If your web browser works with Google web fonts, this post will look a little different to you than usual. That’s because I’ve replaced the font for the content with a handwriting style font named “Architects Daughter”.

Traditionally, when choosing fonts for your website, you’ve had to take two precautions:

Choosing fonts that most people have on [...]

Your website’s bounce rate is the percentage of people who only stay for a few seconds before leaving. Naturally, when people arrive at your site and realize it’s not what they were looking for, they’ll leave.

But even if you’ve got the right content, there are other factors that will cause some people to leave.

Over at [...]

I’ve been taking a CERT training class at City Hall for the last month or so, learning about how to help in an emergency when the professionals haven’t yet arrived or are overwhelmed.

We’ve learned about emergency preparation, handling small fires (including a live exercise that would have been more fun if the fire had been [...]

Bloggers Widgetitis is an insidious disease. In the early stages of infection, the victim feels mild euphoria with few adverse effects. Later, as the disease enters it’s virulent phase, they become overwhelmed with insatiable cravings for bright, shiny objects, and exhibit self-destructive behavior in an attempt to satisfy them.

In the late stages, their blogs are [...]

I’ve been promoting Harris Fellman and Richard Osterude’s “Peel Away Ads” by giving away my Tetra DHTML/JavaScript scroller as a free bonus for a while now (using Fast JV to deliver the bonus, BTW), and it’s created a steady stream of income for me. But there was one problem with the promo — people who’d [...]

Harris Fellman and Richard Osterude have just released a cool new script called “Peel Away Ads”. It makes it look like the corner of your web page is peeling away to reveal something underneath. When a visitor moves their mouse over the peeling corner, your ad is revealed. It’s a pretty cool looking effect, and [...]