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Archive for July, 2009

Date Display Technique with Sprites

This is a cool technique that Chris Coyier explains over at CSS Tricks. Using a single sprite image and some CSS to create your date display on your blog. The example used is from the learningjquery.com website.

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Head over and check out the tutorial to see how it is done.

Is Twitter Replacing RSS

twitter_vs_rssHere is a question I have been asking myself for a while: is twitter replacing RSS? The only reason I am asking this is because over the last year (basically since I signed up for twitter) I have noticed a gradual shift in my reading patterns from RSS Feeds to twitter. Twitter has certainly had a huge impact the web development/design niche and, after recently hitting the mainstream, I find that even my mum knows what twitter is. It’s fast becoming a household name. So is it really changing the way we find out about interesting articles on the web? And is it killing RSS?

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