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Fill background color left to right using CSS
Very helpful answer on Stack Overflow on using linear gradients in backgrounds of elements in CSS so you can make a colour fill from one side of the element to another.
Saved by: Paul on 15 Jul 2015
Full-screen responsive gallery using CSS and Masonry
A very helpful page to go with the standard docs on Masonry, a jQuery library that helps you make grids of images / collages easily. This page shows you how to make text overlays to add captions to the images, and also helps with making the layout responsive.
Saved by: Paul on 7 Jul 2015
Lazy Load Plugin for jQuery
Lazy Load is delays loading of images in long web pages. Images outside of viewport are not loaded until user scrolls to them. This is opposite of image preloading. Using Lazy Load on long web pages will make the page load faster. In some cases it can also help to reduce server load.
Saved by: Paul on 17 Jun 2015
Narro: Save yourself time. Listen to everything.
Text to audio service. Use a bookmarklet to tag and article and it will be converted to audio and added to a podcast feed. Neat looking.
Saved by: Paul on 3 Jun 2015
BrightonCRO and MeasureCamp: Some thoughts and some slides
Slides from the talks at Brighton CRO in early 2015
Saved by: Paul on 23 May 2015
10 Lessons Learned From Recovering Over $85 Million In Failed Payments for Stripe Customers
Good advice on payments in software as a service products.
Saved by: Paul on 23 May 2015
The definitive oral history of 1980s digital icon Max Headroom
Interesting write up of how the character Max Headroom came to be, how it was different in the UK and America, and the surprise popularity in the '80s. Great piece.
Saved by: Paul on 4 May 2015