Standards

Time tested classics...

Standards

ReCaptcha

on Thursday, 14 July 2011.

Anti-bot service that helps scholars digitize books. Easy to add, strong security, and even accessible to blind users.

ReCaptcha
reCAPTCHA is a free CAPTCHA service that helps to digitize books, newspapers and old time radio shows. Check out our paper in Science about it.

Free Site Ranking Utilities

on Saturday, 26 February 2011.

Easy ways to measure how your site's doing (and possible easy fixes)

Free Site Ranking

Woo Rank: http://www.woorank.com

Full-featured website analyzer that not only diggs the rankings of Alexa, Delicious, backlinks, etc. but also checks other stuff like W3C validity, existence of sitemap + robots.txt file and more.

Ubuntu

on Wednesday, 07 July 2010.

It's easy to turn your nose up at a free os, what takes a little more effort is finding it's true faults...

Ubuntu
ubuntu | oǒ'boǒntoō | Ubuntu is an ancient African word meaning 'humanity to others'. It also means "I am what I am because of who we all are". The Ubuntu operating system brings the spirit of Ubuntu to the world of computers.

Where did it all begin?

Linux was already established as an enterprise server platform in 2004. But free software was still not a part of everyday life for most computer users.

Favicon Basics

on Wednesday, 09 September 2009.

Designer's should never neglect the details, but this is one often overlooked detail that can set you apart from the pack.

Favicon Basics
Sanford I. Weill once stated "Details create the big picture" and in the design world, that is an absolute truth. When I run across large businesses (and I mean 10 mil plus) who don't have favicons on their site, their brand is automatically discounted in my mind. I believe they're is a natural aversion to large corporations inbred in most "artsy types" and when you run across a big company that doesn't even bother to address the details, that speaks volumes. So enough with the philosophy, lets get to the brass tacks.

Joomla CMS

on Friday, 16 July 2010.

Joomla is so much more than just a powerful content management system.

Joomla CMS
Ok... Lets begin at the top. What is CMS?
A content management system is software that keeps track of every piece of content on your Web site, much like your local public library keeps track of books and stores them. Content can be simple text, photos, music, video, documents, or just about anything you can think of. A major advantage of using a CMS is that it requires almost no technical skill or knowledge to manage. Since the CMS manages all your content, you don't have to.

Bluehost

on Wednesday, 04 November 2009.

Bringing you affordable, reliable web hosting solutions for over a decade.

Bluehost
The Goal: Bluehost has been providing quality web hosting solutions to businesses and individuals since 1996. Our goal is to provide outstanding services for the best possible price. To achieve these goals we are constantly innovating and upgrading our services at no additional cost to our customers. Come and join the millions of other website owners that have already chosen Bluehost and see how we can help you with your site.

Facebook's Open Graph API

on Thursday, 11 February 2010.

Despite technology's fickle nature, there is one thing that will allow Facebook to stand the test of time...

Facebook's Open Graph API
There is one single string connecting you from just about anyone in the world. Without going to the easy "Kevin Bacon" analogy, just think of it this way... Lets say for example, you love Karate Kid (and really, who doesn't?)... so does 12 year-old Paco (from Spain). Although you may have very little in common with Paco... You both know how to pull off a wicked Crane Kick - and that is a connection. Facebook's real genius, is allowing these connections to be aggregated, compiled, and queried. "Yeah... but how?"... The simplest answer? By utilizing Open Graph.

Vimeo

on Tuesday, 07 September 2010.

Dealing with video on the web can seem daunting... But it doesn't need to be.

Vimeo
Another addition to our "Web Standards" section is one that has been in line for a while.  The small reasons that kept us from completely vouching for it have finally been addressed. With the addition of the new iPhone app, Vimeo has proven their commitment to remaining at the forefront of web based video - and we couldn't be happier.  Some quirky aspects of their (the login, motion background.. etc.) site have proven to be by choice and not innability... and we respect that.
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