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| A Stop-Motion History of the GIF | | Friday, December 07, 2012 3:50 PM | Neha Prakash |
| | The Internet's favorite file format is an old friend at this point, having just celebrated its 25th birthday. The GIF -- an acronym from Graphics Interchange Format -- lived it up this year, even scoring the coveted honor of word of the year Though no one can deny the success of the GIF's career, people often don't know its humble beginnings as a dancing baby or the format known as 87A So take a walk down GIF memory lane with this delightful stop-motion video directed by Sean Pecknold (LEGS Production), presented in association with Moving the Still: A GIF Festival
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| College Programmers Beat Tech Elite in Hacking Contest | | Friday, December 07, 2012 1:38 PM | Fran Berkman |
| | It was 3 a.m. on the first day of final exams. While most slept, a small cohort of students, overcome with excitement, locked arms to sing the Auburn University alma mater. The Alabama school, which has recently produced NFL stars named "Cam" and "Cadillac," had just pulled off an earth-shaking upset in an unlikely "sport" — coding. Auburn University is often thought of as a college football powerhouse, but rarely a programmers paradise. The school showed its diversity, however, when two computer science students placed in the top five of a 500-person coding challenge. Junior Kevin Davis, 20, and sophomore David Shuckerow, 19, placed first and fourth, respectively, in the competition, the participants of which represented more than 80 universities in eight different countries. Davis took home $1,500 for winning the contest.
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| Designing Social Buttons: How Do Users Share What They Like? | | Friday, December 07, 2012 12:37 PM | UX Magazine |
| | There has been a significant increase in the presence of social networking buttons on websites. The belief appears to be that users will rejoice in your content so much they will want to share it with their friends, family members or colleagues Buttons -- Facebook Share and Like, Tweet, Pin and G+ -- theoretically provide users with quick and seamless ways to share content at the click of a button. They also arguably help with search engine optimization, driving traffic from social media sites to your website.
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