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GameFly’s Short but Sweet Survey

Thursday, April 23rd, 2009

I have never filled out a product survey.  Until today.  Let’s look at why this one is so good: This survey is: Short.  From just a glance I can tell I am 1 click away from finishing the survey.  The start of a survey of unknown length that scrolls off the page is far less
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Being Reddited

Tuesday, December 30th, 2008

I’ve often wondered what it looks like when a completely unknown site enjoys some social media popularity. So when my one-night project jsregex was on its way to the reddit front page, I threw some analytics on there to see what happens. If you’re curious too, here is the data. This is for a site
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ThemeRoller as a Framework

Saturday, October 4th, 2008

ThemeRoller is starting to take on some of the features of a framework, as hinted at during the jQuery Conference at MIT.  You may know it as a handy tool for creating skins for jQuery UI widgets.  What makes it more is the idea of being “ThemeRoller compatible”: designing your own widgets, or perhaps own
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How Chrome Handles Crashes

Tuesday, September 2nd, 2008

I love it. Crashed plugin: Crashed tab: Sure beats the whole browser crashing.

Patterned Backgrounds

Saturday, July 19th, 2008

I’ve been noticing websites using patterned backgrounds again.  This is a trend that died pretty early, but the resurrection has been tasteful thus far.  InviteShare is one site that pushes on the idea hard, takes risks, and pulls it off.  I love the black translucent parts contrasted with the orange translucent parts.  Also, intricate, flowery
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