The fact that we get a major new release of iOS every year, like clockwork, is pretty incredible when you think about it. Just 5 years ago we had no third-party apps, no copy and paste, none of the basic conveniences we take so much for granted now. Since then, Apple has managed to add …
You can find plenty of resources about this topic just by googling the web, most of which will point to jQuery plugins. But the fact is that it’s so easy to achieve this by simply using jQuery that you do not need a plugin. The code is pretty much self explanatory: You can clearly improve …
Many web developers use SSH (“Secure Shell”) on a daily basis to manage their servers, back up files, work remotely, and a myriad of other tasks. Today, I’ll explain what SSH is, do a brief history review, and, lastly, teach you how to set it up on your remote server or even your local network. …
We all have our bad habits. In this article, we’ll go over a list of bad practices that are worth examining, reevaluating, and correcting immediately. Who the Hell Do You Think You Are? When we’re wrong, and everything is fine apart from some minor differences in “how I would have done it,” we breathe a …
If you’re not on Google+ yet, now you can’t ignore it. It just threw a huge monkey wrench in your SEO strategy. Keeping on top of search engine developments is a must for marketing and brand management. Last week, Google tossed as large a monkey wrench into search as you might imagine: Google Search Plus Your World. …
From the start, JSON is already has a leg up on XML for one reason: it’s faster. To read XML you need to parse it, read the nodes, attributes, and child nodes in the XML document, and then use the data that you’ve found. In jQuery the easiest way to do that is to use …
A number of websites are (or were) planning to “go black” this week while the U.S. Congress discusses issues related to the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and the Protect IP Act (PIPA). The website blackouts are part of a larger social media effort against the bills that our Greg Finn wrote about this morning on Marketing …
So you got a degree. Now it’s time to face the realities of running a business, including these lessons you didn’t learn in the classroom. At the end of our first year in business I got on my knees and prayed to God for a sign: whether we should continue our business. Even though sales were …
Designers, are you guilty of creating information-overload homepages or building the “unwelcome screen?” The experts are here to save you. Flash is cool, right? And that lovely welcome screen and information-rich homepage your client wanted are just perfect. Or are they? We talked to six top designers and creative directors about their Web design pet peeves. …
Tiny keyboards, cramped screens, voice-activated search — it’s all going to change how people find your business online. Start preparing now.If projections are accurate, in less than three years there are likely to be more mobile Internet users than desktop users. The shift will dramatically impact how people search—and how potential customers find you: Mobile search …
