Archive for 'Asides'

AJAX for Newbies

Posted 07 April 2006 | By mitch | Categories: Ajax, Asides, Geekery, Links | No Comments

Scoble points to Ajax Resources for Beginners, a great little link source for Ajax tutorials. I’ve seen most of the sites referenced, but one completely new to me (and very valuable) is Ajax Activity Indicators, a page containing dozens of animated gif images for your downloading pleasure.

Ed Bott on Dual-booting Macs

Posted 05 April 2006 | By mitch | Categories: Asides, Geekery, Talk | No Comments

Ed Bott weighs in on Apple’s Boot Camp announcement, and makes the case for virtualization over dual-booting in the process.

Links to 30 AJAX Tutorials

Posted 03 April 2006 | By mitch | Categories: Ajax, Asides, Geekery, JavaScript, Web 2.0, Web Design | No Comments

Check out this Round-up of 30 AJAX Tutorials. Great links if you need to get up to speed on AJAX techniques. A couple of other favorites: The XMLHttpRequest Object, Guide to Using AJAX and XMLHttpRequest, and Getting Started with Ajax.

Great CSS Link Dump

Posted 28 March 2006 | By mitch | Categories: Asides, CSS, Geekery, Web Design | No Comments

Found this at del.icio.us… Layout-palooza. Great source for links about CSS layout, hacks, and tricks. Many familiar, many new.