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Feb 09

Bookmarks for January 31st through February 9th

These are my Jumptags for January 31st through February 9th:

Project Cartoon: How Projects Really Work (version 1.5) – How Projects Really Work (version 1.5) How Projects Really Work (version 1.5)
Malcontent Blogger | bLaugh – Source: ReviewMe Domain: MalcontentBlogger.com
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The Whole Internet Truth | bLaugh – Source: Wikipedia Domain: WikisGoneWild.com
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Applying Mathematics To Web Design – Smashing Magazine – “Mathematics is beautiful.” This may sound absurd to people who wince at numbers and equations. But some of the most beautiful things in nature and our universe…
Here’s How to Add Personality to Your E-Learning Courses » The Rapid eLearning Blog – Tom Kuhlmann offers up advice on how to integrate script fonts into your elearning courses for personality.
Intel Teach Elements: Project-Based Approaches – Free, online teacher professional development on 21st century learning concepts: Project-Based Approaches from Intel Teach.
The Principle of Proximity in Web Design – Recently I picked up an old design book that I hadn't touched in a while, and it reminded me of a design principle that many of us put into practice probably
10 Tips for Better Print Style Sheets – Print style sheets have been somewhat forgotten, and yet they remain important all the same. Many people print out articles to read while traveling or when they
50 Free UI and Web Design Wireframing Kits, Resources and Source Files – Smashing Magazine – Planning and communication are two key elements in the development of any successful website or application. And that is exactly what the wireframing process offers:
Why E-Learning is So Effective » The Rapid eLearning Blog – Tom Kuhlmann offers up reasons why elearning is popular and effective.
Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge – A lecture on Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge for students in EDUC6751.

Jan 19

Bookmarks for January 12th through January 19th

These are my Jumptags for January 12th through January 19th:

Here’s a Quick Way to Create Your Next E-Learning Template in PowerPoint » The Rapid eLearning Blog – Follow Tom Kuhlmann's tutorial on how to create an elearning template in Powerpoint quickly and using the built in graphics.
Podcasting 101 Flowchart – From Wesley Fryer, a quick flowchart for creating podcasts with the applications included.
Hot Gloo – The Online Wireframe App – Create web site wireframes and receive reviewers comments and feedback on the design.

Jan 08

Bookmarks for January 8th

These are my Jumptags for January 8th

Here’s How to Be an E-Learning Superstar in 2010 » The Rapid eLearning Blog – Tom Kuhlmann at Articulate prompts a list of avenues for becoming an elearning professional.
Ask the Expert – Typography Talk with Brian Hoff | Design Informer – An interview with designer Brain Hoff about typography.
Choosing a typeface timelapse video – Brian Hoff, a graphic design, speeds up time to show us how he selected the typeface for a company logo.
Example slide effects with instructions – A series of template presentations for Powerpoint using animations and builds. Inside the slide notes give step-by-step instructions on how to create the effects.

Dec 16

Bookmarks for December 16th

These are my Jumptags for December 16th

The Rules | Brain Rules | – Brain Rules by John J. Medina is a multimedia project explaining how the brain works. It includes a book, a feature-length documentary film, and a series of interactive tutorials.
How To Design Custom PowerPoint Templates for E-Learning (Plus 8 Free Templates) » The Rapid eLearning Blog – Tom Kuhlmann offers up more Powerpoint templates and a how to for using a Web site for inspiration.
50 Beautiful Free Icon Sets For Your Next Design – Smashing Magazine – Round-ups of beautiful and useful icons are almost legendary here, on Smashing Magazine. While some readers complain about the annoying list -style of some of our…

Dec 12

Bookmarks for December 9th through December 10th

These are my Jumptags for December 9th through December 10th:

How To Explain To Clients That They Are Wrong – Smashing Magazine – GIFs of spinning s on the Contact us page. Common usability mistakes for the sake of visual appeal. Splash pages. Fancy search box. No whitespace. Music on page load….
How to Deal with Feature Creep | Webdesigner Depot – If any assumption is safe, it’s that six months after launching a website (or sooner?), its owners will have a list of things they want to change, from minor
Project Timeline (Marine Theme) – Google Docs Templates – This is a template for Google Docs for project schedule tracking.
Cover it Live – TBR08 – Michael Grant – Barry Dahl covered my keynote live and I didn't even know it.
6 Hilarious Social Media Motivational Posters – These posters are not the usual motivational posters you see hanging around offices. In fact, the little quotes we see on them aren’t exactly motivating and might even be insulting to social media users. Any offense is obviously intentional, but it’s…
Sketchy Web Icons: 30 Hand Drawn Icon Pack | Tutorial9 – This Icon Pack includes 30 Hand-Drawn Web Design Icons. This is the perfect set for adding that handmade feel to your own creations online.
Secrets to a Faster and Attractive Web Site Design Revealed | Web Design | instantShift – A web designer has many challenges to tackle. The creation of an attractive web site is as important as sending the message across effectively. After all, a web , Daily Resource for Web Designers and Developers.
Evaluation Wiki – Mlawiki – This wiki is an ongoing project initiated by the MLA Committee on Information Technology (CIT) as a way for the academic community to develop, gather, and share materials about the evaluation of work in digital media for purposes of tenure and promot…
How Getting An F On Your School Paper Makes You A Better Blogger – This guest post was written by Rob Sutton from Ramped Reviews. Image by kharied. This comes to be a surprise …
HOW TO: Manage Successful Social Media Promotions – Retailers are getting more traffic and sales from social media sites. Here are some great tips for turning social media buzz into social shopping buy.
Easy front-end framework – Easy front-end framework is all in one front-end solution. It includes CSS, HTML and JavaScript predefined code that you can easily use and reuse on your projects.
50 High-Quality Free Fonts for Professional Design – Designers love to have a lot of quality fonts available to them, and fortunately there are some very good free fonts out there. In this post we'll feature some of the best free fonts that can be used in your commercial designs. If you're looking for …
22 Latest Exceptional WordPress Hacks | Tutorials | instantShift – WordPress needs no introduction among designers and writers. It’s usually known as a synonym for blogging. Now days every other WordPress blogs look more or , Daily Resource for Web Designers and Developers.
From Blank Screen To Web Design In 5 Easy Steps – Learn a simple, five-step web design process to make sure you include the basic elements every website needs while freeing your mind to be more creative.
New Branding Revealed For Winter Olympics 2014 – The official logo for the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics was revealed last week. This is the first winter games to be held in Russia and it is the first Olympic logo to include an internet URL.

Nov 24

Bookmarks for November 23rd

These are my Jumptags for November 23rd

10-Second Website Usability Testing – Learn a simple method of website usability testing that takes just a few seconds to complete and offers a good measure of a website's user-friendliness.
5 Useful Habits To Avoid The Most Common Mistakes In Web Design – Learn how to avoid the most common web design mistakes with five simple habits and ensure your design mockups are easy to transform into finished websites.
The Ultimate Toolbox for iPhone Development – iPhone development can be intimidating, especially to someone who's unfamiliar with Macs, or the way iPhone apps work. But with currently more than 100,000

Nov 21

Bookmarks for November 19th through November 20th

These are my Jumptags for November 19th through November 20th:

The Wired Campus – ‘The Last.fm for Research Papers’ Tops 100,000 Users – The Chronicle of Higher Education – Mendeley, a Web service that lets users organize and share research papers, recently announced that it has surpassed 100,000 users, and that its database now includes some 8 million works.
Principles Of Good Design: Balance – In a typical web layout, a designer needs to place a logo, text, photographs or illustration. By making a conscious effort to work on the relationship between these elements to produce an eye catching design.
16 Intelligent Sites For Application Review | Showcases | instantShift – Web based applications have many advantages over software that you have to download and install it on your computer. First, You don't need to install or update , Daily Resource for Web Designers and Developers.
Designing CSS Buttons: Techniques and Resources – Smashing Magazine – Buttons, whatever their purpose, are important design elements. They could be the end point of a Web form or a call to action. Designers have many reasons to style…
GoAnimate – Create your own cartoons and animations easily. Our tools are free and you don’t need to learn Flash. – GoAnimate is a way to easily create animations and share with friends.

Nov 17

Bookmarks for November 16th

These are my Jumptags for November 16th

LEGO Digital Designer : Virtual Building Software – Lego Digital Designer allows you to build legos with the software and do cool stuff, too. A revolutionary platform for virtual building. The software is free to download for Mac and PC. PowerPC Macs must download a special version.
Branching surveys and self-grading quizzes in Google Forms / Google Docs » Moving at the Speed of Creativity – Branching surveys and self-grading quizzes in Google Forms / Google Docs
Learning Visions: eLearning Guild Authoring & Development Tools Research Report (2008) – did dig up the eLearning Guild Authoring Tools Research Report (January 2008). It’s a bit out of date (almost 2 years old) and I suspect the numbers have changed a bit. My guess is that Articulate represents a larger market share than two years ago…
Coding a Web Design for Speed and Quality | Webdesigner Depot – The beauty of being a web designer is creating a detailed, creative, and original web design in Photoshop, without having to (for the most part) think about how
Design Basics: Repetition To Create Visual Themes | Van SEO Design – Last week we talked about alignment as one of the four design basics. We looked at a web page who's elements were randomly strewn across the page and by
Design Basics: Contrast To Stand Apart And Call Attention | Van SEO Design – Last week our discussion revolved around repetition as a basic design principle. We saw how adding repetitive elements highlights similarity and how repetition
Cropping Images For Maximum Impact | Van SEO Design – When adding images to your site or blog posts do you take the time to crop them to create a more dynamic and visually interesting image? Here's a simple trick
Whitespace: Less Is More In Web Design | Van SEO Design – Less is more— Ludwig Mies van der Rohe A good friend of mine is moving into a new apartment after being away from the area for a few years. Needing
Is Your Web Design Balanced? | Van SEO Design – Happiness is not a matter of intensity but of balance, order, rhythm and harmony. — Thomas Merton Balance is important in life. Work and play;
Tagul – Gorgeous tag clouds – Tagul is a web service that enables you to create beautiful looking tag clouds and embed it on your web page

Nov 15

Bookmarks for November 13th

These are my Jumptags for November 13th

ITC Benguiat – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia – Image of Benguiat font.
ITC Benguiat – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia – Benguiat is a decorative serif typeface designed by Ed Benguiat and released by the International Typeface Corporation (ITC) in 1978. The face is loosely based upon typefaces of the Art Nouveau period but is not considered an academic revival. The fa…
PDF Toolbox: 40+ Tools to Rip, Mix and Burn PDFs – We were unsurprised to learn today that someone has just posted the entire new Harry Potterharry potter book on the PDF hosting site Scribd. That's part of

Oct 21

Bookmarks for October 21st

These are my Jumptags for October 21st

Xtranormal | Text-to-Movie – Use Xtranormal to create movies quickly. Drag and drop actors onto scenes. Add text and the software syncs the actors mouths with the text. Windows only.
Storybird – Collaborative storytelling – Storybirds are short, visual stories that you make with family and friends to share and (soon) print.
Uncovering Steve Jobs’ Presentation Secrets – BusinessWeek – For his new book, communications coach Carmine Gallo watched hours of Jobs' keynotes. Here he identifies the five elements of every presentation by the Apple CEO.
ImageChef – Word Mosaic – In the flavor of Wordle, write a comment or poem in the shape of hearts or other symbols.

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