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Alex Chousmith

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Where’s the fold? There it is!

Designers talk about "the fold" on websites as some arbitrary line, where almost everyone will see what is going on "above the fold" on your homepage, and noone ever bothers to scroll down "below the fold", so you can pretty much get away with anything you want there, right? But what does it really MEAN? Enter Where's the fold - now you can SEE where the fold most likely will be, on whichever site you choose. Now we just need…
October 11, 2011
CultureDesignMarketing

The Most Amazing iPhone Yet

Dual-core A5 processor chip same as in the iPad 2. All-new 8 megapixel camera (with a flash, of course) and increased # of lenses (now with 5?) + larger aperture to let more light in to your pictures. iOS5 + iCloud, and a built-in robot woman named Siri who will read your text messages to you in a creepy voice. It's the most amazing iPhone yet. Also pretty snazzy? The animations in between slides on the page.
October 4, 2011
CultureMarketingTips

Google AdSense AdChoices : I can appreciate what you are trying to do, but…

What are AdChoices? AdChoices are, basically, Google's way of tailoring their AdSense ads to better suit you, personally - "to make these ads as relevant and useful as possible for you." Of course, don't just take my word for it. And while that is all fine and well, I have yet to find the setting in their Ads Preferences Manager that says "hey, if it is 4:15pm on a Tuesday, maybe don't show me ads for Madden 12, which is…
September 13, 2011
CultureDesignDevelopmentTips

How Legos Teach Web Development

Jeromy found this post on Eight Ways Legos Teach Web Development, and it is pretty rad. I grew up with Legos, from Robin Hood and his merry men, through Star Wars. Maybe thats what drew me in to the world of web development too? If you can dream it, you can build it. Check out the rest of reasons, via Cory Etzkorn.
August 30, 2011