The 2000 mile per hour technology drop we all seem to be living in shows not sign of abating. As the European economies stagger from bad to worse we might all be going to hell on a handcart, but at least we'll be able to drown out the screams of our fellow human beings by listening to iTunes on our iPods.
And when it comes to technology the web is at the centre of much of the latest innovation with the mobile platform being the next great horizon closely followed by internet access via our TV's.
These are all items that have arrived in my Google Reader inbox (subscribed to 70 plus blogs and counting) and which I have marked as worthy of referring to at some later unspecified date; either for personal reasons, or as something worth passing on to a client.
If your thing is CSS3, HTML5, JavaScript, PHP and internet marketing then there'll be something here for you.
This is my first post since July and I have, dear reader, decided to set aside one day per week to enable me to write some quality posts, in particular I want to finish my complete guides to CSS.
So, here we go...
Beginner's Guide To Web Data Analysis: Ten Steps To Love & Success
This is one for the statisticians amongst us but if you want to become serious about SEO then you'll need to be able to take apart the mountain of analytical data that even a modest website can accumulate. Avinash Kaushik gives us ten tips on how to do that in this lengthy article.
Top 10 MySQL Mistakes Made By PHP Developers
The title of this Sitepoint article is self-explanatory but it's a worthy read for all PHP munchers out there.
Google are on a Mission To Speed Up The World Wide Web and they have just released a module for Apache servers to assist us.
Manuel Lemos explains the features of mod_pagespeed stating “Mod_PageSpeed is definitely an awesome idea. I would say that it is kind of magic. It is like having an expert on Web page optimization working for you for free.”
Google Places Updates Quality Guidelines
I saved this one so as to forward the link on to my clients. If you use Google Places for you business website than you MUST read this article as it provides valuable advice about to avoid being rejected or penalised.
All You Need To Know About Link Building (in 60 seconds)
This is another one I saved so as to use with clients: “There's this link building thing blah blah blah I tell you what read Zeke Camusio's article as that summarises the important points”.
50 Insanely Creative Examples of Single Page Websites
One-page websites look set to continue with their popularity and here 1stwebdesigner.com present a number of examples from this particular style stable.
jQuery One Page Navigation Plugin
And here's a jQuery plugin to help you with your one-page thang.
Drupal: Exposed: Peeking behind the curtain at what makes Drupal tick/p>
One for all the Drupal coding kids from Lullabot's Angie Byron
How To Run A Creative Design Process For A Big Project
Nica Lorber gives a fantastically insightful run-down of the Three Chapters design and development methodology. Kudos goes to Nica for this and for giving document examples at the end.
PHP: Password Hashing [Video Tutorial]
A short, easy to follow vid on PHP password hashing from Think Vitamin
I bookmarked this one as a greater understanding of server technology is on My Things To Do In 2011 list.
How do colors affect purchases?
I love this item – check out the diagram.
Creating Dojo Widgets Programmatically or Declaratively
JavaScript extraordinaire David Walsh kindly gives to us another Dojo tutorial.
Scaffolding a Buildable Dojo Application
Rebecca Murphy gives a detailed guide on how best to use the the Dojo framework without all the unnecessary code that comes with the CDN version. This is one for only the most serious Dojo heads.
40 Awesome Free Fonts for Big Headlines
Lots of font inspiration here
25 Incredibly Useful CSS Snippets for Developers
I bet even the most seasoned CSS coders will find a new snippet or two here.
A List Apart does it again (and again and again and again). Kevin M. Hoffman details how to get the most out of those initial planning meetings with clients.
How to Avoid 404s and Redirect Old URLs in PHP
This Sitepoint article by Craig Buckler does what it says on the tin
Javascript as an accessibility concern
Debunks the myth that graceful degradation is essential for accessibility.