{"authorId":1,"title":{"title":{}},"slug":"weekly-link-round-up-17","postDate":1202579462,"expiryDate":null,"enabled":1,"fields":{"2":"<p>Well, I&rsquo;m actually writing my weekly round-up on time this week. Guess it helps to actually keep up with my feeds. Here are a couple of items from <strong>last week<\/strong> that I didn&rsquo;t get a chance to read until this week.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.smashingmagazine.com\/2008\/01\/31\/10-principles-of-effective-web-design\/\">10 Principles Of Effective Web Design<\/a>\n<p>Nice overview of 10 principles to make designs usable. Remember, web design is all about the user.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thinkvitamin.com\/features\/css\/stay-on-target\">Stay on :target<\/a>\n<p>Some examples of how to use  the CSS3 pseudo selector: <strong>target<\/strong>. If only browsers could keep up.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<!--more-->\n<p>Now for the items from <strong>this week<\/strong> that I found interesting:<\/p>\n\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/freelanceswitch.com\/general\/why-being-an-average-freelancer-might-just-be-enough\/\">Why Being An &lsquo;Average&rsquo; Freelancer Might Just Be Enough<\/a>\n<p>I feel like I am an &lsquo;average&rsquo; freelancer, and I am perfectly happy with it. My design ability is not amazing, but it&rsquo;s not bad either. That&rsquo;s not saying I don&rsquo;t want to improve it.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2008\/02\/04\/technology\/04link.html\">Is Obama a Mac and Clinton a PC?<\/a>\n<p>I love Obama&rsquo;s website. It does feel very <strong>Mac-y<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sitepoint.com\/article\/principles-beautiful-html-email\">The Principles of Beautiful HTML Email<\/a>\n<p>This most important part is simplicity. This is my favorite section: <strong>&ldquo;An Email is Not a Web Page&rdquo;<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/thebignoob.com\/posts\/cinematic-web-design\/\">Cinematic Web Design<\/a>\n<p>I love the analogy.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/abriefmessage.com\/2008\/02\/06\/saffer\/\">No Child Left Behind Is Leaving Designers Behind<\/a>\n<p>I agree totally. I wish I would have received more design training. I&rsquo;m trying on my own though&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/li>\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/ajaxian.com\/archives\/jquery-ui-and-jquery-enchant-alpha-versions-released-today\">jQuery UI and jQuery Enchant Alpha Versions Released Today<\/a>\n<p>More jQuery coolness. I love the demos.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/fadtastic.net\/2008\/02\/07\/calls-to-action-click-here\/\">Calls To Action - Click Here!<\/a>\n<p>Calls to Action: such an important part of turning visitors into conversions.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.maxdesign.com.au\/2008\/02\/09\/comment-anatomy\/\">Anatomy of a comment<\/a>\n<p>Interesting discussion breaking down the different parts of a comment and what popular sites display which pieces.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/weneedgirlfriends.tv\/\">We Need Girlfriends<\/a>\n<p>Ok, so I think I&rsquo;m really late with this, but this show is hilarious. Started out as an online show, and now CBS bought the show. The episodes take a long time to download from the site, so I would also recommend checking them out on <a href=\"http:\/\/youtube.com\/user\/StevenTsapelas\">YouTube<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>","4":{"website":{}}}}