I finally got around to modifying a Wordpress theme for release! How exciting is that? The theme is called Simpla Remix and it is predictably based on the Simpla design. I have always been fond of Simpla (I actually first noticed it on Smashing Magazine) and I thought I might just add a little flavor […]

I found this list via Threadwatch and it was written by skore.
 
In PC Magazine’s upcoming May 8th issue they list the 10 most commonly used passwords online - if you are using any of these please turn off your computer immediately, go take a nap and then download this add-on for FireFox.

Ok, wait one sec… I need to get Cat Stevens’ Peace Train song out of my head…
Alright, I am ready to go! So, I was tagged by the Quartz Mountain Weblog for the Technorati Train, which was originally started by Mr. Gary Lee. It is a long list of great sites that gets passed along; […]

I recently realized that my surfing pattern has really changed lately. It used to be that I would start out at Netvibes and peruse my RSS feeds and look at my Gmail within the site. From there, I would head on over to Newsvine or Digg or Del.icio.us and see if there was anything worth […]

Ah yes, it has indeed been a long time since I last had a Best Design Week Ever feature. This was not because I don’t love it anymore; on the contrary, I love it so much that I had to ignore it for a while in order to let it miss me, and then I […]

My first reaction to seeing the Show Top Commentators plugin was, “Is commentators really a word?… Seriously?…” But after I looked it up and found out that it was, I next thought, “Hey, this is a great plugin to show some love to people who comment on your site!” After all, a reader is essentially […]

I recently participated in The Paper Bull’s community blog project and man was it fun. I went out onto the web and found myself a site I had never seen before and I just wrote a post that praised them. Teresa does some incredible work, so it was not like I struggled to find good […]

The art of art, the glory of expression and the sunshine of the light of letters, is simplicity.- Walt Whitman
Somewhere in the back of our brains is this idea that simplicity is something good; something worth striving for. But have you ever asked yourself why? Simplicity literally means freedom from complexity or intricacy. But then […]

I have decided to start a new section here at j david macor.com. It is called tools, and as you may have suspected, it features a slew of tools for web masters. The list is a little on the small side right now, but don’t you worry your pretty little head; I will be updating […]

I will be participating in the Blogging silence day on April, 30. I realize that this has become somewhat of a controversial subject, i.e. whether or not we should be silent, but this is what I want to do. I was not personally touched by this event, but I just want to show my respect. […]

It seems to me that one of the most underused plugins for Firefox is Stylish. It allows you to customize the stylesheet of any website. Don’t like the look of YouTube? Just go ahead and modify the stylesheet yourself! This plugin can really only exist thanks to web standards. Obviously, the tool isn’t as powerful […]

I recently wrote a post that featured 8 great online tools for website evaluation. They varied in their scope and I hope you enjoyed them. However, these were not all of the tools out there and in the comments Carl pointed out a few more to me. I thought I should make another list and […]

Pardon this interruption of your regularly scheduled web design info… I have a random post to get off my chest. Recently, my International Trade professor wrote an opinion piece for the Washington Post. It is entitled, No More Second-Best Trade Solutions and it discusses the recent happenings in US trade news, especially concerning China and […]