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Rosetta Code
A programming chrestomathy, presenting solutions to the same task in as many different languages as possible, to demonstrate how languages are similar and different.
code  programming  wiki  education  howto  reference 
february 2012 by garrettc
Getting the Most Out of Google Analytics
Matt Curry from Lovehoney offers a useful primer on setting up and using Google Analytics for e-commerce.
analysis  analytics  business  data  google  ecommerce  wdcsintranet  howto 
december 2011 by garrettc
Here's a little cheat sheet to writing a song.
It's actually a pretty good summation of pop music structure.
music  howto  tutorial  theory  cheatsheet  from delicious
march 2011 by garrettc
Git Immersion
Git Immersion is a guided tour that walks through the fundamentals of Git, inspired by the premise that to know a thing is to do it.
git  tutorial  howto  versioncontrol  reference  webdevelopment  tool  from delicious
february 2011 by garrettc
Scraping for Journalism: A Guide for Collecting Data
Dan Nguyen gives and overview of how to pull data from Flash, PDF and HTMl using a wide set of tools.
data  journalism  howto  datamining  research  scraper  from delicious
january 2011 by garrettc
Ebook Formats, DRM and You — A Guide for the Perplexed
How to remove DRM from the most common ebooks formats. Publishers don't get to tell me what devices I can read on.
drm  ebook  howto  kindle  guide  from delicious
january 2011 by garrettc
Your Random Numbers – Getting Started with Processing and Data Visualization | blprnt.blg
"… a first sketch of what a lesson plan for teaching Processing and data visualization might look like"
tutorial  data  visualisation  howto  processing  toread  from delicious
january 2011 by garrettc
Why aren't you using git-flow?
A set of Git extensions for more efficient use of branches and tags.
git  workflow  versioncontrol  howto  programming 
december 2010 by garrettc
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Download videos from YouTube.
youtube  video  howto  multimedia  media 
november 2010 by garrettc
Ten Simple Rules for Editing Wikipedia
Aimed at scientists but full of useful advice for everyone
wikipedia  research  howto  reference  web 
october 2010 by garrettc
Build a WordPress theme with Thematic
Nice little overview, especially the distinction between hooks and filters
wordpress  thematic  theme  howto 
september 2010 by garrettc
Content Strategy for the Web Professional
"[…] something’s going wrong with your projects; the user experience just isn’t meeting your expectations. You’re reasonably sure you know why: there’s a problem with the content."
content  strategy  copywriting  howto  webdesign  webdevelopment 
september 2010 by garrettc
Writing great documentation
"Tech docs can take a bunch of different forms ranging from high-level overviews, to step-by-step walkthroughs, to auto-generated API documentation. Unfortunately, no single format works for all users; there’s huge differences in the way that people learn, so a well-documented project needs to provide many different forms of documentation."
documentation  writing  howto  tutorial  tips 
july 2010 by garrettc
The 7 ½ Steps to Successful Infographics
Funny and interesting look at how to create infographics from Sarah Slobin, datameister from the NYT, Fortune Magazine and the Wall St. Journal.
infographics  visualisation  reference  data  tips  graphics  design  howto 
may 2010 by garrettc
Organising projects and folders in Aperture.
Fraser Speirs outlines his organisation tricks for Aperture.
photography  workflow  apple  osx  aperture  howto  tips  wetbankholiday 
may 2010 by garrettc
Solargraphs
How to build a pinhole camera with a 6 month exposure to show the path of the sun.
photography  pinhole  camera  howto  tutorial  diy  project  solargraph 
april 2010 by garrettc
BBC Wildlife Magazine Photography Masterclasses
BBC Wildlife Magazine has posted all 12 articles in their Photo Masterclass series in PDF format. Good stuff.
photography  tutorial  howto  bbc  tips  reference 
march 2010 by garrettc
Four Ways to Mix Fonts
Great piece from H&FJ on how to pick fonts that work well together.
typography  design  inspiration  reference  tips  font  howto  tutorial 
march 2010 by garrettc
Coding at Headshift: our experience with Version Control Systems
Interesting overview of why Headshift moved from Subversion to Git and their experiences so far.
git  svn  howto  versioncontrol 
march 2010 by garrettc
7 Ways to Improve your Public Speaking
Great advice from Andy Budd on how to prepare and execute an effective presentation.
speaking  presentation  conference  tips  advice  howto  performance  technique 
january 2010 by garrettc
UX Team of One
Leah Buley's talk on tips and techniques for generating diverse design ideas on your own.
design  collaboration  webdesign  userexperience  brain  tips  howto  research  advice 
november 2009 by garrettc
Leah Buley’s A UX Team of One.
Tips for brainstorming ideas when you're on your lonesome. I especially love the spectrum idea.
webdesign  userexperience  brain  tips  howto  research  advice 
november 2009 by garrettc
Brooklyn Museum iPhone App ver 1.3 released + API Lessons Learned + Going Open Source
Wonderful story from the team at the Brooklyn Museum on what they've learnt about iPhone development so far, limitations of the API, developing for a single platform and taking it Open Source.
iphone  appstore  api  museum  opensource  development  howto  brooklynmuseum 
august 2009 by garrettc
Digital Photography Tutorials
Fantastic resource on all aspects of digital photography.
photography  tutorial  digital  howto  reference 
july 2009 by garrettc
Creating Custom CCK Fields
"You can create custom CCK fields, widgets, and formatters for any situation, but it can be hard to see how to do it." - A tutorial from Karen Stevenson
drupal  cck  howto  tutorial  development  programming  webdevelopment 
july 2009 by garrettc
Drupal quick tips and tricks before going live!
Pre-launch check list. Nothing unexpected, but useful nonetheless
drupal  howto  deployment  sysadmin  checklist 
june 2009 by garrettc
Copywriting: a prescription for great text
Copywriting advice from Amanda Aitken (aka, the stylish copywriter)
tutorial  resource  advice  howto  writing  copywriting 
may 2009 by garrettc
How to give a lecture
Set up with a hook, say a lot about a little, not a little about a lot.
education  teaching  presentation  advice  howto 
may 2009 by garrettc
Chase Jarvis Blog: 5 Tips For Making Great iPhone Photos
Basic stuff, but nice shout outs for Camera Bag and Pano
iphone  photography  howto  camera 
april 2009 by garrettc
EC2 for Poets
Dave Winer makes cloud computing less mysterious by helping people through the process of setting up a server on Amazon EC2
reference  tutorial  howto  webservices  server  cloudcomputing  ec2  amazon 
march 2009 by garrettc
BBC Radio Labs - How we make websites
Michael Smethurst from the BBC explains how they bring together the threads of persistent URIs, REST, open data and domain driven design together in a cohesive approach to web development.
programming  webdevelopment  howto  webdesign  process  rest  bestpractice  bbc  torchbox 
february 2009 by garrettc
How To
The art of instructional design, I love this stuff.
reference  tutorial  howto  inspiration  illustration  information  infographics 
january 2009 by garrettc
Focus and Recompose Exposed
James Duncan Davidson explains how the focus and recompose technique can sometimes lead to out of focus shots. Damn, I use this quite a lot.
advice  camera  digital  dof  tutorial  photography  photo  howto  technique  tips 
october 2008 by garrettc
Working With History in Bash
Excellent tips on configuring your shell environment to make history a little more useful.
bash  geek  hack  computer  shell  unix  linux  howto  commandline  tips 
july 2008 by garrettc
REST Anti-Patterns
"...typical examples of attempted RESTful HTTP usage that create problems and show that someone has attempted, but failed, to adopt REST ideas."
architecture  development  documentation  howto  http  information  interface  programming  reference  rest  url  webservices  patterns  tips 
july 2008 by garrettc
The cron commandments
Good tips from Dean Wilson on how to write cron jobs correctly.
advice  cron  guidelines  howto  linux  unix  sysadmin  reference  shell  tips 
june 2008 by garrettc
Development Environment for Drupal
Comprehensive breakdown of a drupal dev environment. Very closely mirrors my own experiences.
development  environment  howto  subversion  svn  git  drupal  tips 
june 2008 by garrettc
How to buy a camera lens
Some useful information for when you want to graduate from the kit lens.
camera  guide  howto  lens  photography  dslr  tips 
june 2008 by garrettc
Patterns for user reputation
Yahoo! have released a family of related Reputation patterns to the Yahoo Design Pattern Library.
design  howto  inspiration  psychology  ranking  reputation  socialnetworking  socialsoftware  userexperience  yahoo  patterns 
june 2008 by garrettc
How to Clean Stuff
Donating to the Clean Water Fund for every tip published.
advice  clean  diy  home  howto  learning  lifehack  productivity  reference  skills  trick  tips 
may 2008 by garrettc
Google Doctype
Google launches a reference library for web developers
code  css  documentation  dom  google  howto  html  javascript  programming  reference  resource  useful  webdevelopment 
may 2008 by garrettc
Semantic Web Patterns
"In this article, we'll analyze the trends and technologies that power the Semantic Web. We'll identify patterns that are beginning to emerge, classify the different trends, and peak into what the future holds."
analysis  api  future  guide  howto  patterns  userinterface  socialsoftware  webdevelopment  semantics 
march 2008 by garrettc
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