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  • The 30 CSS Selectors you Must Memorize

    The 30 CSS Selectors you Must Memorize

    So you learned the base id, class, and descendant selectors – and then called it a day? If so, you’re missing out on an enormous level of flexibility. While many of the selectors mentioned in this article are part of the CSS3 spec, and are, consequently, only available in modern browsers, you owe it to yourself to commit [...]

  • SEO Design Tactics: Before You Write Even a Line of Code

    SEO Design Tactics: Before You Write Even a Line of Code

    Search Engine Optimization (SEO) is often regarded as a mysterious and arcane discipline by most web designers… and yet, with just a few strategies, you can transform your designs into SEO juggernauts before you even write a line of code. This article will seek to demystify SEO and give you a few tips that you [...]

  • How to Prepare for Flu Season

    How to Prepare for Flu Season

    If you are barely knocking the sand out of your shoes from summer–you better think about flu season–because it typically starts in the early fall and continues well into the winter months. Influenza infection is not just a “bad cold.” Influenza is an ever-changing virus that infects millions of Americans each year (see Resources below). [...]

  • Install WordPress on Your Computer Using WampServer

    Install WordPress on Your Computer Using WampServer

    What is WampServer? WampServer is an easy to use web server package that allows you to configure Apache, MySQL and PHP in your local machine to match that of your live web server. It’s free to download, and since WampServer installs quickly and easily, it’s very user-friendly even for those who are not familiar with [...]

  • 40 People Who Changed the Internet

    The world has become tightly connected since the internet. The web itself has replaced the practice of reading newspaper. Most of us now communicate through e-mails instead of paper and pen. We now watch networks or movies online, it has even become a wide business venture, so much so we can now make purchase and [...]

  • Personality in Web Design: Atmosphere, Character And Brand Feel

    Personality in Web Design: Atmosphere, Character And Brand Feel

    As a consumer, we seek out products, services, and practitioners that are friendly, helpful, interesting and overall pleasant to deal with. When you select individuals and organizations to interact with or do business with you are making a decision based on the totality of their behavioural characteristics and how you emotionally react to them. Personality [...]

  • The story of version 1.1

    The story of version 1.1

    Once upon a time, a software project took around 7 months to get to version 1.0 . We didn’t have any problem all that time with our SVN (Subversion) repository as we didn’t have to release anytime before version 1.0 . we didn’t have any SVN strategy till that moment and all of us were [...]

  • If Architects Had To Work Like Software Developers…

    If Architects Had To Work Like Software Developers…

    This article is symptomatic of how much people expect from computer programmers. This is normally fine for us (unless incredible requirements like in the following email) since we generally love the challenge. If Architects Had To Work Like Software Developers… | WikiJava Blog.

  • Traveling Lightly Through Life

    Traveling Lightly Through Life

    After over-packing on a few trips—and suffering the misery of lugging around a heavy suitcase—I vowed never to check a bag again. On my first trip to Europe, I opted for a small carry-on instead (replacing my wardrobe of clothes with a packet of laundry detergent). The experience was exhilarating! I was mobile, flexible, and [...]

  • EgyptTechDays: TechWadi Event:The Rising Tide of Entrepreneurship in Egypt

    EgyptTechDays: TechWadi Event:The Rising Tide of Entrepreneurship in Egypt

    Last Monday 25th October,2010, TechWadi had an event in SmartVillage to launch an incubator from SiliconValley called PlugandPlay. I’ll post my notes and videos on the event. EgyptTechDays: TechWadi Event:The Rising Tide of Entrepreneurship in Egypt.