HOW TO: Sign Up Users Even Before You Launch Your Startup

From: http://mashable.com/2011/05/04/startup-launch-buzz/

Tool for Testing Page Speed

http://pagespeed.googlelabs.com/

Domain name suggestions

Panabee - a simple, useful tool for finding great domain names.

Top 10 Firefox Add-Ons for Web Designers

Funny that we have 4 things in common (the ones in bold). Thank you for the list. This is very helpful.

Top 10 Firefox Add-Ons for Web Designers
http://mashable.com/2011/04/26/firefox-web-design-add-ons/

1. Web Developer
2. Firebug
3. MeasureIt
4. ColorZilla
5. CSS Usage
6. PageSpeed
7. HTMLValidator
8. IE Tab 2
9. Screengrab
10. SEO Doctor

Euro Sign with PHP GD

use:
$text = "€";

when generating image with euro sign.

PHP GD : Centers the text

function getCenterPos($im, $font_size, $font_style, $text) {
    $bbox = imagettfbbox($font_size, 0, $font_style, $text);

    // This is our cordinates for X and Y
    $x = ((imagesx($im) - $bbox[4] - $bbox[0])/2);
    $y = (((imagesy($im)/2)-($bbox[5] - $bbox[1]))/2)-5;

    return array((int)$x, (int)$y);
}

Balsamiq Mockups

Why Balsamiq Mockups for wireframing?

Using Mockups feels like drawing, but because it’s digital, you can tweak and rearrange easily. Teams can come up with a design and iterate over it in real-time in the course of a meeting.


http://balsamiq.com/