Links of Interest for January 20th through January 28th
January 28, 2009
These are my links for January 20th through January 28th:
- Functioning Form – Top, Right or Left Aligned Form Labels
- As the question of top, right, or left aligned form labels comes up often for web designers, here’s a short overview of the pros and cons of each method.
- BambooInvoice: Simple, Beautiful, Open Source, Online Invoicing
- BambooInvoice is free Open Source invoicing software intended for small businesses and independent contractors. Our number one priorities are ease of use, user-interface, and beautiful code. BambooInvoice was built by designer and programmer Derek Allard, who uses it everyday, not by a large firm who can't remember the names of its customers. It is meant to be sexy, both on top of, and under the hood.
- 10 Awesome Ways to Integrate Twitter With Your Website – NETTUTS
- The tools for web developers to add a touch of Twitter to any site are out there and easy to use. There's no better time to start utilizing Twitter integration tools than right now. Here are 10 of the most useful ways to start turning your site readers (or your client's customer base) into Twitter followers, and vice versa.
- Show all files in the Finder | Mac OS X Hints | Macworld
- If you work with Unix files and folders a lot, you’ve probably already noticed that you can’t see many of them in the Finder (Mac) —the /usr, /bin, and /etc folders, amongst many others, don’t show up in the Finder.
- Looking Ahead To Joomla’s Future – Content Management Blog – InformationWeek
- It appears that the Joomla community won't have to wait much longer to kick the tires on the next major release. The alpha release of Joomla 1.6 may be ready for testing within the next month or two, according to a blog posting from a Joomla lead developer Andrew Eddie.
It's been about a year since Joomla 1.5 was released. Since then they've issued dot releases with a few minor enhancements and bug fixes, the most recent of which, 1.5.9, addresses a couple security issues and a handful of bugs.
Joomla 1.6 adds two significant enhancements. The first is a revamp of the way that extensions are handled by the system, allowing more flexibility and customized builds. The second is an overhaul of access controls, which promises to give administrators much more granular control over user rights.
Links of Interest for January 13th through January 19th
January 20, 2009
These are my links for January 13th through January 19th:
- 30 Excellent Resources for Graphic Design Freebies – Six Revisions
- You can find a variety of useful and creative graphic design resources on the web the offer downloadables such as stock photos, textures/patterns, brushes, icons, and fonts that designers have decided to share with others in the community. In this article, you’ll find some of the best websites to visit for graphic design resources.
- IAB – Ad Unit Guidelines
- These voluntary guidelines provide a framework for advertising inventory and web page design. The goal is to reduce and simplify the amount of work for agencies that may be faced with having to create several assets of a similar size for different publishers, e.g. 300×95, 300×100, 300×105 pixels. The recommended file weights and animation lengths are specifically for animated in-page display ads, typically using an authoring program such as Adobe Flash or appearing as animated GIFs.
- Changes for Jaiku and Farewell to Dodgeball and Mashup Editor
- How To Migrate Your Desktop From Windows To Linux | Hardware & Software | bMighty.com
- Moving from Windows to Linux is a big decision, and actually making the leap can be challenging and intimidating. By understanding the planning and preparation process for migrating to Linux, business owners and IT staff will know what to expect during installation so they can make the move manageable and straightforward.
- CommonPlaces Gazebo – Web Strategy
- Choosing a developer for your Drupal project can be a daunting task. Drupal is a hot technology, and there are a lot of talented (and some not-so-talented) individuals out there who are offering their Drupal services. Who should you choose? Here are five questions you can ask Drupal developers you encounter to find out if they are Drupal ninjas or Drupal noobs.
Links of Interest for January 5th through January 12th
January 12, 2009
These are my links for January 5th through January 12th:
- How to: Build a Social Media Cheat Sheet for Any Topic – ReadWriteWeb
- Step-by-step instructions, with screen shots, for the process we use when we want to get smart about a new field in a hurry – social media style.
- woork
- Antonio Lupetti Personal Blog about Tech, Web, Programming and Design
- HTML sitemap maker | sitemap generator | website sitemap maker
- The HTML Sitemap Generator tool can be used to make HTML sitemap webpages for your website. A single webpage which lists all your webpages in a simple manner eases the job of the search engines when crawling your site. The customize page will allow you to change fonts, colours, header and footer of the final generated page so you can integrate it into your existing website design. Be sure to press preview before saving your HTML sitemap.
- How I Roll: The Ten Day Rule And Other Consultingology
- Stowe Boyd shares answers to some popular questions about going Solo
- Pure Mac
- Software for Macintosh

My name is Dave Sabol and I work at the intersection of technology, online learning and knowledge management. Associated Knowledge is my way of capturing the insight that I gain as I navigate my way through the world of social media and open source technology.

