Every month, the web developer-focused w3schools releases browser statistics…And the January stats are in. IE holds at a collective 36.2% (shared between the versions still in use; 6, 7, 8), Firefox lands in at 46.3, and Google Chrome breaks through the 10% barrier, coming in at 10.8%. Read more about this over on TheChromeSource.

The big fellas ain’t playin’ nice…and the outcome of this battle could very well determine the future of the web. Over on TechCrunch, Jeremy Allaire has a very interesting post about this. “The recent introduction of the new Apple iPad has stirred the discussion over the future of web content and application runtime formats, and shone light onto the political and business battles emerging between Apple, Adobe and Google.” Give ‘er a read!

Comic fonts are very popular among designers. These fonts are funny and usually related to children. They always add a fresh feel to whatever you are working on. Get clickin’!

Whether you’re wanting to live the freelance lifestyle, or you’re a freelance veteran, you’ll definitely want to check out a post over on Freelance Switch, Advice For New Freelancers, which lays down short bits of advice in such areas as clients, money, and marketing. The article opens with, “Recently, the FreelanceSwitch community was asked what simple, one-line advice they would give newly minted freelancers. The result was a surprising and poignant mix of wisdom, humor, and insight.” Check it out!

Free Texture Tuesday on bittbox.com never disappoints, and this week’s is awesome. Here’s the low-down from Caleb: “After browsing Flickr for some texture ideas, I ran across a cool grunge frame image and thought I would give it a whirl myself. Each of these textures are 4-5 images stacked on top of one another layers with various blending modes. I then just erased the center of certain layers, which gives the frame effect.” Get clickin’ and have fun!

Here’s an oldie but a goodie: 63 awesome grunge fonts from outlawdesignblog.com. Says Danny Outlaw, “Looking for the best free grunge fonts out there? We have found all of them and they are trapped in this post.” Enjoy the resource!

Over at YouTheDesigner.com, their weekly resource roundup is loaded with monster design resources. “This week’s roundup is loaded with tons of brushes, fonts, wallpapers, tutorials, textures, icons and a grungy three column Wordpress theme,” says YTD. Get clickin’ here to check it out!

“The analogy I like is if you have three ways of driving home through rush hour traffic. On any given day, you take only one. You don’t know if the other routes would be quicker or slower. But in quantum mechanics, you can take all three of these routes simultaneously. You don’t specify where you are until you arrive, so you always choose the quickest route,” said Greg Scholes, a University of Toronto biophysicist. Read More http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2010/02/quantum-photosynthesis/#ixzz0eaVJsXHJ

A recent study by Pew Internet suggests that teens and young adults are blogging and using Twitter less and less, but are using social media more often. A post over on Mashable goes on to say, “Pew found that teens are avid social networkers: 73% of 12-17 year olds, in fact. They are posting pictures, commenting on status updates, and sending IMs.”

What I found fascinating was the last section of Mashable’s post, Conclusions: Teens Aren’t Heavy Content Creators. It reads, “the trends seem clear: teens love to be online, but they’re not terribly interested in writing blog posts or maintaining a stream of tweets.”

Why do I find all this so interesting? Because businesses today are so eager to get on the social media bandwagon, thinking that doing so is a sure-fire way to achieve big profits. But if 73% of teens are using social media, why aren’t they all billionaires? Because it’s not about social media…that’s what old-model businesses are not getting. It’s not about social media, it’s about content.

Teens are doing what teens have always done; they’re socializing. Meanwhile, very few people are creating really killer content. Teens aren’t doing it, and they’re wired to the gills. Old-model businesses aren’t doing it either and they have armies of employees and huge financial resources.

That’s what excites me about what’s happening…very few people are creating really kick-ass content, and that means there’s a huge, gaping hole that demands to be filled…And for little guys like me who love to create content, that’s freakin’ huge!

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