Ma.gnolia: Alex Jones' Bookmarks

Create an Awesome Grass Texture in Photoshop

2008-07-24T12:28:32-07:00

This is the fourth and final installment of my series on creating textures in Photoshop. If you missed the first three, they were creating: Water Texture, Wood

Rainbow for Firebug :: Firefox Add-ons

2008-07-23T12:00:04-07:00

JavaScript syntax highlighting for Firebug.

Dangerbird Records Launches « Athletics

2008-07-23T09:36:46-07:00

A writeup of the launch of Dangerbird records by Athletics, which provides insight into their prototyping method (using Flash plus a bit of actionscript) as well as their implementation choices.

Totally Looks Like… Famous People and Celeb Look-A-Likes

2008-07-22T15:07:59-07:00

Etsy :: Elephannie

2008-07-22T07:35:40-07:00

A great collection of vinyl stickers that can be added to any wall in the house.

A 10% improvement on conversion with one change

2008-07-20T07:26:24-07:00

A post about one site's removal of CAPTCHA and the improvement to conversions.

Adobe Illustrator Shortcuts

2008-07-19T07:30:56-07:00

"Here are 26 Illustrator shortcuts that can help you to speed up productivity. I use most of them (in fact, I can’t work without them). Most of shortcuts listed in this article aren’t documented in the software, so keep reading and you’re sure to find at least one new trick to put up your sleeve."

one hundred push ups

2008-07-18T12:41:21-07:00

The hundred push ups training program - designed to improve strength and physical fitness by enabling you to do a hundred consecutive push ups after six weeks.

WordPress › WordPress Themes

2008-07-18T08:22:39-07:00

Looking for the awesome WordPress themes? Here's the place to find them!

SummerMash Austin - EventVue

2008-07-17T06:58:37-07:00

EventVue provides an interactive online directory for your attendees before and after your event.

Our Electric Future

2008-07-15T09:01:02-07:00

Energy independence is the wrong goal. Here is a plan Americans can stick to.

Prototip 2

2008-07-15T07:49:14-07:00

Prototip allows you to easily create both simple and complex tooltips using the Prototype javascript framework.

50 Websites For Free Vector Images Download

2008-07-15T07:36:18-07:00

WordPress 2.6

2008-07-15T06:49:57-07:00

A tour of WordPress 2.6 and the new features.

DataCase - iPhone File Server and Viewer

2008-07-15T06:41:04-07:00

DataCase keeps your files close by turning your iPhone or iPod Touch into a hand held wireless drive. Keep your data with you wherever you go and access it when and where you need, on any available computer (Mac, PC, Linux), no upload program or server configuration necessary.

Make Your Own Mac Mix

2008-07-14T06:44:39-07:00

Choose the apps you like, add them to your Mac Mix and Check out!

WordPress for iPhone

2008-07-11T14:09:55-07:00

Official home of the WordPress iPhone Application

Lost and Taken

2008-07-10T12:59:07-07:00

"Free stock textures for your graphic design and photography projects"

rooSwitch

2008-07-10T11:51:56-07:00

"rooSwitch exists to make it easy for you to create different profiles of almost any application's data. You then switch amongst the profiles to activate the data you wish to use. It's like a multi-user environment for just one application."

TweetDeck

2008-07-09T06:46:18-07:00

"TweetDeck is an Adobe Air desktop application that is currently in public beta. It aims to evolve the existing functionality of Twitter by taking an abundance of information i.e twitter feeds, and breaking it down into more manageable bite sized pieces."

Fever° Red hot. Well read.

2008-07-07T07:53:26-07:00

The Pencil Project

2008-07-07T07:49:32-07:00

With the power of the underlying Mozilla Gecko engine, Pencil turns your excellent Firefox 3 browser into a sketching tool with just a 400-kilobyte installation package. The Pencil Project's unique mission is to build a free and opensource tool for making diagrams and GUI prototyping that everyone can use.

“Gorilla” Usability Testing

2008-07-07T07:35:11-07:00

"In my never-ending search for interesting interface design, I had a chance to chat with Andy Budd, of Clearleft, about their new desktop application, Silverback. I believe it can bring usability testing the masses and will be the go-to application for basic usability testing. It's simple, focused, thoughtful, polished, and a joy to use."

Anxiety - Lightweight To-do Management

2008-07-07T07:32:21-07:00

Anxiety is a super-lightweight To-do list application for Mac OS X Leopard that synchronizes with iCal and Mail. Its aim is to provide a streamlined, easily accessible interface to add and check off your tasks, while remaining poised to melt into the background at a moments notice.

AppleScript: Quick Viewer, Quick View Droplet

2008-07-03T11:18:17-07:00

Quick Look can be used for more than a means to locate information, it can also be used as a means to present documents or media. The Quick Viewer applet and the Quick Look Droplet are easy-to-use presentation tools.

Matt - Multi Account Twitter Tweeter

2008-07-03T11:13:47-07:00

Multiple account twitter tweeting. Matt makes it easy to post to multiple Twitter accounts without having to log into each one every time.

pinvoke - Icons and pixel fonts

2008-07-03T08:30:11-07:00

Quality 10x10 and 16x16 pixel icons and pixel fonts to designers.

Google Talk for the iPhone

2008-07-03T06:47:26-07:00

Stay connected to your Google Talk contacts right from your iPhone. Chat with your Google Talk contacts in real time. Send and receive instant messages in chat sessions with your contacts.* Move easily between multiple open chats. View and search for your Google Talk contacts. See the availability and status message of your contacts and change your own status on the go. Go off the record if you don't want to store your chats. Off the record chats are not stored on Gmail.

Tiled backgrounds designer

2008-07-02T14:47:05-07:00

A nice little online utility to create background patterns.

Organized fromiSlayer.com

2008-07-02T14:35:15-07:00

"Take care of the little jobs with Organized, a new widget from iSlayer featuring a calendar with events, world clocks, notes and to do's. The calendar and to do's utilize OS X's inbuilt databases, so they're always in sync with iCal and Mail. The world clock uses our very own database with over 700 locations."