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• The unbear­able lame­ness of Com­cast. #
• Learn­ing about Twit­ter tools from Iris at Next­Space.. http://nextspace.us/team/ #

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• Wis­dom about HOW things change is an impor­tant wis­dom. #
• HTML5Rocks #html5 tuto­r­ial site from Google — http://bit.ly/bHaWvg #
• Mmmm, mag­i­cal #css3 JS library to make more uni­form CSS code — http://bit.ly/b1dEDA #
• Pat­tern Tap– http://bit.ly/aXw9sY Social media place to share great #web­de­sign ele­ments. Thanks, @chriscoyier #
• You want to see some really fun #css3? Hover over the footer texts here in Safari/Chrome: http://bit.ly/bYKDCa #
• Start Using #CSS3 Today: Tech­niques and Tuto­ri­als — Smash­ing Mag­a­zine — http://bit.ly/91sAd0 #
• I have to empathize with my grandmother’s pain at cer­tain gram­mar mis­takes, when I see daily its vs. it’s abuse. Who’s left to even notice? #

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• Now that I have a car, I could have a bumper sticker that says, “One More Car.” #
• Big Intros to Avatar this Week­end http://aweber.com/b/17U6u #
• A very nice inter­face for a fes­ti­val sched­ule! — http://bit.ly/bMoosO #webe­sign #ui #
• Pre­mailer: pre-flight for HTML email — http://bit.ly/amuvMd Con­verts #CSS to inline, required for emails. #webe­sign #
• This one offers free HTML email test­ing for AOL, Gmail, & Out­look http://bit.ly/ae59MV Not bad. #web­de­sign #
• Email design test­ing ser­vices and tools — http://bit.ly/aW7ERS #web­de­sign. Essen­tial for HTML emails. #
• #over­heard re #BP: “That’s just stu­pid. It’s like hav­ing a really expen­sive car­pet, and ask­ing a 4-yr old kid not to spill milk on it.” #
• Infor­ma­tive & Usable Foot­ers In #web­de­sign — http://bit.ly/9sTcUO . Was look­ing for an overview of nav­i­ga­tional foot­ers #

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• More basic infor­ma­tion on #git work­flow — http://bit.ly/cCj2Wk #
• Very funny tweets from design­ers about bizarre client requests — http://bit.ly/4wzYfZ #web­de­sign #
• [cb.com] : Who Makes Up for Ambi­gu­ity in Client Agree­ments? http://chrisburbridge.com/who-makes-up-for-ambiguity-in-client-agreements/ #
• Does any­one have a good way of ‘stamp­ing’ #git com­mits or releases with the com­mit ID, or ver­sion tag? #
• Very good arti­cle on #git work­flow http://nvie.com/git-model (via @neleanth) #
• #git log –graph “–pretty=format:%C(yellow bold)%h%Creset by %C(red)%an%Creset (%ar)%C(cyan bold)%d%Creset%n%s%n%b” –all via bit.ly/9IBUTd #
• The Future Of #css Typog­ra­phy — Smash­ing Mag­a­zine — http://bit.ly/dp4bmX #
• Great ex. of #css3 text rota­tion that could actu­ally be used, to cre­ate ‘organic text’ effect — http://bit.ly/bCJaYV #
• Beau­ti­ful exam­ple of #css3 text rota­tion — http://bit.ly/abLXfi #
• #css3 Best Prac­tices — http://bit.ly/dfiPzs #
• Cus­tom post types in #word­press — http://bit.ly/adJrBi #
• Another thing about #git stash/git stash apply-U can use it to switch back & forth btwn last com­mit & what u’r work­ing on since then #
• #git note: Instead of using git reset –hard, you can use git stash, it’s kind of safer. You can go git stash apply to put it all back. #
• #over­heard: “That would be inter­est­ing — a one-man musi­cal.” Yes, it would. #
• #web­de­sign ques­tion: Any­one have an opin­ion on what should be the largest size for a web page, in bytes etc.? #
• Today’s google doo­dle looks *awe­some*. #
• Char­ter for #com­pas­sion, http://charterforcompassion.org/, beau­ti­ful. #
• How to Cre­ate an Effec­tive #web­de­sign Ques­tion­naire — http://bit.ly/ajKG8w #
• [cb.com] : New Google Fonts API Exper­i­ment http://chrisburbridge.com/new-google-fonts-api-experiment/ #
• [cb.com] : New Google Fonts API Exper­i­ment http://chrisburbridge.local/new-google-fonts-api-experiment/ #
• Feel­ing proud of my day’s work. #
• The only rea­son to go fixed-fee is if you stand to make well more than you would hourly because U R incur­ring risk. #free­lanc­ing #
• Hourly clients r moti­vated 2 stop and think b4 ask­ing 4 s/th. They share the bur­den of think­ing thru what must b done. #free­lanc­ing #
• Fixed-fee clients are moti­vated to think of a thou­sand lit­tle extra things they want done, because you are pay­ing for all of it. #billing #
• I auto-ignore almost all blog posts that begin with “50 inspir­ing,” or “12 tips”. I want solid, sub­stan­tive thoughts, not tips. #blog­ging #
• Word­Press Default CSS Styles and Hooks — http://bit.ly/bcmYPG #word­press #css #web­dev #
• On 6/5, OFA will kick off grass­roots cam­paign 2 re-engage 2008’s 1st-time vot­ers this Nov. Host an event: http://j.mp/bTHoTB (@Barack­Obama) #
• A web page with­out a next step is a dead end. Peo­ple give up because it takes work or thought to find a way for­ward. (via @ben­scratch) #
• RT @oldschooler: Raised a flag for Santa Cruz Seth Godin Linch­pins MeetUp at Next­Space on June 14 th 8:30 http://tinyurl.com/267kvqc #
• Code opti­miza­tion for #css — http://bit.ly/acayei #
• … in the end, Dis­trict 9 was a much more inter­est­ing and well-crafted movie than any­one made it out to be. #
• Woah, Dis­trict 9 is an *intense* movie! Kafkae­q­sue; dark. Hard to stop watch­ing. So orig­i­nal. … #

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• Adding Extra Fields to the Word­Press User Pro­file | bavotasan.com — http://bit.ly/b1oGfZ #
• Why the Lucky Stiff: A Tale Of A Post-Modern Genius — Smash­ing Mag­a­zine — http://bit.ly/cn2yP3 #
• Oh! Word­Press has its own test data: http://bit.ly/bI6sUF #
• [cb.com] : Cre­ated a Plu­gin to Add List Links Short­code http://chrisburbridge.com/created-a-plugin-to-add-list-links-shortcode/ #
• The Defin­i­tive Guide on Word­press Syn­tax High­ligher Plu­g­ins | Cagin­tranet Web Design — http://bit.ly/dlojJy #
• Defect Sever­ity and Defet Pri­or­ity — http://bit.ly/c6Nsl4 #
• Theme Devel­op­ment Check­list — http://bit.ly/9mUdj0 Here is a wealth of infor­ma­tion about how to design a theme cor­rectly. #
• Kill Your To-Do List | Zen Habits — http://bit.ly/9E6H3t #
• Sexy Inter­ac­tions with CSS Tran­si­tions | Car­son­i­fied — http://bit.ly/dhfGX0 #
• 8 Web­sites You Need to Stop Build­ing (hilar­i­ous) http://theoatmeal.com/comics/websites_stop #
• A bug track­ing sys­tem that’s actu­ally fun to use! http://unfuddle.com #
• A lit­tle light­bulb opened up in my mind to see that you can do search and replace right in MySQL with REPLACE –http://bit.ly/aHBWQT #
• [cb.com] : When You See Untapped Poten­tial, by Def­i­n­i­tion You Have an Unpop­u­lar Idea (Don’t Seek Approval) http://bit.ly/b1zQo0 #
• [cb.com] : A new busi­ness is a new sys­tem, Part III http://chrisburbridge.com/a-new-business-is-a-new-system-part-iii/ #
• [cb.com] : A new busi­ness is a new sys­tem, Part II http://chrisburbridge.com/a-new-business-is-a-new-system-part-ii/ #

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