by its demise, he wipes away his tears and provides useful migration information... Read More
 
Host Your Web Site in the Cloud
If you’re still hosting sites the old way, it’s time to take a closer look at cloud computing. Announcing the official AWS insider’s guide to cloud computing, “Host Your Web... Read More
 
 
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Shayne gives us an update on sitepoint.com's visitor browser statistics—and the forecast still isn't good for Internet Explorer.Read More
 
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Twitter's website has been exploited by a simple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability which allowed anyone to inject JavaScript code into a tweet.Read More
 
post-it mania
You may have the best product or service in the world, but you simply can't market to everyone in a meaningful way, especially if you have a small marketing budget. Alyssa tells us why we need to... Read More
 
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Toby looks at a number of tools available for small-to-medium-sized businesses that allows them to have their IT operations quickly up and running in the cloud. When you’re starting up a business,... Read More
 
 
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Jennifer demonstrates how to get beautifully smooth round corners on your images using the Rounded Rectange vector tool.Read More
 
typography
Designers love to tell why they hate Comic Sans, but what about the less obvious question: Why is it so inconceivably popular with the rest of the world?Read More
 
Designers are constantly challenging us with more complex and subtle designs, and developers are always looking for ways to better implement them. In this post, James looks at CSS drop shadows, and... Read More
 
SitePoint forums
This week we had a guest appearance at the SitePoint forums from Mark Brown, of Microsoft's Web Platform Team. The only thing that overshadowed that was beer and pizza... but they're pretty hard to... Read More
 
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Personal projects are extremely beneficial, but you may get more out of spending some time on a hobby. Alyssa explains how a hobby can make your life more balanced.Read More
 
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A beautiful video from Berg combines 3D typography, iPad images and stop motion photography to explore "Future Magic".Read More