Matt Heerema

whitehouse.gov Website Code Examined

A neat little write-up on the way that whitehouse.gov is coded, focusing on optimization, SEO, architecture, etc.

Mid-April Design Linkage

In addition to all the GTD links, there were some excellent Web design links. Here are some of the best (IMO)

• Getting Creative with Web transparency – rounds up some good cross-browser PNG transparency techniques
• 60 More AJAX and JavaScript Solutions for Professional Coding – I’m becoming a jQuery or custom-only guy, but there are some neat tricks here.
• eXtreme Type Terminology – Typography lingo 101
• FREE Typefaces from Ten by Twenty – Jura, Nevis, and Munro, three of the hottest free fonts I’ve seen.
• 63 Must-have Grunge fonts – because you know, you need 63…
• Take Control of Your Maps – Don’t default to Google Maps API on your next Web app :)
• 20 Rare Questions for Google Search Guru Udi Manber