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30+ Places To Find Creative Commons Media
The number of images, audio files, movies and other files available under a Creative Commons license is enormous, as Sean demonstrates in this post. Check out his list of over 30 useful sites for sourcing Creative Commons media.
Build a Better Privacy Policy
Research on behalf of the US Federal Trade Commission reveals that a privacy policy is more effective when laid out clearly and simply, using tables and bullets. So why are we still using big slabs of text? Your challenge today is to find a better way to present your legalese.
Pimp Your PHP App With Flex … And Win!
Our latest Adobe-sponsored giveaway is live, and up for grabs this time are copies of Flex Builder 3. Read our latest article on integrating Flex with PHP, then take the quiz, and your name will be entered into the draw!
Do You Make These E-mail Etiquette Mistakes?
Although e-mail is a less formal way to communicate, it’s still very important to maintain professionalism with e-mail communication. Alyssa outlines some of the biggest e-mail etiquette mistakes and why you should avoid them.
How To Create Your Own Twitter Background
In her first post, Jennifer describes how to create your own Twitter background, taking into account different dimensions, image position, and screen edges. Read, learn, create, then go tweet!
Internet “Brownouts” Expected From 2010
Increased usage, online video, and bandwidth-hungry sites could make the internet slow and unreliable by 2010. Can anything be done to prevent the meltdown before it is too late?
8 Ideas For Unique And Affordable Business Cards
It can be a challenge to come up with a creative and unique business card design, especially one that’s affordable to produce. Alyssa provides some ideas for freshening up your business card design so you stand out from the rest.
Internet Explorer 8.0: The One Month Review, Part 2
IE8 has been available for a month. In the second part of a two-part review, Craig discusses the important features the browser offers to developers.
Beef Up Your Resume: Essential Skills for Coders
The most attractive job candidates are the ones with a wide range of skills, and that’s all the more true when jobs are scarce. You probably already keep on top of the latest web development techniques, but savvier geeks are looking to enhance and complement their existing technical strengths. Let’s look at some skills that can help build on a code-heavy career.
Google: Branding and showing no re-Morse
In recognition of Samuel Morse’s birthday (he of morse code fame), yesterday Google replaced their ubiquitous rainbow logotype with the morse equivalent. While they have toyed with their core branding for many years — adding bears, snow and athletes and changing the typeface — this is the first time I can recall them having NO readable logotype on their most central internet identity. Is this bad practice or just good clean fun?
