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There is something really interesting about Natural Language UIs and after visiting awesome Escape Flight we wanted to play around with NL forms and custom form elements The idea is to turn a classic form into one that uses natural language to obtain information from the user For that we’ll construct a sentence where some words and parts are select elements and text inputs We’ll then transform the select elements so that we can customize them
Natural language forms are…..

A while back I wrote a post about WordPress Shortcode creation  Shortcodes are convenient and useful on so many levels and for so many levels of skilled WordPress users  A basic user can quickly learn shortcodes as can an expert-level developer  In short shortcodes are an invaluable tool for all levels of WordPress user  Mighty Deals is offering a WordPress plugin containing 5000 WordPress shortcodes plus three bonus themes for less than $20  Shortcodes include:

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Here are the links for the week:
Quick ‘n dirty iTunes 11 style scroller – CodePen

http://codepenio/vaskemaskine/pen/DrdJE

Sly

http://darsain/sly/

jQueryShapeshift

http://mcpantsgithubio/jqueryshapeshift/

Packery

http://packerymetafizzyco/

Pure CSS Peeling Sticky – CodePen

http://codepenio/patrickkunka/pen/axEgL

Package Managers: An Introductory Guide For The Uninitiated Front-End Developer – TechPro

http://techpro/tutorial/1190/package-managers-an-introductory-guide-for-the-uninitiated-front-end-developer

Niice A search engine with taste

http://wwwniiceco/

jakiestfu/Snapjs · GitHub…..

There are a plethora of resources available to aid in your success on the web From countless analytics and SEO applications to thousands of articles and reports from our peers For anyone who runs their own website we can use these resources to improve and fine tune the online experience we give our visitors One oft-overlooked resource is the Internet Archive which contains years of fine-tuned updates and improvements from the world’s biggest and most successful websites – and we can learn from them How can we have…..

Making your website ready for Retina display doesn’t have to be a hassle Whether you are building a new website or upgrading an existing one this guide is designed to help you get the job done smoothly Make it Retina First The easiest and most time-saving way to add Retina support is to create one image that is optimized for Retina devices and serve it to non-Retina devices as well By now every modern browser uses bicubic resampling and does a great job…..

When it comes to art and design sometimes the best way to boost your own creativity is to browse inspirational works of art from others In this article we’ll showcase 40 examples of amazing doodles The hand-drawn style is one that can be used in a variety of different ways and on all kinds of different projects You could incorporate doodled elements in a web design business card poster t-shirt or just about anything
The items shown here come from various artists Most of them are available for larger views at the source which you can reach by…..

Film studios spend millions of dollars to create stunning epic masterpieces like The Lord of the Rings But sometimes visual perfection can be created on a shoestring — that is when enough time energy and sacrifice are the alternate currency
British photographer Kirsty Mitchell has done just that creating a fantastical fairytale-esque series of photos that were inspired by her late mother A former teacher and avid storyteller Kirsty’s mother lost her battle with a brain tumor in 2008 Since then the costume-designer-turned-photographer has spent countless hours constructing costumes wigs and sets to turn her…..

I'm part of the team that has recently launched a web app called Dunked Dunked is a free simple-to-use online portfolio for creative types As of May 2013 we are in public beta; continuing to build out features as well as making incremental improvements based on user feedback In this article I am going to discuss some of the reasons I believe that a beta launch is important to the development of your product I will also discuss how we at Dunked are going about the process of monitoring and gathering user feedback…..