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World of Goo design tour (Wolfire Blog)
Awesome review of awesome looking game. David Rosen gives an in-depth explanation of what makes "World of Goo" work so well.
by: Josh Orum | tags: design, interactionDesign
The Best Book Covers of 2008 (The Book Design Review)
Beautiful book covers. Via Kottke.
by: Josh Orum | tags: design, inspiration
Does the broken windows theory hold online? (Kottke.org)
I've always found broken window theory fascinating, and it seemed intuitively true. Now that it's been buttressed by research, Jason Kottke asks whether it holds true online - do moderated forums encourage civil behavior, and do aesthetics contribute to the quality of discussion in public forums?
by: Josh Orum | tags: interesting, culture, design, social

How to Clear Your Browser's Cache
I like to have this link on-hand to send to clients.
by: Matt DeClaire | tags: browser, development

Two Little Things That Make A Big Difference (Search Engine Land)
One: easy URLs. Two: a good design. People apparently make a decision about your site's look and feel in 1/20 a second. Phew!
by: Josh Orum | tags: seo, webDesign
Building SEO Momentum by Using A Consistent Site Structure (Search Engine Land)
Aaron Wall recommends keeping consistent urls for repeating content (/christmas/ instead of /christmas2008/) and just updating the content and archiving the old content. This way you don't lose your link juice.
by: Josh Orum | tags: seo
Meer Meer: Cross browser testing all through your one browser
This doesn't sound like a silver bullet. Many times the functionality I'm trying to test is in JavaScript. That being said, I'm always happy to see the issue of cross-browser testing being addressed.
by: Matt DeClaire | tags: testing, development

JS-909
An experimental sound machine written entirely in javascript. No libraries and no flash. Pretty nifty.
by: Martin Ferrini | tags: Sound, machine, audio, javascript, drums, music, fun, design, web, code, visualization, sequencer, synth
Thomas Kinkade's 16 Guidelines for Making Stuff Suck (vanityfair.com)
While I don't particularly care for Kinkade's "paintings," I don't share the visceral reaction to them that so many people have. And I actually admire him for being able to distill exactly what goes into making a "good" nostalgic painting like he makes. You may hate his work, but he's very good at it.
by: Josh Orum | tags: culture, patterns, interesting
A More Useful 404
We've been improving out 404 process lately. It seems like A List Apart is always reading my mind.
by: Matt DeClaire | tags: programming

12 Principles For Keeping Your Code Clean
This is one of the better "clean code" articles I've seen in a while.
by: Matt DeClaire | tags: programming

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