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“Some companies have made a living creating a sort of “virtual classroom,” allowing members to learn at their own pace when they have the time using video tutorials. The advantages of the classroom setting stem from a one on one experience and the ability of the instructor to show the ideas and theories rather than simply explain them.”
“This article covers the basics of baseline grids—defined grid areas within which content is placed—and how they can be applied effectively to the web medium. In print, baseline grids are almost mandatory. They ensure the bottom of each line of text—its baseline—aligns with a vertical grid, akin to writing on a ruled piece of paper. With books, this means text is always in the same position on the pag”
“Multimedia Tour This exhibition multimedia tour provides a wealth of information about Klimt’s art, life and times. It features photographs of Klimt and his circle as well as music of the period, comments from curators, archive film recordings, and behind the scenes footage showing how the exhibition came together.”
“Practically every personal computer has a set of fonts installed. These fonts are usually put there by the computer manufacturer or are the default sets of fonts for the operating system that computer is using. It's possible to install additional fonts on your own. However, not all font sets are created equal. Different computers can have very different sets of fonts installed, and most casual computer users never know the difference. When you are designing a Webpage, you need to keep this in mind. If you decide to use a font on your page that a visitor doesn't have, that font will render differently (and often unattractively) on the visitor's machine.”
“There are tonnes of plugins available though, so if you’re looking for something particular then check out Google and the offical jQuery plugins website. If you want to have a go at building your own jQuery plugin then check out this guide ("Developing a jQuery plugin") written by Jonathan Snook.”
“In this industry - now more than ever - designers are becoming coders, and coders are becoming designers. The idea of a developer ONLY performing frontend or backend work is quickly becoming a dated concept. jQuery will help to bridge the gap. Javascript is not an unattainable skill. In this article, we'll detail fifteen resources to get you started with jQuery from the absolute beginning. If you've been avoiding this library out of some silly sense of fear, now is the time to dive in. You'll be amazed at how simple it can be.”
“When did we become so afraid of maintaining, updating, and manipulating HTML? And when did the use of CSS become tied to the idea of never having to touch our markup? Fundamentally even those leading this movement towards having “sexy” stylesheets don’t always practice what they preach; most of the markup created by the ‘best of the best’ is a combination of presentational and structural.”
