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Six Ways to Get People to Say Yes

Tweet“In Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion, Robert B. Cialdini, a respected social scientist and specialist in the area of compliance psychology, says that “… automatic, stereotyped behavior... 
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How to Develop a Social Media Plan for Your Business

Tweet“Social media can be an incredible tool for your business, providing you with more customer insight, direct communication channels and the ability to measure the effectiveness of these conversations... 
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How to Design the Perfect List

Tweet“Lists are a beautiful way to display content and information in a very easy to scan, easy to read method. Lists are found on most blogs to list posts, comments, tags, or links. In this post... 
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At First, Funny Videos. Now, a Reference Tool

Tweet” Tyler’s way of experiencing the Web — primarily through video — may not be mainstream, at least not yet. But his use of YouTube as his favorite search engine underscores a shift that... 
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The Danger of Commenting Out Code

Tweet“The Broken Window Theory proposes the idea that if we do one bad thing in our code (i.e. break a window) then it becomes more likely that the next person who encounters that code will do something... 
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50 Illustrator Tutorials Every Designer Should See

Tweet“Adobe Illustrator can be a little tricky to get your head around, particularly after getting used to the workflow as applications such as Photoshop. The difference between layer use and creating... 
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The Elements of Design Applied to Web Design

Tweet“Design is broken up into a number of basic principles that apply to all design from type creation to painting to page layout, both on the web and in print. However, especially on the web, these... 
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State Based HTML Wireframes with Polypage

Tweet“Ben pointed me to an interesting set of HTML wireframes which use Polypage. Polypage expands HTML wireframes or mock-ups and allows for the creation of page states. Furthermore, the various... 
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A Visit with Alan Kay

Tweet“Let’s say the adoption of programming languages has very often been somewhat accidental, and the emphasis has very often been on how easy it is to implement the programming language rather... 
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The Discipline of Content Strategy

Tweet“But until we commit to treating content as a critical asset worthy of strategic planning and meaningful investment, we’ll continue to churn out worthless content in reaction to unmeasured... 
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24 ways: Recession Tips For Web Designers

Tweet“Bad times are hard on overweight companies and over-leveraged start-ups, but can be kind to freelancers and small agencies. Clients who once had money to burn and big agencies to help them... 
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Google Releases Web Browser Security Handbook

Tweet“Browsers have garnered renewed scrutiny from security researchers in recent years. In 2007, computer-science students at Stanford University found a way to bypass the same-origin policy in... 
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Search Engine Optimization X-Ray Tool

Tweet“This tool [SEO for Firefox Extension] was designed to add more data to Google and Yahoo! to make it easier to evaluate the value and competitive nature of a market. SEO for Firefox pulls in... 
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A Collection of Well Designed CSS Sites

TweetAndy Budd has a long list of well-designed sites that use CSS for layout. It’s a great resource if you’re looking for creative inspiration for a web design or redesign. It’s also... 
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User Interface Design Patterns

Tweet“It has long been common practice to use recurring solutions to solve common problems. Such solutions are also called design patterns. Collections of software design patterns are standard reference... 
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How to Make New Year’s Resolutions You Can Keep

TweetNew Year’s resolutions are cliched. Many people make them. Few people remember them months later. However, clear resolutions can be a powerful way to boost your business. And January, after... 
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