Workers of the Web

An entirely new podcast (perhaps Audio Magazine is better) for those of you who work on the web. Watch this space for up-to-date information, or we'll punch you in the throat with a pixel fist.

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knowing you're both huge fans of squarespace, why do you use tumblr to hose workers of the web?

Good question Anthony. There were a few reasons: [1] We wanted to take advantage of the Tumblr 'likes' (and the crazy-amount of designers that use Tumblr). [2] We wanted full & seamless iPhone integration, which Tumblr seems to have nailed quite nicely. Squarespace has a great iPhone app, but it's currently a little buggy for the type of (really over-the-top anal) edits that Eric and I do.

If we were to launch it again, (without question) we would use Squarespace. There were lots of headaches to get the audio feed sent to iTunes, but we decided to stick it out. :)

BTW: We used Squarespace for our latest show Content, Structure & Style, but it's a Squarespace show. :-)

—alan

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Red Pop: the big red button for your iPhone camera.

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resizeMyBrowser is a very useful tool for testing multiple screen sizes

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So you've go an awesome idea for a website?

Having an idea for a killer website doesn't necessarily mean you can build it yourself. Follow this handy flowchart to determine whether you've really got what it takes to make the next big Internet sensation.

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ZEN Audio Player is a single-song HTML5 Audio Player, powered by jPlayer, styled and mostly animated with CSS3.

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Bacon Ipsum: a meatier lorem ipsum generator.

Bacon ipsum dolor sit amet pork belly boudin jowl pastrami. Headcheese corned beef pork jowl sirloin pancetta tail, meatloaf pastrami t-bone beef pig short ribs. Headcheese short loin tri-tip brisket tenderloin rump, bacon turkey tail corned beef. Tail pork loin sausage, shoulder andouille tongue meatball biltong. Headcheese andouille pancetta pork belly, drumstick biltong tri-tip beef ribs fatback pork ground round spare ribs. Pork fatback pastrami flank pork chop bacon, pancetta short ribs shoulder tail meatloaf biltong. Ground round shank pastrami, pork pork loin cow boudin swine drumstick rump ribeye.

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This is new… Browse by Color on @Dribbble!

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The Lost Type Co-op has launched. Go see what's inside.

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Free Faces is a website dedicated to free fonts that are readily available on the web that I use regularly and would like to share.

by Simon Foster

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Fluid + DesignersMX = Bliss.

/via @alexgiron

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Sitting is Killing You

In other news, stand up and do something every 30 minutes or you're dead.

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Statigram | Fun and useful metrics for your Instagram account

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Web font services - An Overview by sprungmarker.de (Sylvia Egger)

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Use BoxShadows to see the differences in various box-shadow declarations across your choice of browsers.

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Punchcut developed a base of useful design tools that present visual concepts and facilitate the conversations that get the design moving. Here, we're sharing those tools with the goal of fostering a culture of good design, and expediting the process of getting quality UI work off the computer screen and into users' hands.

Pixel Proliferation: A Toolset For Managing Screen Resolutions

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Web fonts are here, sparking an exciting new era in web design. FFFFALLBACK makes it easy to find the perfect fallback fonts, so that your designs degrade gracefully... using magical unicorns and javascript rainbows, FFFFALLBACK clones the page and provides a tool where you can test and analyze different fallback font choices.

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Wee Nudge | Teach your clients about the mysteries of the web

Send your client to one of our topic pages for a quick intro, some links and a wee nudge in the right direction.