Sometimes the best sites and resources end up being the simplest ideas executed to perfection. Google has a lot of fans because of the simplicity in the way it does search. I believe one of the reasons the iPod design is so popular is because of the simplicity of the controls. The same simplicity in design also works well for websites.

The downforeveryoneorjustme.com site does exactly what the domain name suggests. It quickly lets you know if a website is offline for everyone or just you. This can come in handy when you’re developing a new site for a client and …read more

There seems to have been something wrong with AT&T’s pipes to the Internet today. A number of websites seemed to be down and wouldn’t load for a variety of people. Through all of the discussion I heard many suggestions to use OpenDNS to get around these challenges.

"DNS" stands for domain name services or system. The service that’s provided is the translation of all of those domain names people register to the IP (Internet Protocol) addresses of the computers/servers that are hosting the files that make-up that website.
The challenge is that many hosting providers use their own DNS translators and if …read more