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Vidoe over dropdown menu — solution

Had a terrible time trying to figure out how to move the dropdown menu from back of the embeded video to the front of the video. The dropdown menu looks like this before it is fixed:

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The Future of the Social Web: In Five Eras

The Five Eras of the Social Web:  (from Web Strategy)

Today’s social experience is disjointed because consumers have separate identities in each social network they visit. A simple set of technologies that enable a portable identity will soon empower consumers to bring their identities with them — transforming marketing, eCommerce, CRM, and advertising. IDs are just the beginning of this transformation, in which the Web will evolve step by step from separate social sites into a shared social experience. Consumers will rely on their peers as they make online decisions, whether or not brands choose to participate. Socially connected consumers will strengthen communities and shift power away from brands and CRM systems; eventually this will result in empowered communities defining the next generation of products.

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Becoming a Better Web Designer

A great article with amazing resource information written by Alexander Dawson to inspire us how to become a better web designer
We spend so much time focusing on the actual jobs at hand that we neglect to nourish and refresh our knowledge. How to maintain a current and up-to-date skill set? How you can keep learning to stay ahead of … Continue Reading

Design with “LINES”

Great inspiring article about how to work with “lines” for designing:

  1. Use an underline
  2. Break up the line
  3. Flank the type
  4. Go Diagonal
  5. Go vertical
  6. Go Nuts