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Review of iPod Killers
Complete overview of latest “iPod Killers” that are coming out this year.

Simple Seating
Makes seating charts easier than ever using Web 2.0 stuff.

Browser Updates
This week Firefox 2.0 beta was out, coincidentally Internet Explorer 7 was released as well. Strangely both of these new browsers don’t pass the Acid2 Test of Web Standards Group. What’s up with that?

The 2006 Inc. 500 List
Detailed look at why these companies make the list.

Google: Can’t Stop This Train
Google’s sales increased 70% compared to the same time last year, and that’s what makes Google unstoppable.

What makes a good web site?
A good article on site design best practices.

Web Developer’s Handbook
Complete reference site with links to tools, articles and sites that are essential if you are a web developer.

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Designing for Interaction: Creating Smart Applications and Clever Devices
Workshop by Dan Saffer who literally wrote the book on “Designing for Interaction: Creating Smart Applications and Clever Devices“. This all-day workshop will be held in New York, NY on October 25, 2006.

Google Office Updates
This week Google finished integrating its Google Spreadsheet and Writely (aka Google Docs) applications.

Latest Alist Apart Articles
New articles on Working with Others: Accessibility and User Research and The ALA Primer Part Two: Resources For Beginners

The Rise of Flash Video
Article by Tom Green a well-known author of many Flash books and training CDs.

Understanding Ajax: Getting Started
AJAX tutorial for beginners.

The 25 Worst Web Sites by PC World

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Rebuilding Microsoft
A great article on changes occuring within the software giant in Redmond.

GoogleTube?
What if Google was to buy YouTube for $1.6 billion? What if? Could be. Maybe….

USB Cell
Rechargeable USB batteries…that’s cool.

Live Clipboard
What is Live Clipboard? Microsoft, please tell us…

Adobe Contribute 4
I haven’t finished using 3.0 fully, and the version 4.0 is already out.

The Future of Web Accessibility
Article on future trends and predictions for accessibility issues.

10 Things That Will Make Or Break Your Website
Something to put on your office wall so that you can read it everyday.

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In past couple weeks, I came across several sites that have job boards for Web people like us, here are some of them:

• Vitamin’s job board
• Authentic Jobs by Cameron Moll
• 37 Signals Job Board
• CSS Beauty Jobs

If you are looking for a job, try these sites above and you might get lucky. They have targeted jobs specifically for web designers, web developers, freelancers and more.

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To all of you who were betting online I have some bad news, the U.S. Congress passed a law that banned all online gambling activities in the U.S. This raises many questions, such as: What if a person sitting on a computer in U.S. gambles through a Canadian online gambling site? Is that illegal? I am not sure if this law is specific enough to cover all aspects of online gambling.

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