nerdiness devours me

Check out some of the best Google products for developing, analyzing, maintaining and tinkering with websites.

I didn’t realize some of these tools in this article even existed.

Raindrop CSS

Other CSS frameworks try to do everything—grid system, style reset, basic typography, form styles. But complex systems are, well, complex. Looking for a simple, lightweight approach that doesn’t require a PhD? Meet The 1KB CSS Grid.

“HTML5” versus Flash: Animation Benchmarking

FluidHtml is a text-based markup language (like HTML) that lets you dynamically generate fully searchable Flash  content. This is an extraordinarily powerful idea.  It means that anyone can build fully searchable, highly animated websites, ads, media players and 3D animations quickly and easily.

by Román Cortés

Over time certain conventions and best practices have been developed to help improve the general usability of websites during their design and build. This roundup of ten usability crimes highlights some of the most common mistakes or overlooked areas in web design and provides an alternative solution to help enhance the usability of your website.

The main goal of this framework is to provide a solid base for all of your front-end projects. It will help you go through the initial steps of creating a master template quickly, without having to worry about browser rendering issues for certain elements, including numerous JavaScript plugins to perform simple tasks or even worry about CSS naming conventions.