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Increase Speed When Using A Twitter Widget

Noam Design Twitter WidgetAdding an Official Twitter Widget on your website is quite simple. They even give you a wizard that helps you personalize the look & feel. But using the script will slow down your website because it has to load the file and access the Twitter API while at the same time your website is loading.

So we did a little trick and changed the script to wait until the website has fully loaded and only then allow the Widget to start loading tweets. Let’s check out the code! (more…)

Brazil’s Bid For Tech Powered Economy

About Florianopolis, the city where I live: At first glance Florianopolis, in southern Brazil, resembles the quintessential picture postcard resort. It has become one of South America’s most popular destinations, a magnet for sun seekers, but…

Better Than To Be In Forbes 400 Richest List

This is the time of the year when Forbes releases the 400 Richest People in America. And if you are like me, you will start dreaming about what is like to be in that list. I know that if you are in the Internet business like me, you would love to be founder of the new google thing, the new-facebook-viral-please-buy-me-out-for-1-billion. Believe me, this is “fantasyland”. These kind of millionaires lists are terrible.

You don’t need to swing for the fences. Let me explain that your dream is not so far away and you can have your one-million salary year. That is not so distant. (more…)

Top 3 jQuery plugins for Web Designers & Developers

Hello all,

web development jqueryBeing a senior web developer here at Noam Design, I’ve had extensive experience using jQuery – the most powerful open source javaScript library out there. Below is my selection of the 3 most basic (but useful) jQuery plugins that could make your developer’s life easier, and make your website much richer. First, let me tell you a little bit about my background… (more…)