July 2011

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All too often, internal marketing teams or “the tech guys” at any given company think they know exactly what’s best for a website’s SEO strategy. Read More
 
Introduce yourself/tell us about you I make computers do wonderful things, swing dance, juggle, meditate, enjoy exercise, rock climb, live vegan, and I teach others how to do the same. I have been... Read More
You may have noticed the updated background on DesignFestival, currently, it is Quter Quilt by Kayinangel . As mentioned earlier , we’ll be cycling through some of the backgrounds entered into the... Read More
The designer’s toolset seems to be always expanding. Long gone are the days when a web designer could rely solely on an HTML editor and Photoshop. Now, especially when working in a team with... Read More
 
It is a well established performance best practice for a web page to minimize the number of HTTP requests it makes for assets like images, javascript files and stylesheets. In fact, its Rule #1 on... Read More
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Our friends over at Learnable are offering some great discounts on a series of blogging courses that will take your blog to a whole new level.Read More
 
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In the second part of Craig's database series, he discusses how to create triggers in MySQL which run automatically when records are added, changed or deleted.Read More
 
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For solo operators, it's easy to get caught up (or bogged down) in work and never take a step back to see what we're actually achieving. Georgina explains the basics of conducting your own review.Read More
 
 
I’ve been on Twitter a number of years now, and every six months or so, I get fed up with some of the people I follow, and go through a purge, where I crop back a number of people I follow, so my... Read More
Although a bit behind the times (admittedly this whole debacle unfolded back in January), following much controversy and some verbal fisticuffs, US chat show host Jay Leno is returning to his late... Read More
Whenever you read about Android development, you’ll see the word Activity pop up all the time. In this article, we’ll explain what Activities are, and how they relate to Tasks, Processes and the... Read More
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Malcolm Sheridan explores some of the more sophisticated ways of using pinned sites in Internet Explorer 9 to build relationships with website visitors.Read More
 
You might be surprised to learn that despite the close integration of Windows Live ID and Windows Phone there is no way to make use of the existing Windows Live ID credentials within a third party... Read More
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Craig provides an overview of two powerful database features: triggers and events. He describes what they are and suggests when they should and shouldn't be used.Read More