Collective #151
Inspirational Website of the Week: Aerolab
A perfect design with smooth animations and a smart usage of background effects—that's Aerolab, our pick this week.
Get inspiredContent Filter
A beautifully designed and super-useful nugget from Sebastiano Guerriero: a slide-in filter panel powered by CSS and jQuery.
Check it outTint UI
A very useful color picker tool by João Piedade with all the famous UI colors in one place.
Check it outWhat's new in CSS Selectors 4
Matt Mastracci shows what the potentially new CSS selectors are and what you can do with them.
Check it outSlash: Bad Ass Display Font (TTF)
An interesting and strong font designed by Ronald Vermeijs for Pixel Buddha.
Get itHeavenly Glory
A fantastic demo by Michael Bromley that will bring out the Bruce Lee in you :)
Check it outFont Pair
A great website by Mills Digital that will give you some excellent font pairing inspiration all using Google Web Fonts.
Check it outPicSvg
Convert a raster image to a simplified SVG with this cool tool.
Check it outWhy AJAX Isn’t Enough
Alexander Gödde dives into the PubSub messaging pattern and explains what it is and when it's useful.
Read itEssential JavaScript Links
A curated list of resources for learning and working with JavaScript by Eric Elliott and friends.
Check it outDesign Break
DesignBreak will help you take a fruitful break from your work: play games, watch funny videos or browse through inspiring websites.
Check it outLittle, Big: Using CSS fit-content
Learn how fit-content can help you with responsive designs in this article by Dudley Storey.
Check it outAuto-Hide Sticky Header
Osvaldas Valutis shows you how to create an auto-hide sticky header.
Check it outgittask
A great platform by Lapwing Labs for finding an expert for your project or being the task hero of one.
Check it outAwesome Remote Job
A list of awesome remote working resources curated by Lukasz Madon.
Check it outWhat happens when...
An attempt to answer the age old interview question "What happens when you type google.com into your browser and press enter?". Created by Alex Gaynor.
Check it outTowards declarative touch interactions
Ralph Thomas outlines Slalom, a system with prototype implementation for concisely describing and implementing a class of touch interactions.
Check it outBlockrain.js
Embed & play Tetris on your site. Made by aerolab, based on code by Peter Cole.
Check it outFree Font: Refuge
Grant Beaudry designed this font that is great for hand-lettering projects.
Check it outSoftware Library: MS-DOS Games
For all of you who grew up with these classics: careful, you might fall into a procrastination limbo with this awesome resource :)
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