By Angel Wardriver
jQuery can empower a developer with the tools required to create a rich user experience. The way in which we display images, text, charts and graphs can enhance functionality for the wide range of users. Let’s take a look at 35 powerful and effective jQuery plugins and techniques for slideshows, graphs and text [...]

As I sat down at my desk this morning, I set about doing some catch-up on the conversations that happened via e-mail and on our Basecamp over the weekend, when I suddenly realized that something new & unexpected was brewing within our team & the business as a whole.
In the last couple of weeks, we’ve [...]

AWS EBS-based instances are a really neat idea, but they don’t have any additional storage. You need to create, attach and initialize an EBS with the same letter as a normal AMI-based instance.
For example you use a number of non-EBS and EBS instances in a cluster and they perform the same function. You probably want [...]

In this post we present a new speedy way of writing HTML code using CSS-like selector syntax — a handy set of tools for high-speed HTML and CSS coding. It was developed by our author Sergey Chikuyonok and released for Smashing Magazine and its readers.
How much time do you spend writing HTML code: [...]

Just found out about a potentially annoying WordPress 2.8.3 security issue. Basically, anyone can reset your admin password without any confirmation. This could be a major annoyance if someone decides to reset your admin password constantly.
I just tested this (on one of my own test blogs, of course) and it actually [...]

Famous designer TimVanDamme designed his mini site and everyone praised it a lot for unique, beautiful concept. Usually it happens when you are really active on social media sites, you blog less. And his design was perfect solution for those who have a domain name but don’t need/want much content on the website.
Immediately, I [...]

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JavaScript is an integral part of the RIA revolution. JavaScript allows developers to create rich and interactive web interfaces and establish asynchronous communication with servers for constantly up-to-date data without a page refresh.
Many things that were once accomplished using Flash objects can now be built using JavaScript – with the added [...]

Great challenges rise as your blog grows. You are first faced with rising email, comments, and in turn, spam. Next, you are dealing with lost time dealing with trivial tasks on the management end that eat away at the minimal amount of time that we all have to carry out our blog each day.
In the [...]

Although often used in the wrong context, the motif of ’70s Retro Rainbow designs seems to occur in many modern designs – from products designs to posters and web designs. The rainbow colors are particularly eye-catching and lively; they may provide the design with a dynamics and help to vividly convey the message of the [...]

Lenny Zeltser suggest 5 steps that mid-market organizations can take down the security path:

Identify key data flows

Understand user interactions

Examine the network perimeter

Assess the servers and workstations

Look at the applications

Here’s some additional thoughts of mine regarding these steps:

Key data flows. Think about your company’s most sensitive data, such as customer information, engineering designs, or a famous [...]