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SideWinder: Check Google SideWiki Bookmarklet
September 23, 20096 Comments
SideWinder is a quick and easy way to check posts about a website in Google’s new SideWiki service.
SideWiki is a service hosted by Google that allows users to leave comments about any website they are visiting for other SideWiki users to view. This isn’t a new idea, and other companies have tried to introduce similar [...]
Web Design Course
August 25, 20095 Comments
I’ll be teaching Web Design at the University of Guelph-Humber again this fall. In addition to the in-class lectures and hands-on lab work I’m also going to be posting content here for both my in-class students as well as other people who might be interested in learning the basics of web design.
I’ve had almost [...]
New Dreamweaver Tutorial Series
January 1, 20093 Comments
Happy New Year! For 2009 we’re going to start a series of Dreamweaver tutorials for new web designers and anyone interesting in learning how to create a web site using Adobe Dreamweaver. This online training course will be a good foundation for continuing education in web design techniques. The material is drawn in [...]
Shadow: Follow Updates Quietly on Twitter
November 12, 20088 Comments
This script will allow you to quietly follow a user’s updates on Twitter without listing them on your profile or adding you to their list of followers.
The Shadow script for Twitter is an experiment in seeing how being able to quietly follow other users updates will effect people’s perception of the value of following to [...]
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Stuart Robertson is a Freelance Web Designer and Consultant, the Web Manager for the University of Guelph, and Faculty in the Department of Media Studies at the University of Guelph-Humber.