Category: Web Tips
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Native plant sale in Pittsburg CA
If you’re looking for some California native plants the nature preserve at Los Medanos College (a certified schoolyard habitat) is having a plant sale on March 27 and 28th. If you aren’t sure what you’re looking for I developed a plant ID slideshow to help you know what is what. All photographs were taken and…
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Metal up your type
The purpose of design is to communicate a message and therefore I believe special effects should be used only if there is a reason to use them. This means it’s probably rare that you’ll need to create metal type but as a designer you should know the concept of how to do it even if…
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Excited about a new beta program!
I’ve signed up for beta access but don’t have my code yet. I gotta wait in line Typecast Beta Overview from Typecast on Vimeo.
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@font warning to watch your weight
I had to repost this link because it’s too good to ignore. I have been posting lately about the use of Google web fonts. They are great because they are free but watch it if you decide to bold or italicize the the font face. Here is a link to Chris Coyiers public service announcement.
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Google web font plugin for Photoshop by WebINK
A little while back I posted about free web fonts from Google and how I used them in a small project. I found a nifty free little plugin for plugin for Photoshop CS5 from WebINK that allows you design with Google web fonts right inside Photoshop CS5. First create an account with WebINK and download…
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My review of the SF 2011 An Event Apart
My random thoughts on the 2011 San Francisco An Event Apart that took place on December 12 – 14 First I have to say this is one of the best conferences I have ever been to but I am told from other attendees that the other An Event Apart conferences are always good. I guess this…
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How to make an RSS feed with an easy subscribe link
Getting content spread around! Making an RSS feed for my website seemed like a very simple concept but when I tried to find informaiton on it I ran into a lot of problems. It seemed like everything I tried didn’t work. Welcome to the world of web development! For a while I used google reader…