May 19 2009

Episode 17: Divitis

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In episode 17 the guys thank Red Bull Cola, talk website statistics, the Dos and Don’ts of web media, and much more.

News and Follow-Ups

  • 00:45 – Special thanks to Catherine from RedBull!
  • 02:28 – Woopra – Analytics in real time

Webapps

  • 13:18 – Instapaper – A fast, easy, free tool to save web pages for reading later.
  • 24:00 – UI Patterns – UI design library
  • 28:08 – Pixlr – Online image editing

Topics

  • 33:29 – Google Ad Planner - Connect with specific advertisers
  • 41:39 – WebDosandDonts.com
    • Don’t use tables for layouts
    • Don’t use negative letter spacing
    • Don’t think valid html is good html
    • Autoplay is not best practice
    • Don’t use @import
    • Do use semantic markup for tag clouds
    • Cure your divitis
    • Microformats
    • Use an asterisk to indicate required fields
    • Use better font stacks