Bit.ly recently unveiled a new service, Bit.ly Pro , which makes it very simple to host your own custom-branded short URL. The basic Bit.ly Pro service, which is in the free beta stage for now, allows you to set up a short domain and then point that domain to the Bit.ly servers. From there Bit.ly Pro works just…  Read More →

A recent UK survey discovered that 57% employees were accessing sites such as Facebook and Twitter for an average of 40 minutes per week. It concluded that non-business use of the social networks was costing the UK  Read More →

If there’s anything web designers learned from the past year, it’s that mobile web usage will continue to soar . Thanks to smartphones and social networking sites like Twitter and Facebook that promote on-the-go interaction with web applications, the amount of people using mobile devices to access the web has grown exponentially. There are over 4.5 billion mobile phones in usage today and it’s estimated that by the end of this... 

Here’s some of the interesting design related links that came up on twitter this week. Archive of Australian Graphic Design 1960-1980 . Plenty of work here not only standing the test of time, but also looking trendy again as retro styles become popular. If you’re debating about whether you should move to Chrome but are afraid you’ll miss Firefox extensions, this article from 1st …  Read More →

One thing that many of the iPhone application websites have ‘in common’ is their beautiful and inspiring design. They simply look amazing. The colors are great, the typography is classy, the photos, spaces and reflections are astonishing. The websites are so visual appealing that it is very good to browse around to get inspired and also to find a cool app for you (in case you have an iPhone). And as I’m always looking around... 

TinyEditor is a simple JavaScript WYSIWYG editor that is both lightweight (8KB) and standalone. It can easily be customized to integrate with any website through CSS and the multitude of parameters.  Read More →

The concept of postpurchase dissonance — the unease buyers sometimes feel after they make a purchase — is familiar to every one of us who has ever bought goods or services. We’ve all experienced a feeling of uncertainty or anxiety after we’ve made a purchase. The likelihood that postpurchase dissonance will arise is undoubtedly higher when you’re selling intangible services rather than nice, safe physical products.... 

The sidebar is an important element of every blog. In a standard two-columns layout it’s placed to the right of the main section and includes information and links related to the content of blog posts. A well organized sidebar should include some important items, such as subscription options, advertisements, recent and popular posts, and help blog readers find contextual information related to the article they are reading or, in general,... 

As a web designer, I’m proud to be a part of an Apple-loving, forward thinking, technologically advanced group of people that devour tutorials and web design blogs, hoping to create a stellar design that that gets posted in every CSS gallery out there. Yep, we’re a group of people that works hard, plays hard and strives to meet our deadlines, while learning something new along the way. We’re also a misunderstood group of people... 

This is an unusual story. The Internet has been nominated for the 2010 Nobel Peace Prize. Although the Nobel Committee maintain a strict silence over candidates, they can be announced by the people who made the nominations, including former laureates and selected members of governments and universities. The Internet was proposed by the Italian edition of Wired Magazine. Their manifesto: We have finally realized that the Internet is much…  Read More →

Google Code Repository is a section of Google that, just like SourceForge, allows developers to upload their code for others to use under license. The repository was launched in 2006 and after searching through its archives, I found a number of interesting scripts and other goodies that would be an asset in any website owner/website builder’s arsenal. All the code examples below are free to download and use. They’re released under... 

Today, I found a nice little script called Tipsy. Tipsy, by default, pulls the text from the “title” attribute of any HTML element and turns it into a nicely styled tooltip. The script is easy to configure and offers some nice customization options. If you would prefer to display an attribute other than the title, you can actually choose any attribute or even indicate custom text …  Read More →

We’re winding down another week, and I’d like to add to your weekend distractions by sharing a list of new Twitter tools that recently launched. Give them a try and come back to share your thoughts. Bccth.is Bccth.is is a free Twitter client that allows you to send private messages to selected followers as blind carbon copies to make sure they see your tweets, and then continue that discussion in private. The tool, which is a fully functional... 

Here is a complete package of AJAX Tutorials Web Developer, Ajax is a short form Synchronous JavaScript and XML is a set of methods that are used by many modern and popular web sites  Read More →

The developers of Firebug, the popular Firefox add-on for web developers, have released a new beta of Firebug Lite, the lightweight version of Firebug that works in any browser. This new version is a significant update to Firebug Lite. While the full power of Firebug still requires Firefox (see our coverage of the recently released Firebug 1.5 ), Firebug Lite 1.3 adds some great HTML and CSS debugging tools to any browser, including IE6+, Opera,...