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How iPad Affects the Way we Design Websites?

Igor — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 05:51:33 +0000

The iPad has received mixed reviews. While the geeks (people like you and me) have looked at it with disdain for being “just” what we expected, the media publishing industry (read print media) has seen it as the salvation they had been waiting for. Whether the iPad is able to change the world or not, is not the issue of this article. But the fact of the matter is that it is here and sooner or later we need to learn to design the web keeping it in our minds. So what are the things we need to consider?

Full article at InspiredMag

How Google Buzz Is Disruptive: Open Data Standards

Igor — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 22:21:39 +0000

Google rolled out a social stream service today called Buzz It looks on the surface like Facebook, FriendFeed and other stream reading and writing services. It will compete with Facebook and Twitter. Under the covers, though, this major product was built by a team of people taking a radical new approach to online publishing: Buzz is all about open, standardized user data.

Google Buzz data can be syndicated out to other services using the standard data formats called Atom, Activity Streams, MediaRSS and PubSubHubbub. That couldn’t be more different from Facebook. Google has taken open data standards to battle against a marketplace of competitors that are closed and proprietary to varying degrees. This is a very big deal.

Full article here

Abstract Fonts

Igor — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 23:51:28 +0000

Currently there are 12,899 free fonts on Abstract Fonts. Since starting in 1998 they have over 12,000 free fonts and about 1 million unique downloads every month. You can view the fonts in many ways: latest, by category, by designer, by recent popularity, popularity climbers and sliders, similarity, best and worst rated, and more! Each of the fonts has a customizable string preview, character map, member comments, similar fonts as well as a font info tab with all kinds of helpful information about the font.

Apple new 27-inch iMac

Igor — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 23:47:52 +0000

Apple’s brand new 27-inch iMacs come with an interesting feature: the ability to act as a display for connected devices via the built-in DisplayPort connection. This means that, with the proper adaptors, you can connect an array of home theatre devices to the iMac, including Blu-Ray players. The screen has also moved to the HDTV standard 16:9 ratio and it’s wall mountable.

Adobe Bridge as a Better iPhoto

Igor — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 23:14:57 +0000

iPhoto is OK, especially if you like lots of automation when managing your image files, but it’s not as likely to appeal to pros or serious amateurs. Some will use Apple’s Aperture or Adobe’s Lightroom, but there’s another photo management solution you may already have on your hard drive. Via theAppleBlog

Adobe Snow Leopard FAQ

Igor — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 23:12:19 +0000

The Creative Suite team has put together info about Adobe app compatibility with Mac OS X 10.6 (Snow Leopard)

MobileMe iDisk App Now Available

Igor — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 04:33:31 +0000

The new MobileMe iDisk app brings the convenience of iDisk to your iPhone and iPod touch. You can directly view files including iWork and Microsoft Office documents, PDFs, and QuickTime movies. And if you want to share a file with someone else, just tap the share icon next to the file to email a download link that works great with both small and large files. You can download the app using iTunes

From MobileMe News

Visions of Earth

Igor — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 23:20:36 +0000

Each month, National Geographic magazine features breathtaking photographs in Visions of Earth. Browse through visions of the world as seen through a photographer’s eye. Some breathtaking photos there.

Adapting Your Website for the iPhone

Igor — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 07:21:11 +0000

Adapting Your Website for the iPhone. Nice round-up for iPhone-specific website formatting

YUI App Theme

Igor — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 23:36:00 +0000

YUI App Theme – it’s a generic, skinnable layout designed for web applications, particularly admin areas. Built using YUI Grids. It offers a tabbed layout with many of the common UI elements that web apps need. Content blocks, tabbed modules, one and two-column forms, error messages, etc. Most importantly it’s built using YUI Grids so it’s semantically structured, cross-browser, and easy to extend. You can radically alter the layout with just a few quick changes. Explore the demo page