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The blue Internet, and those sleepless nights

By petko Posted on March 11, 2013 Posted in Thoughts No Comments

As we know (if we’ve learned our high school physics), any warm body emits energy in the form of electromagnetic waves. Depending on its temperature, longer or shorter waves prevail. And if the body is very hot, it emits enough …

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Plugging the productivity drains

By petko Posted on March 8, 2013 Posted in Thoughts No Comments

Fellow freelancers probably know how working from home without a rigid schedule may sometimes tempt you to slack off. But on the other hand, you still have deadlines, and you get paid based on results, so you have to keep …

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The easiest way to create a website ever

By petko Posted on February 26, 2013 Posted in Thoughts No Comments

A friend recently asked me a simple question without a simple answer: “How can I create my own website?” “It depends,” I said, wisely stroking my long white beard. Not a very precise answer, but true nonetheless. When you set …

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The biggest security hole in WordPress websites

By petko Posted on February 20, 2013 Posted in Thoughts No Comments

Next in the series of security-related posts, I want to talk about a huge security hole in many old WordPress websites that haven’t been kept up-to-date in the past year or two. You may not believe it, but in fact …

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How to prevent your website from being hacked

By petko Posted on January 20, 2013 Posted in Thoughts No Comments Tagged with website security

In the past year, I’ve had to come to the rescue and clean up several websites that were hacked and then used for spreading computer viruses to their unsuspecting visitors. Here are some tips that should help prevent that from …

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How to choose color combinations that work together well

By petko Posted on January 15, 2013 Posted in Thoughts No Comments Tagged with interface, UI design, web design

After my last color-related thoughts, here’s another great tip that I wanted to share. You see, I am a developer, not a designer. Although I can recognize and appreciate good designs, I am not that great at creating them, and …

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An easy way to add a color picker to your website

By petko Posted on January 11, 2013 Posted in Thoughts No Comments

In my work, I have often had to develop web-based tools that allow the user to create their own content for printing, web, or mobile. This almost always involves letting them choose colors for their text, background, etc. As you …

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Beginner steps in developing cross-platform mobile apps

By petko Posted on January 9, 2013 Posted in Thoughts No Comments

Today I am going to point you to a very useful open source tool that helped me take my baby steps in mobile app development. Functionally and structurally, many mobile apps are much like interactive websites, but with the ability …

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HTML 5: what people talk about, what looks cool, and what I actually use

By petko Posted on June 28, 2012 Posted in Thoughts No Comments

What is HTML 5? Well, for those who are not computer guys, let’s start by explaining what HTML is. (Naturally, if you already know that, go ahead and skip this explanation.) HTML stands for “HyperText Markup Language”. It is basically …

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