Friday Focus #50
Time to celebrate the big 5-0! I guess that’s why today’s focus is rather late compared to the last few weeks (we were out celebrating all night). But anyways, here we go with edition fifty.
Sites of the Week
Kicking things off this wonderful 50th edition of the focus is Sikker, the Portfolio of Nicolás Calabrese. It is nice to see a portfolio displayed in a different way, and the dimming / highlighting of work really works well here on this simple, dark portfolio.
Next up is IconSushi. IconSushi is new icon marketplace started by my buddy Prash (co-conspirator of Devlounge and owner of Mintpages), which he has been working on over the past few months. I had a chance a while back to check out the first icons from the first set, and they are looking very nice. The site is now up, but the service has not yet fully launched, but it will soon. Nothing like a little pre-launch hype.
And wrapping things up this week is Newsweek. The site was recently redesigned and features a very nice clean feeling to it. A bold reader header gives way to the simplistic, organized fashion of the rest of the layout - but it is nice.
Digg Weekly
Design - Flash-Based Galleries for Your Images
More list madness from our buddies at Smashing Magazine (I have another list in store sometime this weekend that they have yet to do). A large list of flash-based galleries you can use for your portfolios or simply to show off your images.
Programming - Preventing Spam without captcha
From Digg Description: “I hate CAPTCHAs because it discourages lots of users(specially in impulsive mood) if they make a single mistake on first try. Here is how I tackle SPAM attacks on the comment form of my blog without using a CAPTCHA. You can use this technique for any kind of form on your website.”
Still on the market..
The hunt for a suitable new owner continues. It has a been a rough couple of weeks, with myself struggling to find the time to do anything but school work. I’m sure you are all tired of hearing that, and believe me, I’m tired of saying it. But, as the owner of the site, I feel it is important to have a personal connection with you [the readers], and I’d rather share news like this with you then keep you in the dark. Today I made a post on Mashable about the site situation. So if you see this, please don’t get all too worried.
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I really like the portfolio of Sikker, however, it doesn’t seem to work in Safari: When I click on an image I get a white preview, even after the loading indicator disappeared. Also I think that the dimming on hover is maybe a little harsh. Otherwise: Nice!!
The ‘Preventing Spam without captcha’ method has actually been around for a while.
Oh and bytheway, I know what you mean about schoolwork… although I will not get rid of my site; just relaunched it;-)
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Thanks a lot for your comments. It’s true, the site is not working well in Safari. I’m working on it to find a solution as soon as possible.
Greetings!
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Big Aj, you should stop slackin’, roll out some decent content and stop whining. haha
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^ haha yeah I wish. I’m gonna try to get something written this weekend. Tomorrow I spent the day on a college tour and then tomorrow night I’ll be watching playoff baseball. Guess I need to reorder my priorities. haha
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AJ, why are you trying to sell off the site rather than bringing in someone to maintain it for you while you concentrate on your studies?
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I thought I might post this: http://isopixel.net/archivos/2007/10/parecido-razonables-xxx-sikker-vs-mascha
I don’t know what to think of this, yet, mostly because my Spanish is not good enough to figure out which one came first…
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Sikker was first. Check the css style sheet or click the email address in the other website and see what happen.