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whatishtml5: HTML5 vs native…it’s a common debate. Some are...

Thu, 29 Sep 2011 18:46:16 +0200

HTML5 vs native…it’s a common debate. Some are arguing that HTML5 will certainly win. I think both technologies will settle into their respective niches, each doing what they do best, but neither being declared a loser in the end.

Creating HTML Emails : An Overview for Web Designers

Mon, 06 Jun 2011 23:55:16 +0200

Creating HTML Emails : An Overview for Web Designers:

Good detailed explanation and overview of how to create an HTML email from a design draft, with some screenshots of HTML email designs to get some inspiration for a new email.

We all know how difficult currently is to design a good e-mail for newsletters and marketing campaigns, and although there are ready made templates and online tools available to slightly facilitate this job lots of testing needs to be done to get the design right especially in outlook.

[Read More Here]

Transparent Glass UI: Free PSD for User Interface Design

Mon, 06 Jun 2011 23:50:22 +0200

Transparent Glass UI: Free PSD for User Interface Design:

A wonderful freebie from Six Revisions thanks to PixelsDaily of a Glass User Interface controls available for download for FREE.

[Download Here]

Apple WWDC 2011 Apple developers’ keynote has ended and...

Mon, 06 Jun 2011 22:43:00 +0200

Apple WWDC 2011

Apple developers’ keynote has ended and there is a video of the whole demonstration and announcements over at Apple’s website (follow the link below).

WWDC 2011 Keynote Video [Click Me]

There have been several new announcements in this years keynote, especially the most notable are the new iCloud service, the new iOS 5 operating system for Apple’s mobile devices [available this Fall] and also the new Lion OSX for Macs [available in July]. Several new features have been added and one can read in detail and also view photos of the keynote via:

This is my next - www.thisismynext.com

Engadget - www.engadget.com

Gizmodo - www.gizmodo.com

AppleInsider - www.appleinsider.com

MacRumors - www.macrumors.com/

I am currently following Apple’s WWDC via the liveblog...

Mon, 06 Jun 2011 20:01:00 +0200

I am currently following Apple’s WWDC via the liveblog of http://live.thisismynext.com/Event/Live_from_WWDC_2011

(thisismynext.com)

After the end of the conference Apple will upload a video of the whole conference so that one is able to view the keynote from start to end.

There are some improvements in OSX and also in iOS but some of the features have already been implemented by Google either on Android or in their Apps which Apple are importing into their “new” applications. There are also some improvements of the Safari browser including some sharing features to save articles/websites on the iPad or on the iPhone and view it later (thanks to synchronisation) on the device you have at hand (like the Read it Later app).

WHERE WOULD YOU MOST LIKE TO VISIT ON YOUR PLANET?

Mon, 06 Jun 2011 19:47:02 +0200

Don't know maybe Germany.. or England :)

A Web Design Blog by Greg Babula: How HTML5 will kill the native app

Sun, 17 Apr 2011 14:21:00 +0200

A Web Design Blog by Greg Babula: How HTML5 will kill the native app:

Over the past two decades, the mobile industry has become increasingly stunted by fragmented protocols, standards, and regional differences. But a hot new technology called HTML5 promises to remedy this by delivering an unprecedented open, democratic and wonderfully fertile mobile web….

10 Useful jQuery Plugins

Sat, 02 Apr 2011 12:30:10 +0200

10 Useful jQuery Plugins - http://pulsene.ws/16rYe

The Best Entrepreneurs

Sun, 13 Mar 2011 05:08:59 +0100

The Best Entrepreneurs Have Some Common Traits - http://pulsene.ws/14WR6

Interfaces of the future

Sun, 13 Mar 2011 05:02:24 +0100

In Depth: Beyond the touchscreen: interfaces of the future - http://pulsene.ws/156K4

New Android Market get overhauled UI, changes refund window to 15 minutes – Android and Me

Sat, 11 Dec 2010 12:04:00 +0100

New Android Market get overhauled UI, changes refund window to 15 minutes – Android and Me:

Android And Me has a pretty clear view of what is to be expected from the next update (the overhaul) of the Android market.

I say “finally” as it was a very simple application just listing the applications. Apart from that I would like to see if they will add PayPal support for the Android market as I am only able to see free items in the market.

Also I would also like to see a more strict monitoring service on the applications. Some applications are very cheap looking and some applications are “made in china” kind of which are used just for spam and to make money from ads.

Hope that this update pushes more developers to develop android applications.

Unix Basics

Sun, 28 Nov 2010 10:12:45 +0100

Intro

UNIX is an operating system which was first developed in the 1960s, and has been under constant development. Originally UNIX was a command-line based operating system, like DOS.

Terminal

Each UNIX desktop comes with a Terminal program similar to the Command Prompt in Microsoft Windows operating system.

Using the Terminal - Working with directories

Listing files and directories

ls list the content (files and folders) of the current working directory

ls –a list all the files and directories including hidden files in the current working directory

Making Directories

mkdir myFolder create a new empty directory into the current working directory named myFolder

Changing to a different directory

cd myFolder change the current working directory to the specified directory which resides in the current working directory (in this case)

cd changes the current working directory to the home directory

The directories . and ..

cd . the current directory (does not change directory)

cd .. go to the parent directory

Pathnames

pwd print the full path of the current working directory

Using the Terminal - Working with files

Creating Files

Many people create files using a text editor, but you can use the command cat to create files without learning a text editor. To create a practice file (named firstfile) and enter one line of text in it, type the following at the % prompt:

cat > firstfile (Press the Enter/Return key.)

This is just a test.(Press the Enter/Return key.)

Stop file entry by typing Control-d on a line by itself. (Hold down the Control key and type d.) On your screen you will see:

% cat > firstfile This is just a test. ^D

One way to examine the contents of the file you’ve just created is to enter this at the % prompt:

cat firstfile

Copying a File

To make a duplicate copy of a file, use the command cp. For example, to create an exact copy of the file called firstfile, you would type:

cp firstfile secondfile

The result is two files with different names, each containing the same information. The cp command works by overwriting information. If you create a different file called thirdfile and then type the following command:

cp thirdfile firstfile

you will find that the original contents of firstfile are gone, replaced by the contents of thirdfile.

Renaming a File

Unix does not have a command specifically for renaming files. Instead, the mv command is used both to change the name of a file and to move a file into a different directory.

To change the name of a file, use the following command format (where thirdfile and file3 are sample file names):

mv thirdfile file3

The result of this command is that there is no longer a file called thirdfile, but a new file called file3 contains what was previously in thirdfile.

Like cp, the mv command also overwrites existing files. For example, if you have two files, fourthfile and secondfile, and you type the command

mv fourthfile secondfile

mv will remove the original contents of secondfile and replace them with the contents of fourthfile. The effect is that fourthfile is renamed secondfile, but in the process secondfile is deleted.

aulia-m: Google explains 20 things about the web in a 61 page...

Sat, 27 Nov 2010 10:26:24 +0100

aulia-m:

Google explains 20 things about the web in a 61 page book. In HTML5.

Good read, nice design and also animations without using flash.

Winner of the best Animation short film in the Vimeo Film...

Tue, 16 Nov 2010 08:54:15 +0100

Winner of the best Animation short film in the Vimeo Film Festival.

designismymuse: sixohthree:Casa Fez by Alvaro Leite Siza |...

Tue, 16 Nov 2010 08:22:52 +0100

designismymuse:

sixohthree:Casa Fez by Alvaro Leite Siza | Photography of FG+SG

I am currently imagining the roof as a website template. Would be cool!

Mobile Focus: Great "Design for Mobile" articles

Sun, 03 Oct 2010 15:47:14 +0200

Mobile Focus: Great "Design for Mobile" articles:

mobilefocus:

Luke Wroblewski have posted a series of articles related to “Design for Mobile”.

Those are great articles making sure you check all them out:

Design for Mobile: Mobile Input —Sep 28, 2010

Design for Mobile: Symbian^3 User Experience —Sep 24, 2010

Design for Mobile: Windows Phone 7…

Good articles to read about mobile development and interface design. Thanks!

simurai: umbrUI is a demo of HTML input elements made with...

Sun, 03 Oct 2010 15:42:26 +0200

simurai:

umbrUI is a demo of HTML input elements made with CSS3. So far they include a range slider, checkbox and radio button. I’m pretty happy with the outcome. They just use minimal markup, no JavaScript and thanks to the Pictos Font Icons, no images.

The sad part, so far only Safari can render it correctly. Chrome looks ok but without the 3D perspective. I haven’t tried the rest of the browsers. I guess for now, using images is still far easier and gives you less headaches. I also tried to add animations, but unfortunately they don’t work on :before/:after pseudo classes and on the range slider, they don’t even exist. Also trying to animate gradients, box-shadows, text-shadows, borders is still really buggy.

See the demo (Safari or Chrome).

Amazing CSS3 implementation. There is still a long way to go for all the browsers to render such elements but this initiative is very futuristic I must say.

Go on like this!

decodering: Mother Effing Text Shadow Good to know about...

Sun, 03 Oct 2010 15:22:22 +0200

decodering:

Mother Effing Text Shadow

Good to know about this. I have also found the following sites which are very useful and also produce CSS3 code.

http://www.westciv.com/tools/shadows/

http://www.border-radius.com/

woork: Lego iPad (by Chris McVeigh) Looks fantastic really!!...

Sun, 03 Oct 2010 15:16:50 +0200

woork:

Lego iPad (by Chris McVeigh)

Looks fantastic really!! Love the icons too :D

Moleskine Covers for iPhone and iPad (& iPod) Moleskine...

Sat, 02 Oct 2010 15:21:06 +0200

Moleskine Covers for iPhone and iPad (& iPod)

Moleskine introduces two new hybrid tools designed for making it easier the simultaneous use of paper, phone and internet utilities: a Smartphone Covercompatible with iPhone 3G and 3GS, and a Tablet Cover, iPad compatible. Both Covers are combined with blank notebook pages. They are conceived as analog-digital ultra-portable workstations for the contemporary nomads.

Moleskine produces notebooks, diaries, and city guides: flexible and brilliantly simple tools for use both in everyday and extraordinary circumstances, ultimately becoming an integral part of one’s personality.

Moleskine seeing the popularity of Apple devices such as the iPad and the iPhone has conceived two new covers to take advantage of the portability and usefulness of such devices e.g. internet access,email, etc…

The features and style of both Covers are those of a classic Moleskine notebook:sleek rounded corners, strong elastic band, and the legendary smooth black cover. Inside, a lighter suede lining protects the electronic device against impact and scratches, alongside a Volant notebook with plain pages. The Smartphone Cover is mainly conceived to be used with Bluetooth, headphones or loud speaker. Smartphone and Tablet Covers add to the first piece in the Folio Digital collection, the e-Reader Cover for Kindle.

Click on the image above or click THIS link to know more about Moleskine and where to buy there products.