Brian Cray

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• Finding success as a web developer
• Automatic translator built in javascript
• Detect retina displays with javascript
• Diving deep into javascript logical operators
• Time On Site & Bounce Rate: Get the real numbers in Google Analytics
• Surviving Silicon Valley
• Metadata design pattern for the web
• HTML5 Microdata: Why isn’t anyone talking about it?
• Estimated reading time in web design
• Does your website add features or solve problems?
• .htaccess hack: remove query strings from URLs
• Mainstream design blogging: The age of crap
• Design better websites by thinking about your kitchen cabinets
• Measure what is relevant: A critical look at bounce rates
• SEO for bloggers: Crafting high-ranking post titles
• The more I know, the less I need: Thoughts on web design
• How to promote innovation from your web team
• UX Case Study: Designing a user-focused web app
• Display popular posts based on social media engagement with PostRank Top Posts API
• Diving deep into user behavior with Google Analytics, Event Tracking, and jQuery
• Impossibly simple image randomizer with jQuery
• Is your Google Analytics missing page views? Introducing Asynchronous Tracking
• Better user feedback on clicked links with linkNotify 2.0
• Javascript snippet: Find the value of a string key in a multidimensional array or object
• How wireframing makes your website designs better
• Wireframing Freebie: 960 grid template for OmniGraffle
• Online community best practices: Effective signup process
• Disappearing “Scroll to top” link with jQuery and CSS
• How to remove a specific value from a javascript array
• Needs assessment: the most important process in web design
• Smart web form validation with PHP
• Getting your clients to pay more for web services
• Fire the “web designer”
• How to track inbound links from your social media profiles (Twitter, Facebook, etc)
• A better WordPress tag cloud
• Free PHP URL shortener script that kicks ass
• Blog design best practice: Scrollbars not sidebars
• Display your recent delicious bookmarks with PHP
• Use PHP to cache and display your tweeted links
• Regain control of your WordPress head element
• Delicious.com loses its holy grail
• 5 great examples of popular blog posts that you should know
• Maximize your RSS potential in minutes with these 5 WordPress plugins
• WordPress plugin: Track subscriber inbound traffic in Google Analytics
• Easiest “check all” ever with jQuery
• Take Feedburner feeds to the next level: A visual how-to guide
• Ultimate A/B Testing resources and how I used them
• Online community best practices: Reward your top users
• Web form usability: Better form submission feedback with jQuery
• 3 eye tracking studies that influenced my latest redesign
• The IE6 support equation: Is it worth supporting?
• My secret to finding the best long-tail SEO keywords with web analytics
• Branding for web professionals: The anatomy of a brand
• How to calculate driving distance with Google Maps API
• WordPress loop hack: Show related posts with full HTML and CSS control
• Why some web apps are successful and others aren’t
• 5 web-based tools for improving user experience
• New jQuery plugin: linkNotify() – An inline link click notification
• Rethinking website navigation design
• Find web visitor’s location automatically with javascript and Google APIs
• Measuring Twitter influence: 6 metrics for a new Gold Standard
• Branding for web professionals: An introduction
• Increase website conversion with the Funnel Philosophy
• How to create a Twitter-style alert with jQuery, CSS, and PHP
• 5 absolutely must read books for every web designer
• 9 compelling reasons to build a single-purpose website
• 10 signs of professional web design (Or why you should drop your amateur web designer)
• Remove NULL values from PHP arrays with 1 line
• An epic CAPTCHA disaster (AKA screw the user)
• 3 TED talks that will make you a better UI designer
• 3 Web 2.0 business models – where do you fit?
• Target IE6 and IE7 with only 1 extra character in your CSS
• Blogging Essentials: 5 Tips For Better Readability
• Blogging Essentials: Why Do People Care What You Have To Say?
• How to calculate distance with javascript and Google Maps API
• Ultimate List of Awesome Wikipedia Lists
• Nearby Tweets is a finalist in SearchAppalooza
• WordPress: The Best Tweet This Link Ever
• Tiny URLs Gone Wild!
• Google Analytics Hack: Track Outbound Links In 2 Easy Steps
• 10 Websites For Monitoring FollowFriday On Twitter
• Interview: Social Media PhD Scholar Vivek Kumar Shares Views On Social Media
• Guidelines for highly effective Websites
• How Twitter changes marketing forever, a simple explanation
• Nearby Tweets Officially Leaves Beta!
• Master Web Typography: 8 Detailed Typography Tips for the Web
• 7 Websites To Check Your Influence On Twitter
• Generate TinyURLs With 1 Line Of PHP
• 3 Detrimental Assumptions About Your Blog Readers That You Probably Make
• What Happens When Mashable Tweets Your Site?
• Open for business