February 2011
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chipcullen.com New Post - Git aliases - a step by step recipe (using Textmate). Read it now at http://bit.ly/fcOooA
January 2011
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Git aliases - a step by step recipe (using...
Want to set up aliases that make Git easier to use? Have Textmate? Awesome.
Step 1 - launch Terminal (Applications/Utilities/Terminal). When the prompt loads, enter this command:
cd $home
It just returns you to the home folder in the event you aren’t already.
Step 2 - enter this command:
mate .bash_profile
This opens your .bash_profile document in Textmate.
Step 3 - Once that...
OH: “RSS? That’s just “Russ” without the ‘U’.”
RT @bmf: Microsoft: Users want choice. Google: Users want open. Apple: Users want things they can actually use to get their stuff done.
RT @Oatmeal: Dear @tumblr http://bit.ly/gN6HfN
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Link: 25 Ways To Make Your Website Accessible
25 Ways To Make Your Website Accessible.
Great rundown on ways to make your site more accessible. Very well explained, with lots of resource links.
Full disclosure: The author, Dennis Lembree, is ‘kin’ - but the honest truth is that I read this last week, and thought it was great. Only later did I figure out it was by him!
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RT @stubbornella: complementary + vague is almost always spam.
chipcullen.com New Post - HTML5 is dead. Long live HTML. . Read it now at http://bit.ly/gqeSa2
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HTML5 is dead. Long live HTML.
[caption id=”attachment_253” align=”aligncenter” width=”600” caption=”If you don't know where this is from, see the new HTML5 logo page.”][/caption]
The Web Hypertext Application Technology Working Group, (WHATWG for short, ‘cause it’s catchy), the steering group who got the whole HTML5 party started, [decided to drop the 5...
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Your Tools Don't Matter … for infrequent tasks
I had to start a wireframe for a new project today. Easy enough, right? I’ve built a number of them before.
But first - what tool should I use? All the cool kids are using Keynote these days, though a good argument for Illustrator was made the other day.
I ended up going with Illustrator - mostly because of the above mentioned article. I spent hours obsessing over symbols, styles, grids...
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Make it Better - a fun type video
Make it better from Sebastianbap on Vimeo.
Super fun, very trippy video, featuring type doing fun and trippy things.
Again, tip o’ the hat to gruber.
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What if an Ad agency planned a birthday party?
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mrgan:
Photoshop Tutorial Rap from College Humor. It’s a thin premise, but the execution is A-level. Bonus points for actually pretty good tips.
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On staying focused
I’m again using a Daily Post topic as motivation for this post.
I am definitely a person with a fickle attention span. I have a hard time focusing on one thing at a time. When something else shiny comes along - boom! - I’m gone.
I have found some a few things, though, that help me focus when need be.
1. Know when you’re capable of focusing. I know what periods of the day are...
Props to Think Vitamin for making their entire accessibility video course free to view (with CC!): http://t.co/Sk0h68k
RT @Oatmeal: How to make your shopping cart suck less http://bit.ly/eEHr6w
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Accessibility video course at Think Vitamin
Think Vitamin’s ENTIRE accessibility course is free to view - here!
It’s awesome that Think Vitamin is making this particular course free. If you don’t know, Think Vitamin launched a for-pay membership service that allows access to a series of video tutorials. Think of it as Lynda.com with a laser-focus on web design. I’ve only seen a few sample videos, but they are very...
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Waaaaaaaaaay too loud a fado’s for lunch. #uxcampdc
Found out about them during a session i was leading at #uxcampdc - whoops!
Made it to #uxcampdc
Holy crap. I’ve been playing with the Drupal 7 final release. SO. MUCH. EASIER. TO. USE. Great job #drupal!
RT @H_FJ: @espiekermann @tiberculosis Yeah. “Jokes about Comic Sans” are typography’s version of “jokes about airline food.”
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chipcullen.com New Post - Apple opens the Mac App Store. Read it now at http://bit.ly/fnacBs
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Apple opens the Mac App Store
Find out more about the Apple Mac App Store here.
I’ve had a quick play with the store, and so far it’s been great. It works pretty much as you’d expect - just like the iOS App Store.
Some notable apps:
- Twitter for Mac is available - free. It’s Tweetie for Mac 2.
- Aperture 3 is available - and only $80!
- iPhoto ‘11 is available as a stand-alone app. I...
chipcullen.com New Post - Drupal 7 released!. Read it now at http://bit.ly/fwsmIW
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Drupal 7 released!
After about three years, Drupal has released it’s next major version. While in my own time I prefer to use Wordpress, I use Drupal on a lot of projects in my day job.
It’s a huge event - and there are apparently a lot of release parties to accompany it.
Drupal 7 Marketing Video from Jeff Robbins on Vimeo.
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RT @jfc3: hey @AccessibilityDC is looking for speakers for the next few months. You can even Skype in or whatever works for you.
chipcullen.com New Post - Book Review: Ordering Disorder – Grid Principles for Web Design . Read it now at http://bit.ly/fm5OsA