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Super web colour picker — AllScoop.com

February 3rd, 2009 2 Comments

I was helping Raul out with a CSS issue tonight and pointed him toward a colour picker that I’ve used a number of times for my own projects. The tool features the full range of hex-code colours but breaks them down into three categories: Web-Safe – The 256 “safe” web colours Web-Smart – An extended [...]

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Twitter Acquires Sandy and Stikkit

December 15th, 2008 No Comments

Here’s a clip of a post I did over on the AGP Blog about the acquisition of Sandy & Stikkit by Twitter. It’s going to be very interesting to see what Twitter decides to do with the newly acquired technology, particularly in the wake of reduced services in nearl every country outside the US (read: [...]

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Get more written: Write or Die

December 7th, 2008 No Comments

I came across this web application a few weeks back while listening to AmberMac‘s dulcet tones on CommandN #156.  The application is called Write or Die written by Dr. Wicked, and its aim is to make you a more productive writer. Write or Die provides you motivation to write not based on the positive reinforcement [...]

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