Resources for Web Development Students @ Robin’s Blog

Ok, the potluck food was scrumptious! I hope that you all will post your recipes in the comments below and I will add them to the recipe blog so that we can all enjoy the wonderful dishes at home. The recipe blog is here http://www.tinkertech.net/recipes/.
Not to be outdone by Google, Yahoo launches Instant Search which [...]

I have a teacher’s meeting today. I will be leaving around 3:30 p.m. and Carolyn will be subbing for the remainder of class.
Standards-schmandards has an article on Methods for measuring text readability. The article discusses the importance of writing web site content that your visitors can understand. It also offers a readability index calculator, which [...]

How To Be Productive Working From Home – great tips to be more productive when you’re working from home. About Going Solo is also important to read if you plan to start your own web business.
Google Maps EZ – would you like to add Google Maps to your site, but you don’t know how? Try Google [...]

Robin Good has written a companion article, Key Factors To Achieve High Google Ranking, to the statistical information in Google Ranking Factors – SEO List .
You may also be interested in Google Adsense Tips, Tricks, and Secrets.

Digital Photography Tutorials @ Cambridge in Colour – Beautiful imagery and a lot of fundamental digital photography tips and theory. While we’re on the subject of photography, check out AutoStitch if you like to take panoramas.
LifeHack has another great resource article (you really should check this site on a regular basis or setup a Sage feed. [...]

Well, in case you didn’t hear the news in class, Rob and I put in an offer on a house yesterday morning and the offer has been accepted. You can see pictures of the new house here. We are hoping to close escrow by 8/16 and move in starting 8/20.
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Today is the last day of another 9 week session. I have had the pleasure of working with a great group of people over the last 27 weeks and I am deeply saddened by your departure. I wish you much success in the future with your careers and personal lives. Please keep in touch with me. [...]

26 steps to 15k a Day – is a short guide to improving search engine rankings. While reading this article, I found a site that you may already know about called Zeal. Zeal is a community dedicated to building a better search engine. It allows people to share their favorite web sites, thereby improving search results. [...]

Since we discussed some meta tags in class yesterday, I thought I would share this article, Meta Tags Explained: The Myths, The Truths, which discusses the use of meta tags for search engine promotion. It’s a nice primer on the various meta tags that search engines use.

New article alert! Digital Web Magazine has a new article on the Principles of Web Design. This is the first article in a series on design. Be sure to check DWM periodically for the rest of the series.
Which image format is best – a clear explanation of the three image formats (JPEG, Gif, and PNG) [...]