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Make a stylish preloader with SVG

Ian Culshaw — Wed, 16 May 2012 09:00:12 +0000

Many sites neglect users with slow connections. Ian Culshaw explains how to use SVG library Raphaël to create a preloader that’ll hold the users' attention while pages load

Twitter email digest a 'whiff of desperation'

Craig Grannell — Tue, 15 May 2012 14:35:49 +0000

Attempt to grow networks will also lead to inbox noise, says social expert Suw Charman-Anderson

Building a modern grid system

Jonathan Smiley — Tue, 15 May 2012 10:00:00 +0000

ZURB's Jonathan Smiley looks at what it takes to create a grid system that will help us build faster, better and with an eye to the future

Responsive images proposed by WHATWG

Craig Grannell — Mon, 14 May 2012 14:50:54 +0000

Attempts to deal with high-res displays spark debate

Designing for an infinite number of devices

Keith Butters — Mon, 14 May 2012 13:32:14 +0000

Keith Butters, chief experience officer and co-founder of The Barbarian Group, asks how sustainable it is to design and develop for an infinite number of devices

20 leading web designers' desks for your inspiration

Oliver Lindberg — Mon, 14 May 2012 10:00:00 +0000

Web designer desks can be very inspiring, so we've asked 20 leading pixel pushers to lift the curtain on their workstations

Twitter in verified badge ads spat

Craig Grannell — Fri, 11 May 2012 15:38:38 +0000

Claims Twitter removes verification when feed owner stops advertising

The .net strip #25: Time spent on a new social network

Brad Colbow — Fri, 11 May 2012 14:00:00 +0000

This week Brad Colbow's comic strip, first exclusively published in the June issue (#228) of .net magazine, looks at the realities of social networks

Getting started with NFC on Android

Richard Leggett — Fri, 11 May 2012 10:00:00 +0000

Near Field Communication (NFC) enables wireless communication between things like phones, stickers and cards. In this tutorial Richard Leggett shows us how to write a game demo that both reads and writes custom data to an NFC tag

The importance of goal-driven data

Luis Freitas — Thu, 10 May 2012 14:00:00 +0000

Luis Spencer Freitas, digital marketing manager for Pernod Ricard Americas, explores the current state of data gathering and analyses its true use in an ever-expanding digital culture

Facebook announces App Center

Craig Grannell — Thu, 10 May 2012 11:21:47 +0000

Devs told to prep for web/iOS/Android launch

Reduce your bounce rate

David Deutsch — Thu, 10 May 2012 10:00:00 +0000

How do you keep visitors on your site longer once they’ve clicked through from a search result? David Deutsch gives the lowdown

Code Club seeks donations to help kids code

Craig Grannell — Wed, 09 May 2012 15:00:00 +0000

Current curriculum not good enough for children's futures in tech

Chris Shiflett on Brooklyn Beta Summer Camp

Tanya Combrinck — Wed, 09 May 2012 14:00:00 +0000

Chris Shiflett, co-founder of Analog, Mapalong, and the Brooklyn Beta conference, talks about a startup accelerator program for making "stuff that matters"

Getting started with RESS

Anders M Andersen — Wed, 09 May 2012 10:00:00 +0000

This tutorial will teach you the basics of RESS (Responsive Design + Server Side Components) and how you can build a responsive page that works well on small screens with the help of server side technologies