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Archive - 09, 2014

Web Highlights: Cirque du Soleil

Web Highlights is an ongoing series showcasing some of the brightest and most useful destinations online, celebrating the imaginative minds that come together in Web Development to make the internet a more interesting place.

This week’s highlight may just be the most recognizable talent show on Earth. They’re mystifying, they’re exuberant, they’re renowned for their unrivaled skill and presence at the top of the live entertainment industry. I am of course referring to Cirque du Soleil.

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Cookies

Cookies

Maybe you remember a certain TV program that began with a fuzzy blue monster puppet in a giant leather chair? He began every episode with the same declaration: ‘this is good story about a cookie!’I am of course, talking about Cookie Monster sitting on on Monsterpiece Theatre - a classic. But these aren’t the only cookies that have been around long enough to be considered a classic; computer cookies are essential in online engagements, and have been around long enough to garner quite an intriguing story.

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Image Formats: Compression is Good, Compression is Bad

Content is generally the most the most valuable proposition your website offers, and an integral part of that content is its images. In this quest for optimal imagery it’s important to remember the technical elements that will play a part in not only how good things look, but also how they perform.

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Images and the Web

Images and the Web

Websites that use imagery well can market and sell any broad range of products or ideas. Lifestyles, ideals, industry pain points, images can illustrate the tone, and features of a product in a fraction of the time that it would take well written copy. A clear, well shot image is the single best way of ‘selling from a distance’.

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