Andy Boyd

This is really cool.  If you run Windows XP and want it to look like OSX, you can download/install the theme.  If you are a web-geek…  You might also like the virtual OSX desktop
http://osx.portraitofakite.com/

Imagine if you could earn money for a good cause just by using a search engine… yeah right, who would do such a thing?  Goodsearch.com, that’s who!

Everytime you search the web using Goodsearch.com, they will donate a penny to the charity of your choice.

When I’m trying to design a site, I often need a little inspiration to get the ball rolling…  I’ve found that a lot of the ‘css’ showcase sites have EXCELLENT designs.  I found this list of ‘css’ showcase sites on http://tanyamerone.com/.  Enjoy….

• Best Web Gallery
• CSS Beauty
• CSS Blast
• CSS Bloom
• CSS Clip
• CSS Drive
• CSS Elite
• CSS Galleries
• CSS Hazard
• CSS Heaven
• CSS Import
• CSS Love
• CSS Mania
• CSS Princess
• CSS Reboot
• CSS Remix
• CSS Thesis
• CSS Tux
• CSS Vault
• CSS Website
• The Daily Slurp
• Dark Eye
• Inspiration King
• Netcocktail
• One Pixel Army
• Perfection
• Refresh
• Screenalicio.us
• Screenfluent
• Styleboost
• Style Crunch
• Submit CSS
• Unmatched Style
• W3C Sites
• Web Creme

I’ve been thinking a lot about the subtle ways User Interface design can ‘tell’ the user how they are supposed to interact with the application.  Isn’t there a better way than just text, or warning dialogs?

This article from vitamin (Robert Hoekman) offers some simple insights into making your web apps more user friendly:

http://www.thinkvitamin.com/features/design/communicating-web-20-through-design

The Yahoo! blog made a VERY interesting announcement, see below. This should be beneficial for all of you webmasters out there.

Yahoo!, Google and Microsoft will be announcing support for Sitemaps, a free open-source software tool that allows web-site owners to make their site’s content more easily discoverable by search engines — and therefore improve your search results.

http://yodel.yahoo.com/2006/11/15/yahoo-google-and-microsoft-join-forces-really/

I always forget which key shortcuts do screen captures on my Mac. Instead of mashing all the keys until I see the crosshairs, maybe it’s time to learn them…