Author: Ryan Sholin
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Creating Triangles in CSS
Border tricks make triangles show up in interesting (and useful) places. Creating Triangles in CSS
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The Digital Journalist’s Handbook: ON SALE NOW
I’ve been wildly impressed with Mark Luckie’s blog and work at 10,000 Words since I first heard of him. Highly recommend this book as a good reference to have in every newsroom. The Digital Journalist’s Handbook: ON SALE NOW
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Overcoming Creative Block – ISO50
Getting through whatever’s stopping up your flow of ideas. How to do it. Many designers and schools of thought represented. Overcoming Creative Block – ISO50
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Slidedeck Features & Pricing
Useful little jquery slider dealie. I imagine you could spend a few hours building something similar out of open-source code and then designing it, but at the price of $100 bucks for this thing, and time saved, it seems like a real option. Slidedeck Features & Pricing
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“Python for Informatics” Open Textbook Remixed in 11 Days
This book is a data-focused remix of “Think Python: How to Think like a Computer Scientist,” the book Adrian Holovaty often recommends to journalists who want to get started with Django. “Python for Informatics” Open Textbook Remixed in 11 Days
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Gizmodo’s Comment System: How It Works and Why It’s Better
A great explanation of how comments work on Gawker blogs, powered by karma, Facebook Connect, and heavy moderation of new commenters before they’re set free on threads. Gizmodo’s Comment System: How It Works and Why It’s Better
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Dummy Image Generator is the Lorem Ipsum of Images
Just go to dummyimage.com/640×480 and poof, an image to drag to your desktop and use in mockups. Dummy Image Generator is the Lorem Ipsum of Images
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Epistemology and sources
Back in the excellent philosophy class I took in high school (Hi Mr. Lutness!), epistemology was simply explained as How You Know What You Know. And different philosophers said you know what you know for different reasons. George Berkeley, for example, had this whole “seeing is believing” thing, for example. If he didn’t perceive it…