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The Tyler Plack Rules of Facebook

I have a Facebook account, but I barely use it. People make fun of me for it, so the people that make fun of me suggest I do a blog post on the Tyler Plack Rules of Facebook. I write … Continue reading

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I am Good.

As a nerd I am, it has been found by Tyler Plack that he needs to live an interesting life and modify sentence structure to make little or no sense to most. Just read this dialogue: “How are you?” asks … Continue reading

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Giving Out Too Much Information & Net Neutrality

*This is a post in response to Sean P. Anne’s “Are You Giving Out Too Much Information On Facebook?“. I feel differently about the matter, and I would like to share my thoughts. Facebook is the world’s largest social network … Continue reading

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5 Overused Phrases That Annoy Me

I hate it when people say the following phrases. I will not be covering words like “like”. [Side note: I hate people who also don’t understand that “like” has its place in the English as an adverb, conjunction, preposition, and … Continue reading

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Better Your Online Typography

The Internet is dominated by 3 fonts: Helvetica/Arial, Trebuchet MS, and Times New Roman (TNR). These fonts all offer a different “feel” for websites. If I could, I would hand everyone in the world a CD of 5,000 fonts to … Continue reading

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10 Sites with Great Blog Headers

Though content is king, design is still important. In this post I am going to be showing you 10 blogs with great headers. When I say great headers, I am not talking about the header your free WordPress theme made. … Continue reading

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Design Refresh at tplack.com

I don’t usually post every time I make a tweak to my blog, but I’ve recently made a series of tweaks. I want to explain why these tweaks make the blog better, but mainly why you need to incorporate them … Continue reading

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3 Basic Principles of Adobe Illustrator

I feel like I am speaking for a lot of designers when I say this: Illustrator is a great tool, but is very daunting to stare at the blank screen with all of your tools in front of you. Especially … Continue reading

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Using jQuery for Effects vs Using Javascript

I feel that jQuery is a great library for doing what it does. It simplifies Javascript. This can be great for something that you need to do that is simple, but I sometimes feel that jQuery can be limiting. Javascript … Continue reading

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Create Rollover Sidebar Icons

Rollover sidebar icons are quickly becoming a trend. This is done with some simple jQuery that I helped make better. I begun this quest as just a “proof-of-concept”, but several people asked for a blog post about this. Let’s begin … Continue reading

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