E-com DevBlog Spider-ball-vacuum

LinkPost July 2010

So close to caught up! I'm really going to start changing the way I do these, well at least I think I'm going to change .

Image / Design

http://speckyboy.com/2010/07/02/25-free-color-tools-apps-and-palette-generators/ - like the link says, a large list of color apps for your designer side.

http://vandelaydesign.com/blog/design/paper-textures/ - Nice round up of paper textures, some have been passed around for a while, but who doesn't need a good paper texture now and then.

http://www.webdesignerdepot.com/2010/07/exploring-photoshop%E2%80%99s-angle-gradient-tool/ - Great little show on the power of the angle gradient tool (which I'll admit, I never used, because I thought it was useless).

http://www.noupe.com/tutorial/brilliant-adobe-photoshop-cs5-tutorials-from-2010.html - Good tutorials for the photoshopers

Web Development (HTML JS CSS)

http://designreviver.com/tutorials/fresh-html5-resources-articles-and-tutorials/ - great listing of html5 tutorials.

http://css-tricks.com/return-false-and-prevent-default/ - Seems this last week that e.preventDefault vs. return false is getting a lot of attention.  Here's a great article on it.

http://www.learningjquery.com/2010/07/great-ways-to-learn-jquery - A great list of where to start to dive into the wonderful world of jQuery (my js lib of choice).

http://speckyboy.com/2010/07/11/40-jquery-and-css3-tutorials-and-techniques/ - Large list of jQuery and css3 tutorials (although not sure why you need css3 if you're using jQuery, but eh, it's a good way to learn css3... I hope).

http://www.ilovecolors.com.ar/using-cookies-jquery/ - jQuery and cookies? sounds like it could be delicious

http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2010/07/19/how-to-use-css3-media-queries-to-create-a-mobile-version-of-your-website/ - Great article on detecting mobile devices and changing your display to fit them (just remember the toggle so they can view the whole site if they want).

http://www.admixweb.com/2010/07/14/oop-javascript-creating-an-window-box/ - Excellent tutorial (with demo) of how to build a window object with javascript.

http://www.noupe.com/javascript/50-useful-javascript-and-jquery-techniques-and-plugins.html - More jQuery plug-ins (yes, some have been around for a while...)

http://mediaelementjs.com/ - Another html5 ready video/audio contender.  This one looks pretty sweet, even includes silverlight if flash isn't installed on the system, I'll have to give it a try and then report back on it.

http://www.divisionbyzero.co.uk/2010/07/29/how-to-beat-form-spam-with-just-css/ - Good little article on how to avoid spam using css.

http://www.noupe.com/how-tos/50-useful-articles-and-resources-you-may-have-missed.html - Round up of articles I may have skipped, and others that should be mentioned again.