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How do they do that? All about Google Map APIs, tutorials ,examples and demos.

May 6, 2008, Topic: Tutorial, Web 2.0 Apps, Wordpress Plugins, Comments: 3 Comments.

The free web mapping service from Google is everywhere, it seems to appear on every other website and new web apps are appearing everyday. It is truely great.
But, how do they do it? Hopefully this article will help you on your way.
Google Map API Links and Downloads
Homepage: http://code.google.com/apis/maps/index.html.
Download: Sign up for a Google Map Api […]

Top 15 Online Image Editors - Who needs Photoshop?

April 21, 2008, Topic: Web 2.0 Apps, Comments: 13 Comments.

With the recent release of Adobe Photo Express, I thought I would have a look for other Online Image Editors and see how good they actually were. I was surprised at how many there were, some were simply rubbish, others really, really mind blowing good. So I compiled a list of the Top 15 Online […]

6 Helpful MooTools Video Tutorials

April 12, 2008, Topic: Ajax, Javascript, Tutorial, Web 2.0 Apps, Comments: 4 Comments.

While searching for resources for my previous article on MooTools, I stumbled upon some video tutorials which I thought were great, hope they help.
(These tuts are probably more for the novice).

41 of the Best MooTools Ajax Example Downloads

April 9, 2008, Topic: Ajax, Javascript, Web 2.0 Apps, Comments: 34 Comments.

I wrote an article a few weeks back about javascript frameworks (Top 10 Javascript Frameworks - Which do you prefer?), and the general consensus was that jQuery was the best. I like scriptalicious and Prototype, but I have been looking at MooTools recently, and I like what I see. Here is the best of what […]

15 of the Coolest DIGG API Mashups

April 8, 2008, Topic: Code Snippets, Social Bookmark, Web 2.0 Apps, Comments: No Comments.

Below are my Top 15 Mashups using the Digg api.
A mashup is a combination of data from one source and integrated with one or more technologies. Don’t you just love Api’s.

65 Excellent jQuery Resources (tutorials,cheat sheets,ebooks,demos,plugins…)

April 2, 2008, Topic: Ajax, Code Snippets, Fonts, Javascript, Web 2.0 Apps, Comments: 11 Comments.

Below, there are 65 Excellent jQuery Resources (tutorials,cheat sheets,ebooks,demos,plugins…). Hope they help.

Top 10 Javascript Frameworks - Which do you prefer?

April 1, 2008, Topic: Ajax, Code Snippets, Javascript, Web 2.0 Apps, Comments: 20 Comments.

Javascript libraries have become fundamental to good web design, almost all ste nowadays have some element of javascript or Ajax present. It is probably the main element in developing the Web 2.0 movement.
There are many Frameworks, which do you prefer?

74 Great Web Apps for Web Designers we have forgotten about

March 30, 2008, Topic: Nostalgia, Web 2.0 Apps, Comments: 11 Comments.

The amount of Web Based Apps available are phenomenal, some we forget about…some we are glad we forgot about…others are handy to bookmark for another day…
Anyway here are 74 Great Web Apps for Web Designers we have forgotten about.

Top 5 Web Analytics Apps that are better than Googles Analytics

March 29, 2008, Topic: Analytics, Web 2.0 Apps, Comments: 7 Comments.

I have now had speckyboy.com online for 5 months now, at the beginning I was tracking website visitors and all relevant stats through my web hosts own Analytical Tool as well as using Google Analytics. What I noticed was that the accuracy between the two was staggering (not just 100s of a difference but some […]

Top 20 Free Adobe Air Apps for Designers and Developers

March 23, 2008, Topic: Web 2.0 Apps, Comments: 1 Comment.

Adobe AIR is a very versatile development environment, developed with Flash, HTML or JavaScript code to create desktop applications (apps). It is very light light and easy to use.
You need to download Adobe Air so that these apps can run on your desktop, heres the link: Download Adobe Air.

The Top 40 Free Ajax & Javascript Code for Web Designers

February 10, 2008, Topic: Ajax, Code Snippets, Link Load, Web 2.0 Apps, Comments: 51 Comments.

Ajax has becoming very popular recently, but most designers seem to rehash the same script over and over (you’ll see it in a lot of Wordpress Themes and Plugins). Perhaps we aren’t using ajax technology to its full potential, myself included. The list below is made up of the best FREE scripts available, they are […]

The Best Icon Search Engines and Features for Designers

February 5, 2008, Topic: Free Icons, Web 2.0 Apps, Comments: 5 Comments.

Searching for that perfect icon for your design can be monotonous, browsing through the multitude of icon sites (my last icon article: Top 25 Free Icon Resources for Web Designers) can take hours, wasting good productive time. Thankfully a solution has presented its self in Icon Search Engines. This is a new idea that has […]

Top 10 Free Blogging Platforms & Features For Web Designers

February 3, 2008, Topic: Blogging Platforms, CMS (Content Management), Web 2.0 Apps, Comments: 8 Comments.

The obvious choice for Number 1 is Wordpress, it is the most versatile and flexible platform that I have come across. But, that is my opinion, Wordpress seems to fit my needs 9 times out of ten. Our needs and that of our clients are different, don’t get me wrong I am not saying that […]

A Rough Guide to the excellent Tumblr

January 30, 2008, Topic: Tutorial, Web 2.0 Apps, Comments: 3 Comments.

I had a request from a long term client to design six different Tumblr themes, to be honest the first question I thought of was: ‘Why?’. Being a very good client I thought I had better looked into things, have an educated answer ready for all his questions, and then ask him again: ‘Why, […]

Marvellously Simple - Twitter

December 2, 2007, Topic: Web 2.0 Apps, Wordpress Plugins, Comments: 3 Comments.

I am a fan of most things Web 2.0, to me Web 2.0s definition is making the everyday users web experience simple, coming primarily from design. When I’m not working and just browsing and stumble on to a site offering a service, I can sometimes be put off by the complexity of it. I know […]