Dougal Campbell's geek ramblings

I already had some of these bookmarked, but I need to check out the other sites in this list of git tutorials.

Top 10 Git Tutorials for Beginners

Tags: git, sourcecontrol, versioncontrol, scm, rcs, tutorials

Good article about nonces, how to create and use them to secure your form actions.

A Guide to Nonce | Tyler Egeto v2

Tags: webdev, development, programming, security, nonce

How tap tap tap used social media, built up anticipation, and launched The Heist, knocking Angry Birds out of the top spot.

tap tap tap ~ Heisting the App Store: 500,000 Paid Downloads in 1 Week

Tags: iphone, apps, games, marketing, sales, theheist

Good article about what goes into the early design stages of an iPhone app.

Wakify « SignificantPixels

Tags: iphone, apps, development, design, ux, process, appdev, prototyping

Memo to myself: Firefox 4 won’t use @font-face fonts unless they are served from the same hostname+domain, or unless the fonts are served up with a special header indicating that the font can be loaded cross-domain. In other words, if you serve fonts from your CDN, Firefox won’t load them.

Cross domain workaround for @font-face and Firefox | Geoff Evason

Tags: fontface, css3, fonts, typography, firefox, cross-browser, cross-domain

Otto provides a good breakdown of how to use the built-in image and gallery handling of WordPress. I need to reference this and beef up the appropriate parts of my Formattd theme.

Photo Gallery Primer » Otto on WordPress

Tags: wordpress, gallery, images, themes, templates, webdev

Rather cool site with a free mathematics software for learning geometry and algebra. Browser/Java-based, with ability to run offline.

GeoGebra

Tags: geogebra, geometry, algebra, math, tools, education, learning