Say hello to the new template: Cordite

Hello everyone! I'm very, very excited... this evening I released the new template of woork called Cordite. How you can see, the structure of the blog is the same of the previous version (three columns) but I changed almost totally the design by following all suggestions I received from you in the past months. In particular I dedicate a lot of time to improve the readability of the pages. I changed the font (from Lucida to Arial), I added a section with some clean icons reserved to Twitter, my RSS feeds and finally I added a decent footer! I hope you'll like the final result (and remember... this is Blogger not Wordpress!).

I also want to anticipate some news that will come in the next months. Actually I'm working to a new section dedicated to podcasts and I'm going to launch a network of websites called shweps... subscribe to my RSS feed to stay updated!

And now it's your time... what do you thing about the new template? Leave your comments, thanks!

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The mobile version of Woork is on-line with Mobify.me

Hello everyone, some interesting news from Woork. I just released the mobile version of my blog. Now you can read this blog more easily using your favorite mobile device (you'll be redirected to the mobile version at this link: http://woork.mobify.me/)
To implement the mobile version of Woork I used a great free service called MOBIFY that provides websites with seamless, integrated mobile views. It lets publishers quickly monetize mobile users and gives web designers a powerful mobile toolkit. MOBIFY is compatible with thousands of devices, integrates with most web publishing platforms and is free to use.

If you are looking for an awesome free service on-line to create the mobile version of your website or blog quickly and for free you can't absolutely miss this service (http://mobify.me/).

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Slicejobs: Compare the best slicing services or promote yourself for free

Today I want to suggest you this new website called Slicejobs made to assist designers in chosing the right slicing freelancer and company to turn photoshop-design into html/css template.
Freelancers and companies that offer slicing services can sign up for free and define their own specific rates. This way, when a visitor shows up, looking for slicing services, their information and calculated rates will be displayed on the fly.

If you are looking for the services of a slicing artist or agency for your website’s needs all you have to do is visit the site and over a few weeks, you can easily compare the services of numerous slicing providers based on your personal needs.

If you are a freelance slicer, web designer, web coder or agency owner, all you have to do is register at the site so you can showcase your services and designs to attract more clients who are looking for your services. This is one fast and easy way to keep your hands filled with projects at no cost (only a few minutes of your time to set up an account).

Slicejobs will officially launch at the first of September.

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What do you think about the new layout of Woork?

Hi everyone, how you can see I made some general improvements (... I hope...) to the layout of Woork considering several suggestions I received from you in the past months about the old design of my blog. What do you think about the result? Please let me know, leaving a comment. Thanks!

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O'Reilly: Upcoming Javascript training class with Douglas Crockford in San Francisco

If you develop sites or applications for the Web, don't miss this class with Douglas Crockford in San Francisco. This class is a must, whether you’re managing object libraries or just trying to get Ajax to run faster. You will get a detailed look at JavaScript’s elegant features, including syntax, objects, functions, inheritance, arrays, regular expressions, and methods, Document Object Model (DOM), and much more.


In this Master Class, JavaScript expert Douglas Crockford (author of JavaScript: The Good Parts) will scrape away the language’s bad features to reveal all the good ideas that make JavaScript an outstanding object-oriented programming language.

You can use the discount code "SPH25" to recieve a 25% discount.

Schedule and location:
March 30, 2009 from 9am - 5pm
Mission Bay Conference Center
University of California, San Francisco (UCSF)
1675 Owens St.
San Francisco, CA 94143
1-866-431-8273

Fore more information please, take a look at the O'Reilly website.

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Add design news on Woork

Suggest news, interesting links or your recent posts on Woork! Add your news now and increase your traffic.

Before submitting your news, please:

1) Submit only links to original posts
2) Submit only posts about web design, web programming, tech news, free resources for web designers, resources to get inspiration, website showcases
3) No Advertisments
4) If you have any problem submitting your news, please send me an email.

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Uncoverr: books, interviews and reviews about web related topics

Uncoverr.com: Uncoverring the web, on interview, one review, and one book at time.

Are you looking for a book about PHP, Ruby on Rails, JavaScript or other web related topics? Uncoverr.com is a new website launchd by Lachy Groom which helps you to find books, reviews and interviews with authors about web related topics like CSS, HTML, Design, Usability, Marketing and Blogging.
Every book has a detailed page with product description, what'll learn, book audience and other interest information. You can also buy it using the direct link to popular retailer such as Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Powell's.
Uncoverr is also looking for people to write reviews, if you're interested send an email at lachyg (at) me.com.

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Ice: the new Blogger template for Woork

Hello guys, today I released a new template for Woork: "Ice". What do you think about the new layout? Let me know your opinion and send me some suggests to improve it.

I'm working to release xml code of this template for all Blogger users for free... I hope to complete this work asap. For all people which wrote to me in these weeks... I was very busy and it has been almost impossible add new contents on this site. I really appreciate every day your interest about me and my blog.

Thanks to everyone,

Antonio.

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OpenOffice 3.0 test drive: Math

This post illustrates some features of OpenOffice Math, a powerful tool, part of OpenOffice 3.0 Suite, for creating and editing mathematical formulas, similar to Microsoft Equation Editor.

First impression
Math UI is intuitive and essential. It consists of two main sections: Formula preview panel (1), Formula code panel (2):

... and Selection windows (3) which contains a set of math elements ready to use in your formulas.

Writing formulas
Writing formulas with Math is very simple. For adding new elements (relations, functions, operators, brackets...) you have to choose an element from Selection window:

...and customize it adding required parameters. You can also write directly the code in the Formula code panel (2). This is an example of the code I used to write my formula:

int from {a} to {b} {f(x)dx}`=` lim from{{e} toward {0}}int from {a} to {b-e}f(x)dx

...and this is the result in the preview panel:

Nice! Now, you can save your formula in ODF format and import it in other OpenOffice documents:

Import formulas into OpenOffice Writer
Math is fully integrated in Writer (the OpenOffice 3.0 text processor). For importing formulas which you created with Math into Writer select Insert > Object > OLE Object:

...and select the path of the formula previously saved which will be added as Object on your text document:

If you prefer you can write a new formula directly in Writer, from a text document simply selecting Insert > Object > Formula.

After all, Math is a great tool for editing simple or complex mathematical formulas using OpenOffice and obtaining professional results on your documents, absolutely to try!

External links
For more info about OpenOffice 3.0 take a look at the official web site.
For more info about Open Office Math take a look here.

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Some updates about "Woork", The Daily Inspired

Hello friends! Some news from Woork (now "The Daily Inspired"). I spent the past two days to improve my blog and release this new template. I think now it's simpler to browse and more pleasant to read.

I increased font size, changed my home page and search results page. Let me know what you think about it! In the next days I'll release this template for free for all Blogger user. Stay tuned!

The new Home Page
How you can see, I added a "static" section with a little introduction about my blog and three sub sections (Blogger Template, Tutorials, Advertising).

Below there is "What's news" section with a list of my 10 latest post published on woork.

Improved search results
Now search results display only the post title, number of comments, and delicious link:

I increased to 10 the number of results displayed on the page and I removed post text.


Unlimited Bandwidth for my Box.net Account
In the past days I received a big amount of traffic on my Blog and I had some bandwidth exceeded problems with my Box.net account. Some readers noticed me which was impossible to download my tutorials. So I upgraded my Box.net account and now I have unlimited bandwidth at disposition and direct links to download all resources I upload on my account.

If you have some suggest to improve this layout add a comment. Thanks!

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"Woork" in progress...

Hello guys... How you can see I'm working at a new version of this blog. Please have patience!
After a lot of request, I decided to release my new Blogger Template for free for all my readers.

Stay tuned!

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Woork header restyling

A new pastel header for woork, July 2008.

Ok guys... the new header is finally on-line. I worked hard in the past days to design it and obtain a pastel effect with the right colors. I also made some general changes of my layout.
I find it's very clean and nice. What do you tink? Send me your comments!
Ciao :)

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"Woork" in progress...

Dear friends, long time is passed since my last post on this site. For all those who wrote me asking some info about my news I want to assure them: it's all ok. I am very busy with my work and it's very hard for me to mantain updated my blog.

In the past month I received a lot of e-mails from a lot of people and I couldn't reply to everyone. I'm sorry. I want to say thanks to everyone for your interest and your support.

I hope to add new post on my site as soon possible.

Best regards

Antonio

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Blog Design Madness Round 3...

New day, new round in the Blog Design Madness competition... Today is started the third round and I hope to arrive to the final round! You can vote for woork at this link:

http://vandelaydesign.com/blog/competition/round-three/

Thanks to everyone for your vote!

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Blog Design Madness Round 2!

With big pleasure I won the first round of Blog Design Madness on vandelaydesign.com. I received a lots of votes (woork has been the most voted site in this contest!) and I want to say thanks to everyone who voted me.

Today started the second round and you can vote for woork at this link:
http://vandelaydesign.com/blog/competition/round-two/

Thanks!

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Vote Woork on Vandelaydesign.com

Guys, Woork partecipates to "Blog Design Madness" on Vandelaydesign.com. Please vote for me at the following link!

http://vandelaydesign.com/blog/competition/round-one-2/

Thanks! :))

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Explicit porn advertising on Technorati (part 2)

Some days ago I published this post about some explicit porn ads on Technorati. Today I received this email from Max Gideon (Advertising Operations Manager at Technorati) which said:

Hi,

We would like to inform you that we've had a recent issue with an advertiser serving adult ads on our site. We do not allow ads of this sort and have stopped all advertising with this company. Technorati strives to serve high quality, family friendly advertising and we take any violation of this very seriously.

If you see any adult advertising in the future please do not hesitate to email me personally.

Thank you,

Max

mgideon at technorati.com

Thanks Max for your reply.

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Delicious tagometer problems...

Since some hour, there is a problem with delicious tagometer. For each posts shared from more than 15 users the counter display a wrong value (always 15). In all other cases (for a post shared from less then 15 users) the counter display the correct value.

If the counter on top of this page display only 15 users instead of more 200 users, the problem is not fixed yet.

I sent an email to delicious support. This problem is present in all websites which use delicious tagometerand also in the official tagometer page (Yahoo.com counter display only 15 users...)

Some idea about?

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Explicit porn advertising on Technorati

Are you sure? Yes...Technorati display porno ADS on its page...

Ok... we are adults and we have seen any kind of things on Internet :)... but I was surprised when today, on my Technorati blog reactions page for woork, I saw this banner:

I'm asking to me:

why a reader of my blog would be more interested on 1500+Hardcore Scenes instead of 1500+Ajax tutorials?

Do you have some suggest?

PS: The girl on the second square play with something which belongs to the men... :)

Related links
Max Gideon (Advertising Operations Manager at Technorati) response

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New template for woork

Hi guys, finally after some days I released this new template for my blog. I worked hard to find the better solution between graphic layout and content and I am really satisfied for the result. Tell me what you think about. Any comment is appreciated.

Have a nice week-end.

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