http://charlesgnilka.com The G is silent Tue, 03 Jun 2008 19:18:35 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Ajaxian.com features a look at the prerelease of the new version of Flash. Code named "astro", the new Flash offers a new drawing API, advanced text layout, and 3D effects. Here's a YouTube video of the astro in action. I love the retro-space graphics! http://charlesgnilka.com/adobe/astro-is-the-codename-for-flash-10/ The Wake Up Later blog features a list of 8 mistakes that web developers make. These are not the glaring mistakes that are plain to see, like covering a page with animated GIF graphics or writing the site's HTML in some awful WYSIWYG program. The mistakes show a lack of ... http://charlesgnilka.com/web-design/mistakes-that-web-developers-make-can-you-tell-arial-from-helvetica/ Starting a blog, or any long-term project, can be a daunting process not just because of the work involved, but the long periods of time that might pass before you see any reward...or even an indication if you are doing the right things. It is easy to get depressed and worn ... http://charlesgnilka.com/blogging/a-mountain-is-just-a-series-of-small-hills/ Use pretty permalinks for your Wordpress posts. RSS is a great tool for keep up with blogs and news, but it can overwhelm you if you let it. Google Reader is a lifesaver. Don't overplan or overthink what you write on a blog. Use common sense, but it is better to write ... http://charlesgnilka.com/blogging/just-a-few-things-i-learned-in-2007/ Last year I started 2007 with installing Wordpress and starting my own blog. The use of this blog has been more of an experiment than a place to write posts. I used this blog to learn about the Wordpress interface, SEO, basic PHP, and the problems with CSS ... http://charlesgnilka.com/uncategorized/a-new-year/ Search Engine Guide features a story on how to recruit casual users of your product or website to become product evangelists. Jennifer Laycock describes the process of engaging customers to sell your product and the power of "word of mouth" marketing. Here's a quote... My phrase at the class this week was ... http://charlesgnilka.com/blogging/getting-casual-users-to-sell-your-product-and-the-power-of-word-of-mouth/ Read/Write Web features video of Google CEO Eric Schmidt talking about Web 3.0. According to Schmidt, Web 2.0 was based on AJAX technology. Web 3.0 will be about building smaller applications and linking them together. Smaller apps can run on different devices, ranging from computers to cell phones, ... http://charlesgnilka.com/google/the-invention-of-web-30/ It can be maddening to pick the right font for a corporate website or brochure. The urge is there to do something creative and unique, but the look has to be polished and professional. Do you give up and fall back to using Helvetica or Times for the ... http://charlesgnilka.com/uncategorized/smashing-magazine-picks-top-80-professional-fonts/ I've fixed up the template and added some new links. I added links to YouTube videos, my PageFlakes pages, and another blog I use to test Blogger's news features. My YouTube and Delicious accounts will be filling up with links migrating from my other accounts. The Charles Gnilka Blog ... http://charlesgnilka.com/blogging/a-new-templateagainwith-new-posts/ Photoshop News features a link to a BBC story on the looming "digital dark age". According to the story, thousands of digital files are lost each year because newer computers can't open them. While paper can sit on a shelf for years without losing information, files stored on ... http://charlesgnilka.com/uncategorized/32/