- Browsershots: “Test your web design in different browsers.” Very useful tool for web designers and bloggers who are interested in how their website displays in different browsers. (Internet Explorer is but one browser!) It can take a while for screen shots to generate depending how many you request, but the wait is worth it.
- FILE magazine: features an eclectic collection of photography that presents subjects a little differently. You won’t see too much of this material in the pages of Vogue, or any of your family photo albums, for that matter.
- j a v a j i v e: I’ve mentioned US expatriate, now Indonesian based, Brandon Hoover’s blog and Flickr page several times before, and I’m doing so again today. The photography is, in a word, breathtaking…
- Red Labor: originally an “artist’s outlet”, now a repository of all things analogue, and possible rallying point for the revolution against digital technology by Dave Rau and Josh Bertrand. Also check their Art Blog.
- Win a blog make over! John Cow is offering a blog revamp valued at $449, while affiliate marketing blog Here.org.uk is offering a Unique Blog Designs blog template, in contests both closing on 31 October 2007.
- How to create interactive PDF forms: on day all PDF forms will be interactive. Does having to download, print out, and then fill in a form of some sort seem like a waste of time? Being able to complete the form online makes far more sense, and David Airey show you how to produce your own such forms.
- Time management strategies that work: by Peter Morgan. “By looking at my time management strategies and adjusting my clock to natural time, I have been able to reap many benefits.” The gist of Peter’s article is also explored by Andy Budd, in his article The Real Tao of Deadlines.
- Freelancer Friday – come and hang out with us! Work alone as a freelancer and fancy some company for a day? Then check out Myles Eftos’ Freelancer Friday idea. While you need to be in Perth, Australia, to participate in Myles’ venture, there’s nothing stopping you organising your own meet up where ever you are!
- Cathie Glassby is a Sydney based graphic designer and illustrator, and sports a funky new portfolio created by Damien Aistrope.
- Upgrading your theme for Wordpress 2.3: the latest version of blogging application Wordpress has a few enhancements that may require WP bloggers to make some alterations to their blog templates, which Karthik’s informative article walks you through.
Links for 16 October 2007
posted by John Lampard on Tuesday, 16 October, 2007 to the disassociated subset
Hey John,
Thanks for dropping by my site! Wow~your design is awesome. I think I fixed my commenting readability problem-thanks for pointing it out….one of those things I’d kinda noticed but hadn’t had the motivation to fix:-) I’m hosting a blog carnival in about a week-just posted all the details. We’d love to have you join us. Let me know if you have any questions (or if you know of any other good posts out there that fit the topic)!
Hi John,
Thanks very much for the mention. Some nice articles you link to, which is also appreciated, and I agree with Kara – you have a very pleasing design here on disassociated.com. Good work.
Hi Kara, thanks for the compliment :) Your blog comments are much easier to read now! I’ll check out your blog carnival also… I’ve been having trouble loading the BC website for some reason lately though :/
John, thanks for the mention, very much appreciated :)
@ David – happy to mention your article – and thanks also for the kind words :)
@ Karthik – you’re welcome… I’ll be referring to your article when I do eventually upgrade to 2.3!
I have those prodigy and massive attack albums. Nice choices ;)
@John
I couldn’t be more flattered ;)
Seriously though, feel free to ask me if you run into any trouble, I seem to have had to tackle a lot of woes, many others had an easier upgrade!
@ David – they’re classics hey? :)
@ Karthik – thanks for the offer :) I’m now with a webhost who offers “one click installs” for WP upgrades, so that part is quite easy. I’m using Ultimate Tag Warrior ATM… so it’s more just setting aside time to setup WP tagging and then import the data out of UTW than anything else.