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• Art & Design

  Colour, Typography, grids, composition and everything that pleases and displeases the eye.

  • 2009, Feb 19. Image optimization for the web: Slides
  • 2008, Mar 11. Animation in Photoshop – Video Tutorial
  • 2008, Jan 03. If one can’t design without a computer, then is no designer at all
  • 2007, Jul 12. The importance of White Space in design
  • 2007, Jul 09. A modern Invitation for a Modern Engagement
  • 2007, Jun 28. If content is king, design is the Royal Garment
  • 2007, May 10. Is talent an innate gift?
  • 2007, Apr 29. Great Design is Invisible
  • 2007, Feb 15. Elements of typographic style and web typography
  • 2007, Jan 02. Talent is not enough: Business secrets for designers – review
  • 2006, Dec 24. A Cool Xmas
  • 2006, Sep 12. Typography Drawing

• MacOS

  • 2007, May 24. Duplicate fonts problem in MacOSX
  • 2006, Oct 06. Mac Mini (or why Mac has the best of two worlds)

• On The Web

  General web issues, sites I like and dislike, general web talk

  • 2009, Jan 30. Colour reduction algorithms in Photoshop
  • 2008, Dec 12. Using Gravatars on your site
  • 2008, Dec 11. Wordpress iPhone App
  • 2008, Oct 21. Spotify, Music in the cloud in a timely service
  • 2008, Oct 13. Videos of FOWA London
  • 2008, May 19. Win problogger book and help the blogosphere
  • 2008, May 03. Categorizing Pages and Posts in Wordpress
  • 2008, Apr 09. On Twitter, IRC and Chat Rooms
  • 2008, Mar 01. Podcasting, Videoblogging and Social Screencasting: tools and ideas
  • 2008, Feb 20. Google and the Democratic Nature of the web
  • 2008, Feb 16. Video tutorials on how to configure the Powerblogroll Plugin
  • 2008, Feb 10. A powerful Archive Page for your wordpress blog
  • 2008, Feb 02. Is the web harmful to children?
  • 2008, Jan 19. Index pages Vs. 404 errors
  • 2008, Jan 07. Remarkablogger’s free e-book: How to Start a Business Blog
  • 2007, Nov 29. Making money with your work: The Picasso Vs the Van Gogh method
  • 2007, Nov 22. Wordpress plugin to display names, favicons, description, notes and even the feed on your blogroll
  • 2007, Nov 11. Subcats, a wordpress plugin to display subcategories
  • 2007, Oct 26. The right amount of information to make them useful
  • 2007, Oct 20. New law demands bloggers to be journalists in Italy, prison as penalty
  • 2007, Oct 19. Results of A List Apart survey of web profession published
  • 2007, Oct 15. Recycling and the Social Web
  • 2007, Sep 24. Security questions on Internet accounts and safe passwords hard to guess
  • 2007, Sep 16. Dofollow Vs. Nofollow comments – fighting spam and rewarding commenters
  • 2007, Jun 02. Testdriving “Comment-Policy” Wordpress plugin
  • 2007, May 29. Powerblogging in Wordpress with great plugins
  • 2007, Mar 01. Colors Galore for the web with Yafla
  • 2006, Dec 07. Colors galore with Kuler
  • 2006, Nov 28. Teaching Webstandards to newcomers

• Photography

  • 2008, Mar 23. Snow from my window: One of the virtues of working free-lance
  • 2007, Aug 24. Compact digital cameras Vs. DSLR
  • 2007, Aug 21. Mastering the Shutter speed
  • 2007, Aug 18. The ISO value: Films and CCD sensors
  • 2007, Aug 15. The lenses: Zoom, Focus and Aperture
  • 2007, Aug 12. The pinhole camera and the basics of camera building
  • 2007, Aug 09. Some physics background related to photography
  • 2007, Aug 06. Understanding Cameras and Photography
  • 2007, May 31. Sunset at work
  • 2007, Feb 11. Pictures of Toronto
  • 2006, Nov 08. Sessions with Anna: Stripes
  • 2006, Nov 07. Guide to photography publishing on the web
  • 2006, Oct 26. Submissions to JPG Magazine
  • 2006, Oct 18. Give a name to the fictional band
  • 2006, Oct 04. Buenos Aires Pictures at Flickr
  • 2006, Sep 18. Rainy evening at Higienópolis
  • 2006, Aug 31. Toy Hot Rods

• Server Side

  Tutorials, techniques and discussion on software development for servers and software in general.

  • 2009, Jan 02. Domain redirect wizardry with .htaccess rules
  • 2008, Mar 28. Tutorial: A category based archive on Wordpress
  • 2007, Dec 30. Django – A framework to easily build complex sites
  • 2007, Jun 14. “Order By” in SQL queries and random selection of database items
  • 2007, May 07. Managing obsolete pages with one line of code
  • 2007, Mar 30. How to build an events agenda with SQL

• The Bee Side

  This is the place for unfocused conversation, off topic posts and what makes me, well, me, other than a webdev.

  • 2008, Oct 15. Fight Poverty: Action + Attitude
  • 2008, Oct 14. Blog Action day 2008: why is not off topic on your blog
  • 2008, Oct 13. 3, 2, 1… you are back in the room!
  • 2008, May 10. Zo’C featured in Designers Who Blog
  • 2008, Feb 22. Happy Birthday Zo’C
  • 2008, Feb 22. New blog: Mediterrasian Cooking
  • 2007, Dec 24. Have a great Christmas
  • 2007, Oct 05. Dove Onslaught Soundtrack – La Breeze by Simian
  • 2007, Oct 03. Dove Onslaught – Talk to your daughter before the beauty industry does
  • 2007, Sep 16. Three weeks later…
  • 2007, Aug 05. New blog: the Bee Side of Zo’C
  • 2007, Jul 31. Moving to Europe
  • 2007, Jul 04. A huge step
  • 2007, Apr 22. A Fluid and Elastic new layout
  • 2007, Apr 17. Different ways of learning takes to diversity
  • 2007, Apr 16. Zo’C Outage today
  • 2007, Feb 22. One year of Zo’C
  • 2006, Nov 17. Dove Evolution
  • 2006, Nov 11. 1000+
  • 2006, Nov 02. The story Zo’C logo owl
  • 2006, Oct 23. Firefox AK
  • 2006, Oct 17. Zo’C is moving
  • 2006, Oct 16. The Mediterrasian Way
  • 2006, Oct 15. Layout Change for Zo’C
  • 2006, Sep 18. Food Links
  • 2006, Aug 16. Small Big Italian Wedding
  • 2006, Apr 26. Fine Herbs and Gorgonzola Bread
  • 2006, Mar 22. About Taste and Texture
  • 2006, Feb 22. Cinque formaggio sauce

• Tutorial

  • 2009, Jan 30. Colour reduction algorithms in Photoshop
  • 2009, Jan 02. Domain redirect wizardry with .htaccess rules
  • 2008, May 03. Categorizing Pages and Posts in Wordpress
  • 2008, Mar 28. Tutorial: A category based archive on Wordpress
  • 2008, Mar 11. Animation in Photoshop – Video Tutorial
  • 2008, Mar 01. Podcasting, Videoblogging and Social Screencasting: tools and ideas
  • 2008, Feb 10. A powerful Archive Page for your wordpress blog
  • 2007, Oct 11. How to manage all your mail in Gmail: Filters, Labels, multiple Id’s and even Backups
  • 2007, Aug 24. Compact digital cameras Vs. DSLR
  • 2007, Aug 21. Mastering the Shutter speed
  • 2007, Aug 18. The ISO value: Films and CCD sensors
  • 2007, Aug 15. The lenses: Zoom, Focus and Aperture
  • 2007, Aug 09. Some physics background related to photography
  • 2007, Aug 06. Understanding Cameras and Photography
  • 2007, Jun 20. Manage all your email accounts with Gmail
  • 2007, Jun 14. “Order By” in SQL queries and random selection of database items
  • 2007, May 07. Managing obsolete pages with one line of code
  • 2007, Mar 30. How to build an events agenda with SQL

• Web Development

  Tutorials, techniques and discssion on HTML, CSS, Javascript and front end web development technologies and philosophy.

  • 2010, Feb 03. IE6 is dead. Who should applaud?
  • 2007, Dec 13. The ultimate answer to screen resolutions for web design
  • 2007, Nov 04. Non-breaking space is to join things, not to separate
  • 2007, Oct 29. Web Standards design and how to be a Gourmet Chef
  • 2007, Jul 03. Transcending CSS, the fine art of web design
  • 2007, Jun 10. Internet explorer deserves graceful degradation, but nothing more
  • 2007, Mar 19. Paulo Gazela site design by Guilherme – Content first
  • 2007, Feb 24. Multilayered web layouts

• Writing

  • 2008, Apr 10. Writing the perfect blog post
  • 2007, Jun 06. Learn by writing

• Zo'C

  • 2009, May 15. Make your own inexpensive fish eye webcam
  • 2009, Mar 28. Sourdough: Bread hacking and social baking – Barcamp London Slides

Archive by Date

February 2010

• Feb 03. IE6 is dead. Who should applaud?

May 2009

• May 15. Make your own inexpensive fish eye webcam

March 2009

• Mar 28. Sourdough: Bread hacking and social baking – Barcamp London Slides

February 2009

• Feb 19. Image optimization for the web: Slides

January 2009

• Jan 30. Colour reduction algorithms in Photoshop
• Jan 02. Domain redirect wizardry with .htaccess rules

December 2008

• Dec 12. Using Gravatars on your site
• Dec 11. Wordpress iPhone App

October 2008

• Oct 21. Spotify, Music in the cloud in a timely service
• Oct 15. Fight Poverty: Action + Attitude
• Oct 14. Blog Action day 2008: why is not off topic on your blog
• Oct 13. Videos of FOWA London
• Oct 13. 3, 2, 1… you are back in the room!

May 2008

• May 19. Win problogger book and help the blogosphere
• May 10. Zo’C featured in Designers Who Blog
• May 03. Categorizing Pages and Posts in Wordpress

April 2008

• Apr 10. Writing the perfect blog post
• Apr 09. On Twitter, IRC and Chat Rooms

March 2008

• Mar 28. Tutorial: A category based archive on Wordpress
• Mar 23. Snow from my window: One of the virtues of working free-lance
• Mar 11. Animation in Photoshop – Video Tutorial
• Mar 01. Podcasting, Videoblogging and Social Screencasting: tools and ideas

February 2008

• Feb 22. Happy Birthday Zo’C
• Feb 22. New blog: Mediterrasian Cooking
• Feb 20. Google and the Democratic Nature of the web
• Feb 16. Video tutorials on how to configure the Powerblogroll Plugin
• Feb 10. A powerful Archive Page for your wordpress blog
• Feb 02. Is the web harmful to children?

January 2008

• Jan 19. Index pages Vs. 404 errors
• Jan 07. Remarkablogger’s free e-book: How to Start a Business Blog
• Jan 03. If one can’t design without a computer, then is no designer at all

December 2007

• Dec 30. Django – A framework to easily build complex sites
• Dec 24. Have a great Christmas
• Dec 13. The ultimate answer to screen resolutions for web design

November 2007

• Nov 29. Making money with your work: The Picasso Vs the Van Gogh method
• Nov 22. Wordpress plugin to display names, favicons, description, notes and even the feed on your blogroll
• Nov 11. Subcats, a wordpress plugin to display subcategories
• Nov 04. Non-breaking space is to join things, not to separate

October 2007

• Oct 29. Web Standards design and how to be a Gourmet Chef
• Oct 26. The right amount of information to make them useful
• Oct 20. New law demands bloggers to be journalists in Italy, prison as penalty
• Oct 19. Results of A List Apart survey of web profession published
• Oct 15. Recycling and the Social Web
• Oct 11. How to manage all your mail in Gmail: Filters, Labels, multiple Id’s and even Backups
• Oct 05. Dove Onslaught Soundtrack – La Breeze by Simian
• Oct 03. Dove Onslaught – Talk to your daughter before the beauty industry does

September 2007

• Sep 24. Security questions on Internet accounts and safe passwords hard to guess
• Sep 16. Dofollow Vs. Nofollow comments – fighting spam and rewarding commenters
• Sep 16. Three weeks later…

August 2007

• Aug 24. Compact digital cameras Vs. DSLR
• Aug 21. Mastering the Shutter speed
• Aug 18. The ISO value: Films and CCD sensors
• Aug 15. The lenses: Zoom, Focus and Aperture
• Aug 12. The pinhole camera and the basics of camera building
• Aug 09. Some physics background related to photography
• Aug 06. Understanding Cameras and Photography
• Aug 05. New blog: the Bee Side of Zo’C

July 2007

• Jul 31. Moving to Europe
• Jul 12. The importance of White Space in design
• Jul 09. A modern Invitation for a Modern Engagement
• Jul 04. A huge step
• Jul 03. Transcending CSS, the fine art of web design

June 2007

• Jun 28. If content is king, design is the Royal Garment
• Jun 20. Manage all your email accounts with Gmail
• Jun 14. “Order By” in SQL queries and random selection of database items
• Jun 10. Internet explorer deserves graceful degradation, but nothing more
• Jun 06. Learn by writing
• Jun 02. Testdriving “Comment-Policy” Wordpress plugin

May 2007

• May 31. Sunset at work
• May 29. Powerblogging in Wordpress with great plugins
• May 24. Duplicate fonts problem in MacOSX
• May 10. Is talent an innate gift?
• May 07. Managing obsolete pages with one line of code

April 2007

• Apr 29. Great Design is Invisible
• Apr 22. A Fluid and Elastic new layout
• Apr 17. Different ways of learning takes to diversity
• Apr 16. Zo’C Outage today

March 2007

• Mar 30. How to build an events agenda with SQL
• Mar 19. Paulo Gazela site design by Guilherme – Content first
• Mar 01. Colors Galore for the web with Yafla

February 2007

• Feb 24. Multilayered web layouts
• Feb 22. One year of Zo’C
• Feb 15. Elements of typographic style and web typography
• Feb 11. Pictures of Toronto

January 2007

• Jan 02. Talent is not enough: Business secrets for designers – review

December 2006

• Dec 24. A Cool Xmas
• Dec 07. Colors galore with Kuler

November 2006

• Nov 28. Teaching Webstandards to newcomers
• Nov 17. Dove Evolution
• Nov 11. 1000+
• Nov 08. Sessions with Anna: Stripes
• Nov 07. Guide to photography publishing on the web
• Nov 02. The story Zo’C logo owl

October 2006

• Oct 26. Submissions to JPG Magazine
• Oct 23. Firefox AK
• Oct 18. Give a name to the fictional band
• Oct 17. Zo’C is moving
• Oct 16. The Mediterrasian Way
• Oct 15. Layout Change for Zo’C
• Oct 06. Mac Mini (or why Mac has the best of two worlds)
• Oct 04. Buenos Aires Pictures at Flickr

September 2006

• Sep 18. Rainy evening at Higienópolis
• Sep 18. Food Links
• Sep 12. Typography Drawing

August 2006

• Aug 31. Toy Hot Rods
• Aug 16. Small Big Italian Wedding

April 2006

• Apr 26. Fine Herbs and Gorgonzola Bread

March 2006

• Mar 22. About Taste and Texture

February 2006

• Feb 22. Cinque formaggio sauce