Kick-Ass Squeeze – May 2009

Kick-Ass Websites

jQuery vs MooTools

jQuery vs MooTools – “Most people getting started with JavaScript these days are faced with the challenging task of picking a library to use, or at least which one to learn first. If you’re working for a company chances are they have already chosen a framework for you, in which case the point is somewhat moot. If this is the case and they’ve chosen MooTools and you’re used to jQuery, then this article might still be of some use to you. ”

Fuel Your Coding

Fuel Your Coding – Part of the Fuel Your Creativity network, Fuel Your Coding is sure to bring great articles and tutorials on everything code-related.

The Typekit Blog

The Typekit Blog – “We’ve been working with foundries to develop a consistent web-only font linking license. We’ve built a technology platform that lets us to host both free and commercial fonts in a way that is incredibly fast, smoothes out differences in how browsers handle type, and offers the level of protection that type designers need without resorting to annoying and ineffective DRM.”

Kick-Ass Links

Tweeet Design

Tweeeet Design – A huge Tweet feed from the designers of the world.

Icon Finder

Iconfinder – Search through thousands of icons or hundreds of sets

The Do's and Dont's of Modern Web Design

The Do’s and Don’ts of Modern Web Design – “WebD&D offers free top-notch tips, tricks, best practices and resources for your reading pleasure. It is brought to you by web enthusiasts who enjoy their contribution in making the WWW a better place.”

jQuery masonry

jQuery Masonry – “Think of Masonry as the flip side of CSS floats. Where as floats arrange elements horizontally then vertically, Masonry arranges them vertically then horizontally. The result leaves no vertical gaps between elements of varying height, just like a mason fitting stones in a wall.”

Css Sticky Footer

CSS Sticky Footer – “This sticky footer solution is working in all major browsers, including Google Chrome!. It works with floated 2-column layouts and we don’t get overlap in resized browser windows unlike older solutions you find when you Google sticky footer. And you don’t need an empty push div.”

Kick-Ass Articles / Tutorials

How to effectively manage your (huge) todo list

How to Effectively Manage Your (Huge) Todo List – “We live in hectic times. As information professionals we regularly have to battle overflowing email inboxes, monitor a flood of Tweets, craft attention-grabbing blog posts and on top of all that, remember to buy some milk on the way home. I’ve developed a pretty effective methodology for making sure you stay focused on the important stuff. Grab a cup of coffee and let’s begin …”

Setting up a killer wordpress testing environment locally

How to Set Up a Killer WordPress Testing Environment Locally – “If you’re a heavy WordPress developer like me, you might find that you need to create a new installation for each site that requires a strange structure or specific posts, instead of using your uniform local test WordPress installation. Cue WordPress Mu. WordPress Multi User is a platform created by the geniuses at Automattic that is basically a WordPress installation that allows multiple blogs to run using the same software.”

30 Untypical WordPress Sites

30 Untypical WordPress Sites – “By now, I think most of you should know that WordPress can do more than just a blog platform. With WordPress, plus some plugins, you can build almost any type of websites. To show you what I mean, I have collected 30 websites that use WordPress for different purposes — from general websites to portfolios, ecommerce and corporate sites. Hope this post will open up more ideas for you to use WordPress.”

40 Places where freelancers can learn more about business

40 Places Where Freelancers Can Learn More About Business – “Understanding business takes work – some light reading, some heavy ploughing though your government’s forms and requirements, maybe some serious study, and keeping up with business news and events. Material for small businesses and entrepreneurs will be especially helpful.”

Why I don't do spec work

Spec work, why I don’t do it – “In the designer community, there’s a discussion about spec work. I was just listening to a podcast about it that was going on at SXSW 2009. Although a few guys from the audience are just be butt wipes trying to make a point, the initial discussion is pretty interesting.”

Kick-Ass Fonts

Land Speed Record Font

Land Speed Record

Mark Font

Mark

Redhead Godess Font

Redhead Goddess

Tempest Font

Tempest

Whoopass Font

Whoopass

25 Comments on "Kick-Ass Squeeze – May 2009"

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    Great collection! Thanks :D

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