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    Qards: How to Create an Awesome Website with Video Backgrounds

    A video is nothing else then "image in motion".  For someone, a video might represent the essence of enriching memories from childhood; for another one it might be a PR and sales instrument to showcase the latest smart device on market. No matter what's the story...

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    Measuring Performance

    Clients care deeply about web performance and they depend on us to articulate and measure how well their website is performing. If you have a service level agreement (SLA) with your client, and you should, then learning how to measure key metrics is crucial...

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    Google Art Project – Chrome Extension

    As my career progresses, I see more apps and services which try to invade my space.  Notifications, emails, alerts...everyone wants a piece of me.  And I'll level with you:  they drive me mad.  I want the least amount of interruptions as possible and I want the...

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    Convert an Image to Grayscale with ImageMagick

    A few years ago I bought a DSLR camera with a bunch of filter effects built in and it's been worth every penny.  I took some incredible photos in London, Paris, and Jamaica, and tooks some really special photos of my son during his first few years.  And...

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    Get Bitcoin Value with curl or Node.js

    Last year I started dabbling in bitcoin.  Of course I was immediately cocky as bitcoin value went up 20% as soon as I bought it, then was humbled as bitcoin's value tumbled down 50%.  From boathouse to outhouse.  From caviar to ramen noodles.  It was brutal. Anyways, I was...

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    Get Open Graph Data with Node.js

    Two of this blog's most popular posts are Facebook Open Graph META Tags and How to Create a Twitter Card.  I'm not at all surprised because we as content creators want some visual control over how our site is represented and shared on third party sites, especially social media...

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    Font Loading Techniques

    It seems as though most websites use non-default fonts these days and who can blame them?  System fonts are all pretty boring and custom fonts add a bit of flare and freshness to a site's design.  The problem with using custom fonts, however, is they can really...

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    Sara Soueidan’s Favorite CodePen Demos

    A few months ago, Chris Coyier shared his favorite CodePen demos right here on David's blog. A while back David asked me to share some of my favorite pens too, so here are some of the demos that have blown my mind in the past...

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    Giveaway:  O’Reilly Fluent Conference in San Fransisco

    I've been a huge fan of open source and the open web, so it probably wouldn't surprise you that I work for Mozilla.  Mozilla has pushed the "open web" philosophy since the organization's inception and has continued that philosophy to present day, now pushing to...

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    The Best Web Tools And Services To Start 2015

    This showcase contains the best web tools and services to start 2015. Web developers, designers but also everybody else will benefit a lot by finding out more about these awesome tools. You will work easier and faster with these top notch solutions. Pidoco.com Pidoco is...