Weekly Web Roundup: The Gmail Edition #16
The major news of the week was the shipping of Apple’s Snow Leopard. It aims to to refine, simplify, and speed up the OS. Although I’ve heard early reports of conflicts with certain applications so for now i’m holding off, at least for a few months, as much as i’m excited to get my hands on it!
The other main news this week which affected many of us was the fact Gmail (and Google Apps Mail) were down for nearly 100 minutes. Google later issued an apology stating it was due to a routine server upgrade, however they had “slightly underestimated the load” and things started to go haywire at 12:30 pm PST. It’s not often Google experiences a major outage and this got Twitter talking!
I’ve called this the Gmail edition in honor of this week’s most popular link which was a humorous look at the Gmail outage last week.
- 10 Hilarious Twitter Reactions To Gmail Going Down
A compilation of the best reactions the Twitterverse could muster to the Gmail downtime. They give you an idea of some of the freakouts and the hilarity that ensued. - How 20 popular websites looked when they launched
Thanks to the waybackmachine internet archive, we’re still able to see some of the Web 1.0 and Web 2.0 pioneers looked in their earliest incarnations. - 5 Innovative CSS Techniques You Should Know About
We all love CSS but keeping up with the latest techniques can be quite difficult at times. This showcases some useful and innovative techniques to know. - 56 Absolutely Brilliant Photoshop Video Tutorials
Videos tutorials are a fantastic way to learn new techniques and skills. These are from avid Photoshop fans sharing their tips and dedicated Photoshop sites. - 65 Popular And Professional Free Fonts For Creative Typography
A collection of superb high quality fonts, all of which are great to create beautiful graphic typographic works, unique web designs and more. - I’m watching 40 Glorious Years of The Internet
The concept of an internet free world now seems unimaginable and to a certain degree, frightening. With the Internet approaching it’s 40th anniversary this is a must read article. - 35 Extraordinarily Clever Examples of Toy Photography
Toy photography provides great opportunities for clever composition, creative lighting and a chance to really have some fun. This is both inspirational and fun, a must bookmark. - Baseline CSS
Baseline was born to be a quick way to prototype a website and grew up to become a full typographic framework for the web using “real” baseline grid as it’s foundation. Download it and check it out. - 50 Things That Are Being Killed By The Internet
This is a superb compilation of things that are in the process of being killed off by the web, from products and business models to life experiences and habits.
That’s a wrap up of the sixthteenth edition. Were there any links you thought deserved a mention? If so drop a link in the comments so we can check them out.
Photo by manel
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Grace Smith is owner of the small but perfectly formed web design studio Postscript5, in Northern Ireland. To keep up to date with the latest designalicious content, then please consider subscribing.