Dave:
The built-in content list provided by Drupal does a few basic things well, allowing you to filter by taxonomy term, status, and node type. However, in cases where you have a large volume of content or a lot of custom CCK fields, this doesn't quite cut it. With the Content Management Filter module, the possibilities are endless.
Dave:
OmniGraffle's built-in diagram styles are pretty sweet, essentially building/connecting/arranging shapes for you while you just type up an outline. However, for more complicated hierarchical diagrams like site maps, things can get ugly in a hurry once you exceed a certain number of shapes - which is why I built my own custom diagram style and made it publicly available.
Dave:
As more and more of the general public recognizes the power of the web as a platform for communication, collaboration and coordination, a crush of services and applications have emerged (Twitter, Facebook, Digg, del.icio.us, etc). No one has the time to keep up with dozens of these at once, so nailing effective integration and aggregation of these services will be the next big thing in the social media world.
Dave:
A colleague here at Phase2 (Kelly) passed along a great link to an article in Smashing Magazine that outlines usability considerations and technical approaches surrounding mobile friendly UI design.
Dave:
Learn how Yahoo’s Pipes service gives users the power to build their own mashups and RSS feeds by harnessing the power of a slick UI and an open, modular approach to customization and integration with various content/data providers.
Dave:
Now that many people use a dual-monitor setup at their workstation, the ol’ print screen trick just doesn’t cut it for screen captures. The recent Firefox update rendered my old tool obsolete – but I found a great add-on called Abduction! that gets the job done nicely.
Dave:
The mobile web browsing audience is growing at an exponential rate, and many of the biggest players on the web are taking notice. It’s time to start taking mobile web design seriously, and fast.
Dave:
Now that Firefox 3 has been released, you may want to test for anomalies compared to Firefox 2 and/or Internet Explorer 6/7. Learn how!
Dave:
The finer points of “less is more” designs and why simplicity necessitates ingenuity.
Dave:
Microsoft doesn’t make it easy for you to run more than one version of IE on your machine. But a company called Tredosoft does!
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