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		<title>January roundup: my personal selection</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Jan 2008 09:59:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Best of the best: my own selection from Smashing Magazine's Best of January 2008. ]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Reading through <a href="http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2008/01/25/best-of-january-2008/">Smashing Magazine&#8217;s roundups</a> can be a little overwhelming. To help you digest all this info, here are my own personal favorites, taken from their list as well as the sites they linked to<br />
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<h3>Usability &amp; Interfaces</h3>
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<li>A look at <a href="http://www.boxesandarrows.com/view/advancing-advanced">advanced search.</a></li>
<li>An excellent (and free) <a href="http://www.peterpixel.nl/writings/introduction-to-good-usability/">pdf book on interfaces and usability</a> with lots of screenshots and real-world examples.</li>
<li>Designing an <a href="http://www.uie.com/articles/account_design_mistakes/">account sign up screen</a>.</li>
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<h3>Design Tools</h3>
<ul>
<li>A great video of <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=je1H-57AaVg">drawing icons using Xara.</a></li>
<li>A free tool to <a href="http://xaraxtv.at.tut.by/spray.htm">automatically generate vector shapes</a> (such as bursts, spatters, etc).</li>
<li><a href="http://www.sprymedia.co.uk/article/Design">4 useful design tools</a> in one bookmarklet (grid, ruler, measurement, crosshair).</li>
</ul>
<h3>Design Techniques</h3>
<ul>
<li>A cool new technique to <a href="http://powazek.com/posts/867">incorporate a copyright notice in your images</a> without the user noticing.</li>
<li>A <a href="http://nicedit.com/index.php">brand new alternative</a> to FCKEditor or TinyMCE.</li>
<li>If like me and found sIFR a little confusing at first, you&#8217;ll enjoy <a href="http://www.wakeuplater.com/website-building/use-your-own-fonts-a-simple-sifr-guide.aspx">this tutorial</a>.</li>
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<h3>Performances</h3>
<ul>
<li>Make sure the user always load the latest version of your files with <a href="http://particletree.com/notebook/automatically-version-your-css-and-javascript-files/">this hack</a></li>
<li>Boost website performances using <a href="http://aciddrop.com/2008/01/21/boost-your-website-load-time-with-3-lines-of-code/">4 simple techniques, and 5 lines of code</a>.</li>
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<h3>Inspiration</h3>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://yugushare.blogspot.com/2007/12/kick-ass-creative-logos-trilogy-final.html">Nice logos</a>.<br />
<a href="/wp-content/uploads/2008/01/bananasfilms.jpg"><img src="/wp-content/uploads/2008/01/bananasfilms.thumbnail.jpg" /></a></li>
<li>Gallery of <a href="http://www.dragnet.se/webbdesign/button_collection.html">real-world buttons</a> for various websites</li>
<li><a href="http://www.smileycat.com/design_elements/pricing_tables/">Pricing tables</a> (good inspiration for any kind of tables, actually).</li>
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