I recently purchased the new unibody Apple MacBook Pro. I also commute to various places at times. So I wanted something to protect my laptop while I carry it. It only seemed fitting that I get a Tom Bihn Vertical Brain Cell since I use a Tom Bihn Brain Bag to carry all my stuff in anyways. Though, just about any other laptop sleeve would probably do the job just fine. And there are quite a few good ones out there. For example, Booq and Waterfield. Anyways, it arrived last week and I have been testing it out with the bag and as a case on it’s own. Here’s my experience with it so far.
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There are to 2 very popular WordPress plugins for catch-all content sharing: Sociable and ShareThis. They are both very good. And they each come with their associated pros and cons. Here’s a quick look at them in terms of a web designer’s blog use.
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I’ll admit it. I hate Flash. That’s not right. Let’s rephrase. I dislike improper use of Flash. And it’s not Adobe’s fault. Flash is definitely a great tool for the web. It’s just not used properly and most of the time quite overused. I have seen some really terrific websites using Flash, but at the same time, I’ve seen at least twice as many making terrible use of it. Here’s some advice regarding your use of Flash.
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Recently, there’s been quite an up stir on commenting systems. And rightfully so, as comments are very important to bloggers. Since we’re in the times of “following” others online in any social network available, it only seemed inevitable that social commenting systems would come. Welcome Disqus and IntenseDebate.
What they provide:
- Comment Threading
- Comment Tracking
- Comment Ranking/Rating
- Posting to Twitter
- Commenter User Profile
- e-mail Replies
- Comment Spam blocking
- FriendFeed integration
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Having been in Web Design for such a long time, I frequently get asked “Where/How do I start?” After thinking about it. It’s a pretty hard question to answer. I needed to probe further and ask follow-up questions to fully understand what they were asking. It’s easy to just point someone to Google and tell them to search for Web Design. They’ll get a lot of information that way. Unfortunately, there’s way too much information out there. Books, websites, magazines, blogs. It’s very easy to get information overload and confused. It’s also very easy to start off and go completely the wrong way and get discouraged. So I’ve compiled a small list of books and websites to help get you started. The vast majority of these did not exist when I started and I wish they had been.
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