Advertise here via BSA When I started out on this app I was only really just interested in seeing if the web platform had really evolved to a point where an app like the hugely popular Instagram app could be built using just HTML, JavaScript and CSS. As it turns out we can in fact do exactly that. This article walks you through the technologies that make this possible and shows how it is entirely feasible today to build interoperable web applications that provide a great user experience no matter what brand of browser the user is running. If you happen to be one of the two or so people who have not heard about Instagram then you might be pleased to hear that it is a hugely popular photo sharing and social networking service that allows you to take pictures, apply interesting digital filters on them and share them with the world to see. The service got so popular that it was acquired by Facebook for a bag full of cash and stock in April of 2012. InstaFuzz is the name of the app I put together and while I don’t expect to be acquired by Facebook or anybody else for a billion green it does however make the case that an app such as this one can be built using only standards compliant web technologies such as Canvas, File API, Drag/Drop, Web Workers, ES5 and CSS3 andstill manage to runwell on modern browsers such as Internet Explorer 10 ,Google Chrome and Firefox. And you could easily use the code to build a Windows Store app too. About the app If you’d like to take a look at the app, then here’s where it is hosted at: http://blogorama.nerdworks.in/arbit/InstaFuzz/ As soon as you load it up, you’re presented with a screen that looks like this: The idea is that you can load up a photograph into the app either by clicking on the big red “Add” button on the bottom left hand corner or drag and drop an image file into the blackish/blue area on the right.

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Advertise here via BSA When I started out on this app I was only really just interested in seeing if the web platform had really evolved to a point where an app like the hugely popular Instagram app could be built using just HTML, JavaScript and CSS. As it turns out we can in fact do exactly that. This article walks you through the technologies that make this possible and shows how it is entirely feasible today to build interoperable web applications that provide a great user experience no matter what brand of browser the user is running. If you happen to be one of the two or so people who have not heard about Instagram then you might be pleased to hear that it is a hugely popular photo sharing and social networking service that allows you to take pictures, apply interesting digital filters on them and share them with the world to see. The service got so popular that it was acquired by Facebook for a bag full of cash and stock in April of 2012. InstaFuzz is the name of the app I put together and while I don’t expect to be acquired by Facebook or anybody else for a billion green it does however make the case that an app such as this one can be built using only standards compliant web technologies such as Canvas, File API, Drag/Drop, Web Workers, ES5 and CSS3 andstill manage to runwell on modern browsers such as Internet Explorer 10 ,Google Chrome and Firefox. And you could easily use the code to build a Windows Store app too

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Advertise here via BSA In the early days of internet the bulletin boards were rife with debate and conversation. Interactions were meaningful and the discussions had validity. After the latest trend of social websites these kinds of discussions have all but vanished. Today the conversations are littered with memes, funny pictures, viral videos, and trolling responses. Moot is a radically different discussion platform, unencumbered by the weight of unnecessary features and distractions . It places the conversation back to the forefront. Clean user interface, persistent content and deep integration into the site will allow a more natural and meaningful discussion to take place

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Advertise here via BSA Ghost is an Open Source application which allows you to write and publish your own blog, giving you the tools to make it easy and even fun to do . It’s simple, elegant, and designed so that you can spend less time messing with making your blog work – and more time blogging. Ghost has an incredibly simple concept for writing. You write in Markdown on the left, and you see an immediate preview of exactly what your post will look like in rendered HTML on the right. Ghost has a Revolutionary Dashboard, which grabs all the important data about your blog and pulls it into one place. No more clicking through tens of browser tabs to view your traffic, social media subscriptions, content performance or news feeds. If you want to try Ghost, please support them and help us bring this application to everyone by backing Ghost on KickStarter . Requirements: – Demo: http://tryghost.org License: License Free Sponsors Professional Web Icons for Your Websites and Applications

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    WordPress is built by volunteers. People from all over the world collaborate to create the core software, write the documentation, provide support, translate WordPress, organize events and generally keep the project running. Individuals work on WordPress in their free time, and companies ask their employees to get involved. Part of WordPress’ success is that the community consists not only of developers, but of designers, user experience experts, support volunteers, writers, users, accessibility experts and enthusiasts. This diverse input strengthens the project. It also means you have more space to get involved. Whatever your skill set, the WordPress community has room for you

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Why Your Business Should Be On Foursquare Now! is a post by SEO expert Darin Berntson . For information about our SEO services or more great SEO tips and tricks, visit the SEO.com blog . This is not your parents Foursquare. Remember the days playing this in school? Foursquare means business now! Nor is this another rendition of Kick-The-Can! This, ladies and gentlemen, is one of my favorite SoLoMo (Social Local Mobile) apps out there, and as a business it should be one of yours too! Let me ask you something… Do you have a local business that thrives on needing new walk-in customers, and a business that values, more than life itself, repeat customers? If you answered yes, and you better have, Foursquare is an application that you should deploy and use to help market your business immediately.

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    Infinite scrolling promises a better experience for users. However, the good is often accompanied by the bad and the ugly. Once we understand the strengths and weaknesses of infinite scrolling, we can begin to use it to enhance our interfaces. Human nature demands hierarchy and structures that are easy to navigate. But infinite scrolling sometimes leaves users feeling disoriented as they travel down a page that never ends. The Good Long lists are not new, but the way in which we scroll these lists has fundamentally changed since the arrival of mobile interfaces. Due to the narrowness of mobile screens, list items are arranged vertically, requiring frequent scrolling. Infinite scrolling is highly trending as an interaction behavior on pages and lists

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How Your Small Business Can Find Time For Social Media is a post by SEO expert Matt Nickle . For information about our SEO services or more great SEO tips and tricks, visit the SEO.com blog . The title of this article could also be “How WILL Your Small Business MAKE Time for Social Media?”, but I thought I would keep it how it is to prove a point. With social media growing exponentially and becoming more popular for businesses (and for staying in touch with your BFFs) you can’t afford not to take advantage of it as a small business owner. Here are several reasons why you need to jump on board with social media and ways to find time for it. Trust me, if you want your business to increase and your brand awareness to jump through the roof, you will make time for it. Social Media Stats First of all, I want to quickly give some facts to convince you about the growth of social media and the impact it can have on your business. Facebook – The average person spends 1 out of every 7 minutes on Facebook ( ZDNet ) Twitter – Each and every day there are at least 340 million tweets ( Twitter blog ) LinkedIn – Financial customers on LinkedIn are more affluent than Facebook users ( comScore ) Pinterest – Predominantly used by women ( All Twitter ) Google+ – Predominantly used by men ( CircleCount ) If you are a small business owner, you already understand the concept of “time=money” and may feel that there? isn’t? any room in the schedule or budget for social media.

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How Your Small Business Can Find Time For Social Media is a post by SEO expert Matt Nickle . For information about our SEO services or more great SEO tips and tricks, visit the SEO.com blog . The title of this article could also be “How WILL Your Small Business MAKE Time for Social Media?”, but I thought I would keep it how it is to prove a point. With social media growing exponentially and becoming more popular for businesses (and for staying in touch with your BFFs) you can’t afford not to take advantage of it as a small business owner. Here are several reasons why you need to jump on board with social media and ways to find time for it. Trust me, if you want your business to increase and your brand awareness to jump through the roof, you will make time for it. Social Media Stats First of all, I want to quickly give some facts to convince you about the growth of social media and the impact it can have on your business. Facebook – The average person spends 1 out of every 7 minutes on Facebook ( ZDNet ) Twitter – Each and every day there are at least 340 million tweets ( Twitter blog ) LinkedIn – Financial customers on LinkedIn are more affluent than Facebook users ( comScore ) Pinterest – Predominantly used by women ( All Twitter ) Google+ – Predominantly used by men ( CircleCount ) If you are a small business owner, you already understand the concept of “time=money” and may feel that there? isn’t? any room in the schedule or budget for social media.

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Image Optimization Tips For Online Stores is a post by SEO expert Andrew Johnson . For information about our SEO services or more great SEO tips and tricks, visit the SEO.com blog . Image optimization is an important part of running a successful eCommerce website. Since people usually begin their search for a product online, your products will have as good of a chance as any to end up in front of a customer, as long as your images are optimized. Here are some tips for getting your images to display in Google’s image search: 1. Optimize image names If you have hundreds (or thousands) of photos in your store, optimizing each one can be a daunting task.  There are distinct benefits to spending the time to do this, though. In the same way the right proportion of keywords in the content of a web page can help that page rank for the keyword in the search engines, the proper use of keywords in your images can help them rank as well.

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