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Red Sweater Blog – Elements Of Twitter Style
[Thought I already had this bookmarked. Some good ideas]

> I have strong opinions about what works well on Twitter, and what doesn’t. I decided I would start writing down these opinions so that I can easily reference them in the future. This advice is as much a memorandum to myself as to any readers who might feel that I am preaching to them. I violate most of these recommendations on a regular basis, but I hope that writing this guide helps me to do so less often.
guide  reference  style  writing  rules 
may 2011 by coldbrain
Steve Heller hunts down a Nazi graphics standards manual : Observatory: Design Observer
Published in 1936, The Organizationsbuch der NSDAP (with subsequent annual editions), detailed all aspects of party bureaucracy, typeset tightly in German Blackletter. What interested me, however, were the over 70 full-page, full-color plates (on heavy paper) that provide examples of virtually every Nazi flag, insignia, patterns for official Nazi Party office signs, special armbands for the Reichsparteitag (Reichs Party Day), and Honor Badges. The book “over-explains the obvious” and leaves no Nazi Party organization question, regardless of how minute, unanswered.
design  history  typography  nazi  1936  style  guide  from delicious
february 2011 by coldbrain
A List Apart: Articles: The ALA Primer Part Two: Resources For Beginners
A List Apart publishes articles written for working web professionals, but we appreciate the predicament of new web designers and builders who aren't sure where to begin. As we promised in our primer for readers new to ALA, we've collected a set of starting points for the next generation of people who make websites.
resource  alistapart  webstandards  webdev  programming  web  reference  howto  guide 
september 2010 by coldbrain
The Basic Guide to Troubleshooting Common Windows PC Problems
Your Windows PC might be designed to make your life easier, but they often have a non-stop list of problems. Today we'll walk through some of the more common problems and how to troubleshoot them.
tips  guide  computer  lifehacker  windows  pc  troubleshooting  tech  support 
september 2010 by coldbrain
HTML and CSS Tutorials, References, and Articles | HTML Dog
Welcome to HTML Dog, the web designer's resource for everything HTML and CSS, the most common technologies used in making web pages.
learning  internet  development  html  standards  xhtml  reference  web  resource  webdev  css  code  guide 
august 2010 by coldbrain
The Ultimate Beginner’s Guide To AppleScript | Mac.AppStorm
AppleScript is a powerful scripting language that comes built-in to OS X. The principal use for AppleScript is the automation of tasks that are normally repetitious and time consuming. For instance, as a freelancer, I hate creating invoices every week for my various clients. To solve this problem I wrote an AppleScript that reads the hours that I log into iCal, creates an invoice in Microsoft Excel based on those hours, and emails the invoices to my clients. All with the click of a button!
apple  automation  applescript  guide  programming  reference  tutorial 
july 2010 by coldbrain
Infinite Summer » Blog Archive » How to Read Infinite Jest
"There’s no wrong way to read Infinite Jest: front-to-back, upside-down, cut in half, or skipping around. But here are a few tips for the Infinite Jester."
davidfosterwallace  howto  reading  books  literature  guide  reference  infinitejest 
january 2010 by coldbrain
Conversion Room: How to convert clicks into profit - download free Google how-to guide
Primer from Google on their products/services for business - analytics, Website Optimizer etc.
google  guide  howto  analytics  website  pdf 
july 2009 by coldbrain
Gmail: Tips
Some obvious and not-so-obvious tips for using Gmail.
google  tips  tutorial  gmail  guide  help 
june 2009 by coldbrain

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