Recent Links: October 04 to October 07

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Friedman Writes Back

Friedman Writes Back

George Friedman, found of Stratfor has begun blogging.

Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★

Tags: politics, geopolitics, strategy, terrorism, anallysis

Visualizing Fitts’s Law

Visualizing Fitts’s Law

"I thought it would be nice to go over Fitts’s Law, a staple in the HCI diet, with a few visuals to explain both the concept and why it’s ideas are a bit more complicated than most would have you believe."

Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★

Tags: web design, user experience, ux

Select a Candidate 2008

Select a Candidate 2008

Minnesota Public Radio has posted a candidate quiz, meant to "find out which candidates are most aligned with your views and opinions...This quiz is not meant to pick your candidate for you. It is designed to inform the public of the various stances candidates make."

Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★

Tags: politics, presedential politics, elections, united states, u.s., government

The Best Figure Drawing Books Ever

The Best Figure Drawing Books Ever

"I put together this list of my favorite figure drawing, sketching and anatomy books for fellow artists and student friends. You can download any and all of these books for free. I hope you'll find them useful."

Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★

Tags: design, illustration, show sarah

PHP Cross Reference of WordPress Subversion HEAD

PHP Cross Reference of WordPress Subversion HEAD

List of WP function, constants etc for WordPress.

Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★

Tags: php, wordpress, web development

Historical Anatomies on the Web

Historical Anatomies on the Web

"Images have been selected from the following anatomical atlases in the National Library of Medicine's collection. Each atlas is linked to a brief Author & Title Description, which offers an historical discussion of the work, its author, the artists, and the illustration technique."

Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★

Tags: design, medicine, illustration, show sarah

text sizing - up the garden path

text sizing - up the garden path

"So I want two things from a text sizing method: that it present my choice across the main browsers, but still be resizeable to respect people's needs and different hardware."

Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★

Tags: web design, css, web development, typography

thecreativeblog.com

thecreativeblog.com

"This blog is meant to celebrate quality concept and design in the creative field."

Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★

Tags: design inspiration, design, inspiration, show sarah

A CSS styled calendar

A CSS styled calendar

A nice write-up of styling a calendar via CSS, which provides a few tips about implementing accessibility.

Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★

Tags: web design, css, accessiblity

Accessible Calendars for Blogs and Websites

Accessible Calendars for Blogs and Websites

An accessible calendar is created using several techniques. Here we will discuss the most important technique of using table headers. We have also included some valuable code for quickly adding an accessible calendar to your site.

Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★

Tags: web design, css, calendar, accessible

Amazon.com : Your Media Library

Amazon.com : Your Media Library

"Catalog, organize, and share your videos, books, music, software, and video games. Access and view your Amazon.com digital purchases and bonus materials."

Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★

Tags: amazon, media, organization, web application

Web Worker 101: Setting Limits

Web Worker 101: Setting Limits

"Put in too much time at the virtual office and you’ll start making mistakes, stop enjoying your work, alienate your friends and family, and ultimately burn out."

Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★

Tags: freelancing, clients

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