Sketchpad is a No-Flash-Required HTML5 Painting App [Webapps] (19)
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Chrome/Firefox/Safari: Want proof that HTML5 is the way of the future? Try Sketchpad, a surprisingly robust online painting app that doesn't require Flash, Shockwave, or any other plug-in—just a modern browser and a mouse.Run by a team that dubs themselves Colorjack, this "Sketchpad" demo shows off the capabilities of modern JavaScript and HTML5 support. You can paint any color in any shade or opacity, take on patterns and "Spirographs," and use all the tools you're ...
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Can you factor this?If you're like most people, you get a little queasy at the thought. And when you were in tenth grade, you surely wondered why they were bothering you.(the answer is (x-2) times (x-2), in case you were curious.)It turns out that the real reason you needed to do this work was to be able to play with numbers in your head. Abstract numerical thought is an important skill among educated people.Which brings ...
Applying Mathematics To Web Design (12)
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“Mathematics is beautiful.” This may sound absurd to people who wince at numbers and equations. But some of the most beautiful things in nature and our universe exhibit mathematical properties, from the smallest seashell to the biggest whirlpool galaxies. In fact, one of the greatest ancient philosophers, Aristotle, said: “The mathematical sciences particularly exhibit order, symmetry and limitation; and these are the greatest forms of the beautiful.”Because of its beautiful nature, mathematics has been a ...
Apple Grabs 25% of the Smartphone Market, Android Doubles Market Share (11)
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comScore has released a report on the state of the US mobile market from September to December 2009, and it shows that the recently established trends of Android and iPhone growth don’t show signs of ceasing.In December 2009 RIM was still the leading mobile smartphone operating system in the U.S., with 41.6% market share, a slight drop from 42.6% from September 2009. Apple has risen from 24.1% to 25.3% in that same period, and Google, ...
Learn Basic Color Theory for Better Designs [Design] (10)
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Whether you're putting together a portfolio web site or just slapping together some slides, knowing how colors affect the minds of your audience makes your message more appealing. Smashing magazine offers a post that serves as Color Psychology 101 for would-be designers.Beyond explaining which colors work as "warm" and "cool," how primaries play off secondary colors, and offering lots of keen examples of every kind of color design, Smashing's post offers some clues on how ...
DropBox Extension Puts One-Click Access to Your DropBox Files in Chrome [Downloads] (10)
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Google Chrome: If you're a frequent Chrome and Dropbox user, this unofficial Dropbox extension puts one-click access to your Dropbox files right on the Google Chrome toolbar.Once installed, the Dropbox extension places a small Dropbox icon in your Google Chrome toolbar. After your initial sign-in, clicking on the icon presents the menu seen here. You can select between your recently updated files and your folder structure to quickly navigate to the file you're looking for. ...
Notion Ink's Adam Tablet Will Have Flash, Output At 1080p and Have Battery Life 2x Longer Than iPad [Tablets] (8)
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Flash, a longer battery life, outputting video at 1080p, a $1m app competition—these are just some of the ways Notion Ink is hoping its Android-powered Adam tablet will be able to win customers over. The tablet has gone through several different guises since renders were unveiled in December. From the slick silver-edged device, to the roll-topped plastic prototype at CES, the latest renders suggest the final design will be more in keeping with that cheaper-looking ...
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Now this is something I would purchase...for the right price...if it could multitask
The Problem with Passwords (8)
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Abandoning password masking as Jakob Nielsen suggests could present serious problems, including undermining a user’s trust by failing to meet a basic expectation. But with design patterns gleaned from offline applications, plus a dash of JavaScript, we can provide feedback and reduce password errors without compromising the basic user experience or losing our visitors’ trust.
Apple Releases Aperture 3 With Faces and Places Tagging Features (7)
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Apple today announced the release of Aperture 3, adding over 200 new features to the company's professional photo editing and management application. The updated version includes the Faces and Places tagging features introduced in iPhoto las...
روشی آب زیر کاهانه برای مخفی سازی فایل درون عکس! (6)
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یک زمانی میرسد که شما شدیدا نیاز به مخفیسازی یک سری اطلاعات در کامپیوترتان پیدا میکنید. بعضیها به سراغ روشهای رمزگذاری اطلاعات میروند که عموما هم نیاز به نرمافزارهای خاصی دارد. یا تغییرات ویژهای که کار با فایل را در ظاهر غیرممکن میکند. از آن طرف حساب کنید دسترسی به این جور اطلاعات عموما لازم است از یک نرمافزاری استفاده کنید. خود این نرمافزارها ممکن است از روی سیستمتان کشف بشوند و کارتان در بیاید! ...
الان «داتک» پیامک فرستاده و رسما اعلام کرده که از روز 21 بهمن (6)
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الان «داتک» پیامک فرستاده و رسما اعلام کرده کهاز روز 21 بهمنبه مدت 24 ساعتاینترنت مشترکین اش دچار «اختلال» خواهد شدالبته نگفته که «اخلالگر» چه کسی خواهد بود، ولی لازم هم نیست، خودمان می دانیمخلاصه ... هر کاری دارید بشتابید که وقت تنگ است
Tiny Speck Gives Birth To Glitch, A New Flash-Based Massively Multiplayer Game (6)
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Last July, we reported that the new company by Flickr co-founder Stewart Butterfield had received a name, and was looking to hire. Tonight, Tiny Speck’s first project has revealed itself to the world: Glitch. So what is it? As we suspected, it’s an online game in the vein of Game Neverending, the gaming project that eventually became Flickr (weird, I know). It’s a Flash-based massively multiplayer game that revolves around solving puzzles. While the game ...
Cisco: The Mobilpocalypse Is Coming!!!!! (6)
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Cisco forecasts that by 2014 we will be using 3.6 exabytes a month on mobile networks worldwide, according to its Visual Networking Index figures released today. (For those pondering an exabyte, it’s equal to 1 billion gigabytes or half a trillion MP3 files.) And by 2014, we’re apparently going to be sucking down 40 exabytes annually from our mobile broadband networks, up from a total of 1.08 exabytes in all of 2009. A desire for ...
ViralHeat: Social Media Analysis for the Budget-Minded Soul (6)
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These days, the words "social media campaign" are on the lips of everyone around, from media professionals to small business owners to college students in coffee shops. While the idea of a social media campaign is becoming widespread, the tools to manage one are often left for the former, while the latter look in awe at the price. ViralHeat, a social media analytics firm, hopes to fill the space left empty by other, far more ...
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Google starts live phone support for Nexus One owners (5)
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Google readily admits that its Nexus One customer support at launch was lacking. However, the Goog says that it's committed to improving the experience as it blazes a path into the world of consumer handset sales. Today, more than a month since the launch of the Nexus One, Google is offering owners access to a real live person via 888-48NEXUS (63987). The new support line is operational from 07:00am to 10:00pm PST and augments Google's ...
30 SEO Bookmarklets to Save You Time (5)
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Posted by randfishWe all work hard at the SEO process - analyzing sites, gathering data, researching potential problems and identifying the solutions. Today's post is on how to work smarter and faster using bookmarklets for SEO. No matter your browser, these plug-and-play links will let you get your job done faster and easier, and look like a pro in front of bosses and clients. The list isn't completely comprehensive, but it covers 95%+ of the ...