Loud Dog Links 2008-12-03EST12:02:09-18000 Links of Interest! tag:www.louddog.com,2008://2 Loud Dog Copyright (c) 2008 Towards RESTful PHP - 5 Basic Tips (Kris Jordan) 2008-12-03EST12:02:09-18000 2008-12-03EST12:02:09-18000 2008-12-03EST12:02:09-18000 2008-12-03EST12:02:09-18000 development bestPractices Josh Orum development bestPractices Interesting guide to RESTful PHP.

Towards RESTful PHP - 5 Basic Tips (Kris Jordan)

]]> Flexible Fuel: Educating the Client on IA (A List Apart) 2008-12-03EST11:49:04-18000 2008-12-03EST11:49:04-18000 2008-12-03EST11:49:04-18000 2008-12-03EST12:02:09-18000 bestPractices webDesign designDocumentation Josh Orum bestPractices webDesign designDocumentation Good overview of typical deliverables in a web project.

Flexible Fuel: Educating the Client on IA (A List Apart)

]]> 9 Information Design Tips to Make You a Better Web Designer (PSDTUTS) 2008-12-03EST11:48:03-18000 2008-12-03EST11:48:03-18000 2008-12-03EST11:48:03-18000 2008-12-03EST12:02:09-18000 informationDesign informationArchitecture webDesign Josh Orum informationDesign informationArchitecture webDesign

9 Information Design Tips to Make You a Better Web Designer (PSDTUTS)

]]> 20 Excellent Free Rich-Text Editors (Webdesigner Depot) 2008-12-03EST11:46:16-18000 2008-12-03EST11:46:16-18000 2008-12-03EST11:46:16-18000 2008-12-03EST12:02:09-18000 development Josh Orum development Good list of in-browser WYSIWYG editors.

20 Excellent Free Rich-Text Editors (Webdesigner Depot)

]]> World of Goo design tour (Wolfire Blog) 2008-12-01EST22:15:05-18000 2008-12-01EST22:15:05-18000 2008-12-01EST22:15:05-18000 2008-12-03EST12:02:09-18000 design interactionDesign Josh Orum design interactionDesign Awesome review of awesome looking game. David Rosen gives an in-depth explanation of what makes "World of Goo" work so well.

World of Goo design tour (Wolfire Blog)

]]> The Best Book Covers of 2008 (The Book Design Review) 2008-12-01EST15:04:26-18000 2008-12-01EST15:04:26-18000 2008-12-01EST15:04:26-18000 2008-12-03EST12:02:09-18000 design inspiration Josh Orum design inspiration Beautiful book covers. Via Kottke.

The Best Book Covers of 2008 (The Book Design Review)

]]> Does the broken windows theory hold online? (Kottke.org) 2008-12-01EST15:01:19-18000 2008-12-01EST15:01:19-18000 2008-12-01EST15:01:19-18000 2008-12-03EST12:02:09-18000 interesting culture design social Josh Orum interesting culture design social 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?

Does the broken windows theory hold online? (Kottke.org)

]]> Google Admits "Data is the Intel Inside" (O'Reilly Radar) 2008-11-29EST20:10:14-18000 2008-11-29EST20:10:14-18000 2008-11-29EST20:10:14-18000 2008-12-03EST12:02:09-18000 interesting Josh Orum interesting This is interesting.

Google Admits "Data is the Intel Inside" (O'Reilly Radar)

]]> How to Clear Your Browser's Cache 2008-11-26EST13:53:57-18000 2008-11-26EST13:53:57-18000 2008-11-26EST13:53:57-18000 2008-12-03EST12:02:09-18000 browser development Matt DeClaire browser development I like to have this link on-hand to send to clients.

How to Clear Your Browser's Cache

]]> Programmer Jokes -- what's your best one? (Stack Overflow) 2008-11-25EST02:17:25-18000 2008-11-25EST02:17:25-18000 2008-11-25EST02:17:25-18000 2008-12-03EST12:02:09-18000 funny Josh Orum funny

Programmer Jokes -- what's your best one? (Stack Overflow)

]]> Two Little Things That Make A Big Difference (Search Engine Land) 2008-11-24EST17:36:10-18000 2008-11-24EST17:36:10-18000 2008-11-24EST17:36:10-18000 2008-12-03EST12:02:09-18000 seo webDesign Josh Orum seo webDesign 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!

Two Little Things That Make A Big Difference (Search Engine Land)

]]> Building SEO Momentum by Using A Consistent Site Structure (Search Engine Land) 2008-11-24EST17:34:10-18000 2008-11-24EST17:34:10-18000 2008-11-24EST17:34:10-18000 2008-12-03EST12:02:09-18000 seo Josh Orum seo 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.

Building SEO Momentum by Using A Consistent Site Structure (Search Engine Land)

]]> Meer Meer: Cross browser testing all through your one browser 2008-11-24EST11:44:46-18000 2008-11-24EST11:44:46-18000 2008-11-24EST11:44:46-18000 2008-12-03EST12:02:09-18000 testing development Matt DeClaire testing development 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.

Meer Meer: Cross browser testing all through your one browser

]]> JS-909 2008-11-18EST14:00:08-18000 2008-11-18EST14:00:08-18000 2008-11-18EST14:00:08-18000 2008-12-03EST12:02:09-18000 Sound machine audio javascript drums music fun design web code visualization sequencer synth Martin Ferrini Sound machine audio javascript drums music fun design web code visualization sequencer synth An experimental sound machine written entirely in javascript. No libraries and no flash. Pretty nifty.

JS-909

]]> Thomas Kinkade's 16 Guidelines for Making Stuff Suck (vanityfair.com) 2008-11-18EST13:30:38-18000 2008-11-18EST13:30:38-18000 2008-11-18EST13:30:38-18000 2008-12-03EST12:02:09-18000 culture patterns interesting Josh Orum culture patterns interesting 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.

Thomas Kinkade's 16 Guidelines for Making Stuff Suck (vanityfair.com)

]]> A More Useful 404 2008-11-18EST12:33:45-18000 2008-11-18EST12:33:45-18000 2008-11-18EST12:33:45-18000 2008-12-03EST12:02:09-18000 programming Matt DeClaire programming We've been improving out 404 process lately. It seems like A List Apart is always reading my mind.

A More Useful 404

]]> B2B Branding — Neutron LLC 2008-11-17EST16:20:24-18000 2008-11-17EST16:20:24-18000 2008-11-17EST16:20:24-18000 2008-12-03EST12:02:09-18000 design branding b2bmarketing b2b Jodi Wing design branding b2bmarketing b2b

B2B Branding — Neutron LLC

]]> Invisible Branding — Neutron LLC 2008-11-17EST16:18:52-18000 2008-11-17EST16:18:52-18000 2008-11-17EST16:18:52-18000 2008-12-03EST12:02:09-18000 branding design B2Bmarketing Jodi Wing branding design B2Bmarketing

Invisible Branding — Neutron LLC

]]> exactitudes.com/ 2008-11-14EST19:31:17-18000 2008-11-14EST19:31:17-18000 2008-11-14EST19:31:17-18000 2008-12-03EST12:02:09-18000 photos culture individuality conformity clothes people community images inspiration photo style interesting fun identity social photography art design Martin Ferrini photos culture individuality conformity clothes people community images inspiration photo style interesting fun identity social photography art design The apparent contradiction between individuality and uniformity taken to extremes.

exactitudes.com/

]]> 12 Principles For Keeping Your Code Clean 2008-11-13EST12:43:15-18000 2008-11-13EST12:43:15-18000 2008-11-13EST12:43:15-18000 2008-12-03EST12:02:09-18000 programming Matt DeClaire programming This is one of the better "clean code" articles I've seen in a while.

12 Principles For Keeping Your Code Clean

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