The most astounding fact | memolition

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Astrophysicist Dr. Neil DeGrasse Tyson was asked by a reader of TIME magazine, “What is the most astounding fact you can share with us about the Universe?” This is his answer. via The most astounding fact | memolition.

15 Young Designers to Follow in 2014

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Age is just a number. There are many young and talented designers who grew up with social media and digital products. These people are capable of finding new ways of solving world problems and innovating any product with their fresh and creative point of view. Sometimes it is hard to believe what these young designers have already achieved before turning …

Rethinking Responsive SVG | Smashing Magazine

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If you haven’t seen Joe Harrison’s responsive icons technique yet, you’ll most probably be impressed as much as I was when I first discovered it. In this article, I’d like to explore what we can do with SVG beyond “traditional” scalable vector graphics that are used to replace bitmap PNGs. In fact, we can see SVG as an independent module …

Android Cheatsheet for Graphic Designers

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Graphic designers aren’t programmers and sometimes don’t know how to properly prepare graphic assets for developers. This simple cheatsheet should help them to do their job better, and to simplify developers’ lives. via Android Cheatsheet for Graphic Designers.

4 Reasons Why SEM Is Better Than SEO | Fast Company | Business + Innovation

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What SEO is justifiably famous for is its ability to convince the search engines–the algorithms that index your website–that your webpage is the most relevant one for the keywords being searched. For years, strong SEO has been every marketer’s go-to tactic. But even while you’ve grown more adept, search engines have grown increasingly complex. These days, you can’t just optimize …

7 Version Control Systems Reviewed | Smashing Magazine

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If you’ve ever collaborated with other people on a project, you know the frustration of constantly swapping files. Some do it by email, some through file upload services and some by other methods. It’s a pain in the neck, and every designer and developer knows it. Revision control is an excellent way to combat the problem of sharing files between …

So You Think You Know How to Write a WordPress Theme?

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In this article, we’ll get you started on WordPress theme development, dealing with what you need to learn before you even think about coding. WordPress has become the most popular CMS in the world. As of May 2013, is was used by 52% of the top blogs across the globe, according to a survey carried out by Technorati and Pingdom. …

A Brief Introduction to WordPress Nonces | Tips and Tricks HQ

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The word “nonce” is an abbreviation for the term number used once and is a string generated by WordPress which acts as a special token and is used to identify the person doing a specific operation such as the submission of a form, deletion of a post etc. via A Brief Introduction to WordPress Nonces | Tips and Tricks HQ.