New Twitter Data: Optimal Link Placement for Clicks

New #Twitter Data: Optimal Link Placement for Clicks - http://danzarrella.com/new-twitter-data-optimal-link-placement-for-clicks.html

Web SEO Analytics

Web SEO Analytics - http://www.webseoanalytics.com/

The Public Library, Completely Reimagined

The Public Library, Completely Reimagined - http://mindshift.kqed.org/2011/11/the-public-library-completely-reimagined/

Optimize Images With HTML5 Canvas

Optimize Images With HTML5 Canvas - http://coding.smashingmagazine.com/2011/08/30/optimize-images-with-html5-canvas/

The Five Key Myths About HTML5

The Five Key Myths About HTML5 - http://www.streaminglearningcenter.com/articles/the-five-key-myths-about-html5.html?page=1

DIY platform enables fractional ownership of rarely used items

DIY platform enables fractional ownership of rarely used items - http://www.springwise.com/lifestyle_leisure/diyfractional/

How to Write Like a Professional

How to Write Like a #Professional - http://www.dumblittleman.com/2011/10/how-to-write-like-professional.html

Firefox LinkChecker

#Firefox LinkChecker, Check the validity of links on any webpage - https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/linkchecker/

Wisconsin libraries offer digital checkout to Kindle

RT from @MilwaukeeDaily - #Wisconsin libraries offer digital checkout to #Kindle - http://www.sns.mx/gBhOy5

The Benefits of Beauty

The Benefits of Beauty - http://toddlohenry.com/2011/11/03/the-benefits-of-beauty/

RT THIS ARTICLE: Please Don’t Retweet

RT THIS ARTICLE: Please Don’t Retweet - http://www.chrisbrogan.com/please-dont-retweet/ - #irony #alert

Tools & Scripts for WebMasters

Tools & Scripts for WebMasters - Java, JavaScript, and Perl - http://codebrain.com/

Get more out of Google

Get more out of Google - http://e1evation.com/get-more-out-of-google/

Vogue puts its 120-year history online

Vogue puts its 120-year history online - http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-3445_162-57340950/vogue-puts-its-120-year-history-online

Special Report: Selling Music in the Digital Age

Special Report: Selling Music in the Digital Age - http://topics.bloomberg.com/selling-music-in-the-digital-age/

The Khan Academy Opens Its Virtual Doors

The Khan Academy Opens Its Virtual Doors — Carefully - http://mindshift.kqed.org/2011/11/the-khan-academy-opens-its-virtual-doors-carefully/

Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Watch. Practice. Learn almost anything for free - http://www.khanacademy.org/

OpenCart 1.4 Template Design Cookbook

OpenCart 1.4 Template Design Cookbook - http://www.packtpub.com/opencart-1-4-template-design-cookbook/book

OSC Manuals

OSC Manuals - osCommerce, Magento, osCommerce Project, Zen Cart, CRE Loaded, osCMAX, OpenCart, etc - https://oscmanuals.com

Physics or Fashion?

Physics or Fashion? What Science Lovers Link to Most - http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=graphic-science-science-lovers-web-traffic

The Internet Explorer 6 Countdown

The Internet Explorer 6 Countdown - http://www.ie6countdown.com/

TripIt

TripIt creates a master travel itinerary, and access your itinerary planner online or on your mobile phone - http://www.tripit.com/

17 Alternatives to Klout

17 Alternatives to Klout - http://www.readwriteweb.com/hack/2011/10/17-alternatives-to-klout.php

The Picture Postcard Workflow Action Set

The Picture Postcard Workflow Action Set by Dan Margulis - http://www.ledet.com/margulis/ppw

Adobe shows off new 'undo photo blur' feature

Adobe shows off new 'undo photo blur' feature - http://www.physorg.com/news/2011-10-adobe-undo-photo-blur-feature.html

Why Should I Learn about Typography Design?

Why Should I Learn about Typography Design? http://www.famousbloggers.net/typography-design-resources-tutorials.html

Catvertising

Catvertising, ads that P.U.R.R. - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IkOQw96cfyE

Klout scores

Klout scores: Do they belong on résumés? http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/campus-overload/post/klout-scores-do-they-belong-on-rsums/2011/11/14/gIQAGIk9LN_blog.html

JavaScript Tutorial

JavaScript Tutorial – What is Javascript? http://learnwebdevelopment.info/2011/06/javascript-tutorial-what-is-javascript/

Tutorials: How jQuery Works

Tutorials: How jQuery Works - http://docs.jquery.com/How_jQuery_Works

jQuery

jQuery is a fast and concise JavaScript Library that simplifies HTML document traversing etc. - http://jquery.com/

feedjit

Know when your friends and clients visit you - http://feedjit.com/

On Innovations

A great collection of articles on innovation from the Washington Post - http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/on-innovations

An app to learn typography

http://www.typeinsight.org/

What Political Debates Teach Us About Successful Job Interviews

http://bit.ly/tV6Tu5

Amazon Helps Cement HTML5's Place in the Future of Publishing

http://rww.to/pSgHsL

Typographic Design Patterns and Best Practices

http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2009/08/20/typographic-design-survey-best-practices-from-the-best-blogs/

Why brainstorming doesn't work

http://wapo.st/vJijF6

Plagiarism Report

Infographic - http://community.turnitin.com/members/blog_view.asp?id=597928&post=133653

Vizify + Twitter = Tweetsheet

which downloads your Twitter history to your iPhone or iPod Touch, http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2011/11/vizify-twitter-tweetsheet/

You MUST use #IE #Internet #Explorer to access Lawson Self Service at Froedtert HR!

http://www.froedtert.com/hr

Social Media Monthly in PRINT

Social #Media Monthly in #PRINT - http://thesocialmediamonthly.com/

View my IP information

View my #IP #information - http://www.geoiptool.com/en/

StatCounter - Visitor Analysis for Your Website

StatCounter - Visitor #Analysis for Your Website: http://statcounter.com/

The Spinning Earth is a tiny Flash movie that can be displayed on your website or application

The Spinning Earth is a tiny #Flash movie that can be displayed on your website or #application : http://bit.ly/uGmIjc

Collect flags and learn more about your visitors

Collect flags and learn more about your visitors: http://flagcounter.com/

US Naval Academy Midshipman Reading List

US Naval Academy Midshipman Reading List: http://www.usna.edu/Ethics/midreadinglist%20page/midreadinglist.htm

Testing Twitterfeed from Blogger

http://handytipsforwebdesign.blogspot.com/

First full-length interactive book for the iPad

Software developer Mike Matas demos the first full-length interactive book for the iPad - video at http://www.ted.com/talks/mike_matas.html

FileZilla

FileZilla, the free FTP solution - http://filezilla-project.org/

HootSuite

HootSuite - Social Media Dashboard for Teams using Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin - http://hootsuite.com/

French kiss over the Internet

http://www.newsfactor.com/story.xhtml?story_id=78432 http://fb.me/MkMF1tXR

RainedOut

RainedOut delivers timely alerts directly to your mobile phone as SMS text messages - https://www.rainedout.net - Know before you go!

Brand Monitor

Listen, discover and engage with blogs, social media and news - http://brandmonitor.position2.com/

Radian6

http://www.radian6.com/ gives you a complete platform to listen, measure and engage with your customers across the entire social web.

HTML 5 Demos and Examples

http://html5demos.com/

Semantic Search Technology

http://hakia.com/

Make Your Own Handwriting Fonts

http://www.yourfonts.com/

As a source of photos,

try http://www.flickr.com/creativecommons, see their usage rights

How to Wiki: Wikis as Marketing Tool?

http://www.pandemiclabs.com/blog/advice-and-tips/how-to-wiki-wikis-as-marketing-tool/

Better CSS Font Stacks

http://unitinteractive.com/blog/2008/06/26/better-css-font-stacks/

"I Consider Groupon The Single Worst Decision I've Ever Made As A Business Owner"

http://www.businessinsider.com/jesse-burke-groupon-nightmare

Marketing Wiki

An ultimate collection of how-to lists for marketers - http://whamwiki.com

10 Twitter Do’s and Don’t

http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2011/04/twitter-dos-and-donts/

What’s killing your Wi-Fi? Wrapping your house in tin foil

http://www.pcpro.co.uk/blogs/2011/04/14/whats-killing-your-wi-fi-wrapping-your-house-in-tin-foil/

Easily share, spread, and save interesting links via your social networks, email, blogs, IM, and more!

http://www.shareaholic.com/

Free Internet Radio

SHOUTcast Radio - Thousands of Free Online Radio Stations - http://www.shoutcast.com/

Another great website that Jim Schutte showed our class

The Nuts and Bolts of Creative Web Development

http://www.dmxzone.com/

Audio and Video converters

http://dvdvideosoft.com

Thanks to MATC teacher Jim Schutte for showing me this! It helped in making my Greendale Lions video

Two Friends in Greendale, 2:57, (Animation)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xWt2_8W5e5Q
"Ron" talks with "Jim" about Jim joining the Greendale Lions

Two articles on social media and politics

1st - How Barack Obama has used Facebook to generate political success - http://bit.ly/hqWFRu

2nd - Republicans Sharpening Online Tools for 2012 - http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/20/us/politics/20social.html?_r=1

Web Design Trends for 2011

http://webdesignledger.com/tips/web-design-trends-in-2011

Web Design Trends for 2010

http://webdesignledger.com/tips/web-design-trends-for-2010

GPS enabled Smartphone pictures pose privacy risks

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N2vARzvWxwY

All those tweets, apps, updates may drain brain

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2011/04/17/BUTO1J0S2P.DTL

Find colors for your design

Monotone, complement, triad, tetrad, analogic, accented analogic
http://colorschemedesigner.com/
Cool tool!

LOTS of web design ideas

http://www.webdesign-inspiration.com/
click on randomize

http://www.coolhomepages.com/ in many categories


LOTS of Web-Design articles
http://www.creator11.com/Web-Design/

Spring Break at MATC starts today!

 I'll do some extra posts on things I've found during the break.

Also, you can follow me at
http://twitter.com//herbripka

Even more web design ideas

http://www.webdesign-inspiration.com/
click on randomize

LOTS of web design ideas

http://www.coolhomepages.com/
in many categories

Two funny videos for the Greendale Lions Club that I made

I made two short videos for the Greendale Lions Club for my marketing project in Web Design at MATC. I hope you enjoy them:

Two Friends in Greendale, 2:57, (Animation)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xWt2_8W5e5Q
"Ron" talks with "Jim" about Jim joining the Greendale Lions

We Are The Greendale Lions, 3:00
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_oRvhGDtpuI
Interviews during the Pancake Breakfast on April 10, 2011

If you like these two videos, could you please forward them?

LOTS of Web-Design articles

http://www.creator11.com/Web-Design/

Website design ideas for Dreamweaver and Fireworks users

http://www.smartwebby.com/web_site_design/design_ideas.asp

Greg Hunter says "Social networking is cool and all, but the situation (in Japan) is still dire and out of control."

http://bit.ly/gMcO1g
http://usawatchdog.com/mainstream-media-buries-the-lead-again/

Webalizer, a fast, free web server log analysis program

http://www.mrunix.net/webalizer/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Webalizer

Groupon deals are good for consumers, but not necessarily moneymakers for businesses

http://www.jsonline.com/business/119159609.html

textbooks that I am reading at MATC in the Web Design program

Web 2.0 for Business by Andrew Pauxtis, Bruce White - http://www.wiley.com/WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd-EHEP000312.html

The Principles Of Beautiful Web Design Second Edition by Jason Beaird - http://www.sitepoint.com/books/design2/

Dreamweaver CS5 for Windows and Macintosh: Visual QuickStart Guide by Tom Negrino & Dori Smith - http://www.dreamweaverbook.com/

Sams Teach Yourself Web Publishing with HTML and CSS in One Hour a Day, 6th Ed - http://www.informit.com/store/product.aspx?isbn=0672331357

A wall of design ideas, web trends, and tutorials

http://webdesignerwall.com/

Web Design Blog and Web Development Tutorial Articles

http://www.webhostdesignpost.com/

The Web Designer's Idea Book Volume 2

http://thewebdesignersideabook.com/

Notepad++ a great text editor

http://notepad-plus-plus.org/

What Is Fair Use?

http://fairuse.stanford.edu/Copyright_and_Fair_Use_Overview/chapter9/9-a.html

§ 107. Limitations on exclusive rights: Fair use
http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml

Use the Code Style font stack builder to create robust CSS font-family declarations

http://www.codestyle.org/servlets/FontStack

US spy operation that manipulates social media

http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2011/mar/17/us-spy-operation-social-networks

http://nation.foxnews.com/culture/2011/02/19/us-gov-t-software-creates-fake-people-spread-message-social-networking

http://www.examiner.com/social-media-in-national/us-gov-software-creates-fake-people-on-social-networks-to-promote-propoganda

Amazon PriceCheck barcode scanning app, the end of retailing as we previously knew it . . .

http://www.amazon.com/gp/feature.html?ie=UTF8&docId=aw_ppricecheck_iphone_mobile

Four Lines Of Code Is All It Takes For The New York Times’ Paywall To Come Tumbling Down

http://www.businessinsider.com/four-lines-of-code-is-all-it-takes-for-the-new-york-times-paywall-to-come-tumbling-down-2011-3

http://www.niemanlab.org/2011/03/that-was-quick-four-lines-of-code-is-all-it-takes-for-the-new-york-times-paywall-to-come-tumbling-down-2/

The New York Times subscription plan doesn’t protect print, it promotes the mobile Web

http://www.poynter.org/latest-news/media-lab/mobile-media/124900/the-new-york-times-subscription-plan-doesnt-protect-print-it-promotes-the-mobile-web/

Usage share of web browsers

http://gs.statcounter.com/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usage_share_of_web_browsers

Browser Display Statistics

Browser Display Statistics, incl Web Statistics and Trends - http://www.w3schools.com/browsers/browsers_display.asp

How old is this webpage?

http://proch.wordpress.com/2007/12/28/how-old-is-this-webpage/

Uses a little javascript.

Graphic Designer's Roadmap (Infographic)

Posted on February 24th, 2011. Written by Sean.

Over the past 3 months we interviewed a series of industry leading graphic designers on our blog. From their interviews, we created an extremely useful infographic entitled “Graphic Designer’s Road Map” which features information to help you grow as a graphic designer.

http://blog.smartpress.com/printing-interesting-resources/graphic-designers-roadmap-infographic

Originally found this on http://twitter.com/czoulek

Disadvantages of Using Wikis

An alternative view:

http://www.gadgetgirlaccessories.com/internet-geek/disadvantages-of-using-wikis/

On Twitter, ‘What a Party!’ Brings an Envious ‘Enough, Already!’

Ah, human emotions strike again.

Article from the NY Times:  http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/19/us/19twitter.html

New acronym from this article: FOMO - “Fear Of Missing Out”

Don't forget that people are using technology, and will bring their human feelings with them.

You type something; we turn it into a movie . . .

You type something; we turn it into a movie . . . http://www.xtranormal.com/

Seen a font in use and want to know what it is?

WTF? What The Font?

http://new.myfonts.com/WhatTheFont/

Top 5 Social Media Myths Debunked

As with any new technology, social media has spawned its share of misconceptions and myths that keep people from interacting.

It’s time to debunk the big myths that are keeping business owners and marketers on the social media sidelines.

http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/top-5-social-media-myths-debunked/

Want to learn more about social media marketing?

120+ free social media marketing resources - http://www.lizhover.com/resources/

These blog posts are usually cross-posted on my Twitter page

These blog posts are usually cross-posted on my Twitter page at http://twitter.com/HerbRipka

Web design news and information

Dubbed King of Web Standards by Business Week, Jeffrey Zeldman was one of the first designers, bloggers, and independent publishers on the web, and one of the first web design teachers. In 1998, he co-founded and designed—and from 1999 to 2002 he directed—The Web Standards Project, a grassroots coalition that helped bring HTML, CSS, and JavaScript standards to our browsers.

http://www.zeldman.com/

Follow Jeffrey Zeldman on Twitter at http://twitter.com/zeldman

Editing CSS and Joomla! Templates: Logos and Banners

http://www.htmlgoodies.com/beyond/webmaster/toolbox/editing-css-and-joomla-templates-logos-and-banners-.html

What is JavaScript?

https://developer.mozilla.org/en/JavaScript/About_JavaScript

The Essential Guide to @font-face CSS method

Fonts on the Web

The days of being limited to a handful of fonts on the web are very close to being a thing of the past. The problem is no longer a lack of viable solutions, but rather, an abundance of them.

Read more at  http://sixrevisions.com/css/font-face-guide/

Get all(?) of the Top E-commerce News

http://ecommerce.alltop.com/

Lots of other collections of top news in LOTS of fields at http://alltop.com/

Free pictures

Free pictures at http://sxc.hu/ - "the leading FREE stock photo site!"

Google Web Fonts API

http://www.google.com/webfonts

Try Font previewer with letter, word and line spacing!

Layers - The How-To Magazine for Everything Adobe

http://layersmagazine.com

The final PRINT Issue of Layers was Jan/Feb 2011.

What does that tell you?

An Introduction to CSS (Cascading Style Sheets)

http://www.w3schools.com/css/css_intro.asp

Use the Photoshop Eyedropper Anywhere on your screen!

"Need to match a color from a web page or something else while working in Photoshop? Just click with the eyedropper tool somewhere in your Photoshop file, and drag the cursor off to sample colors from anything visible on your screen.

That’s it!"

Found this at  http://creativetechs.com/tipsblog/use-the-photoshop-eyedropper-anywhere/

It becomes your foreground color.

What web color is that?

What web color is that? Try these Color Charts with hexadecimal code - http://www.webmonkey.com/2010/02/color_charts/

Top Photoshop News

To keep up with changes in Adobe's Photoshop, go to Top Photoshop News at  http://photoshop.alltop.com/

Its an RSS feed from 38 photoshop websites, all in one. You can mouse over five story titles from each of those websites, and read the first paragraph from that story.

"The easiest way to give your web site a professional look"

"Web Design Tools for the Rest of Us"

Design Buttons, Text, Logos, Menus, Textures, Text, Boxes, Icons

Browse already created Backgrounds, Textures, Fonts, Sound Effects . . .

http://www.grsites.com

P.S. Hat tip to instructor Jim Schutte from ViCom-128 for sharing this!

Want a Photoshop Tip of the Day?

Want a Photoshop Tip of the Day? Go to http://www.planetphotoshop.com/category/tips

Welcome to Handy Tips for Web Design

I am a student enrolled in the One-Year Web Design Technical Diploma program at MATC in Milwaukee, WI. There is a lot of reading required for these classes.

I'll share ideas with you as I'm finding from my classes. Enjoy!