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Useful links: Troubleshooting CSS, Carousels, Accessible Forms, Smart Dust

I mentioned my new blog yesterday. I was thinking about using a carousel on it. Now Jared Smith and Craig Grannell are saying this: Accessibility Expert Warns: Stop Using Carousels. Well, Jared, you convinced me.

Making an Accessible form with ARIA, part 1 is from Deque.

No, Google Glass is not the ending point of Moore’s law, just another step along the way. Smart neural dust could carry sensors deep into the human brain, send data back out is further proof of where we’re going as a society with technology. So why can’t we find a form of energy that doesn’t create a hot planet?

Useful Links: Design Patterns, CSS3 Transforms, Industry Ready, Large Background

HTML5 and ARIA Design Patterns is at .net magazine. It provides design patterns for main elements, navigation elements, sections, details, summaries, and figures and figcaptions. In each design pattern, the appropriate ARIA roles are shown.

The Tower Blog explains how they did the CSS3 transforms in their sidebar in CSS3 Transforms by Example.

How to Teach Industry Ready? is at Unicorn Institute.

Large Background Images in Web Design: Tips and Techniques. Nice summary of the various options.

Useful LInks: Content Strategy, Image Size, Progressive Enhancement

A brief history of content strategy is from Firehead. It is a perfect introduction to the topic and provides insight into its development and importance. In short, a good reading assignment for web educators to use.

Question of the Week: Image Size and Social Networks. The question was about finding the proper image size for different social networks – not easy to answer with one option. The article also contains tips for images that will apply to any social network.

Progressive Enhancement is Still Important. Find out why.

Useful links: REM, 3-D Printing, Coding Tools, JS libraries

Easy-peasy REM Conversion with SASS is from Stubbornella.

3-D printing is capable of anything, apparently. What won’t we make with 3-D printing in the future? Now there’s a duck with a new foot thanks to 3-D printing. How about a house? A bus? A person (beam me up, Scotty)?

Coding Tools to Make Life Easier is from Ann Maria’s Blog.

Which JavaScript Library Should I Pick? Here are some tips to help you evaluate the numerous JavaScript libraries that are available now so you can make an intelligent choice.

Useful links: UX Video, remote control, Instagram video, mobile #fails

How to Fail at UX in 3 Steps is a very short video, but it makes strong points.

Where will this lead? Microsoft shows off a wall of 200 Windows Phones you can control remotely.

In case you’re already deeply committed to Instagram’s new video service, here’s How to Embed Instagram Video on Your Website.

Mobile Web Problems and How to Avoid Them is a series of problems collected by Brad Frost and Jen Simmons over the last few months. You see screen shots of the problem and get tips on how to avoid the errors.

Useful Links: Mobile Tips, Wireframes, Prepare for the End

Mobile Website Design: 30 Pro Tips at Creative Bloq makes some excellent points and has some graphics that look helpful to use in a classroom. This graphic, for example, in tip 15.

In keeping with that wireframe image, take a look at this inspiring collection of wireframe sketches from various designers. UI & Wireframe Sketches for Your Inspiration.

July 1 will be the end of Google Reader. Are you prepared? I’ve been using Netvibes after trying it out along with Feedly for a week long trial period. Netvibes won. Here’s a list of 12 alternatives to Google Reader. Just a reminder that there are links in the sidebar so that you can subscribe to the RSS feed for this blog using what ever reader you love the most.

Useful links: female game characters, 3D transforms, Yahoo email

I was impressed by this headline, People Want Female Warrior Gaming Miniatures So Much That They Funded This Kickstarter Campaign In 30 Seconds. After I read the amazing story I went to the actual Kickstarter page for Raging Heroes to see what the total raised was. Then I was really amazed. Game makers, if you think there’s no support for women in gaming, you’re either in denial or throwing away a ton of profit.

Understanding 3D Transforms is from Opera Dev.

Do you have a Yahoo email address? I do. I have it set to forward to my regular email, however, so I almost never sign in to Yahoo to look at it. If you haven’t signed in to your Yahoo email within the last 12 months, you will lose your account. Log In to Your Yahoo! Mail Address or Lose it On July 15th. When signing in to Yahoo to let Yahoo know I want to maintain that account, I noticed they are using two-step verification now.