Articles Written By Nathan J. Brauer

Nathan J. Brauer, founder of HelloLogic, is a UX consultant and web developer. He is both a writer and an editor for AEXT.NET. If you'd like to be graced with pure awesomeness, you should follow him on Twitter.

Brand Spankin’ New Google Chrome Extensions You Should Be Trying

20 Advance Javascript Tutorials That Make Flash To Be Afraid Of

The beauty of the Google Chrome Extension gallery is that it is virtually uninhibited by any sort of approval process. This allows tons of extensions to be uploaded into the wild in real time. Every couple weeks, I go through and find the best and/or the most promising extensions that have recently been added.

The following extensions are no more than a few weeks old, and thus, it’s highly unlikely that you’ve seen them yet (unless you have no life, like me). Keep in mind that since these are brand new, some of them may have bugs here and there. The good thing, though, is that extensions from the gallery automatically update in the background without the need to restart the browser, and extension developers are usually more receptive to adding/removing/fixing features when their extension is newly released!

There are twenty-three extensions and two themes to try out. Feel free to give any of these a quick try! If you decide you don’t like it, simply right-click the extension and select “Uninstall” — Simple as that! No restarts or anything!

Ready? Here goes!

More Google Buzz Tips, Resources, Extensions, and Icons to Keep You Buzzed.

Google Buzz’s launch week is about to come to a close. And with that, we’re going to start seeing just how buzzed people are about it. But just in case you’re not buzzed yet, here’s a quick round up of the best tricks, resources, and tutorials that have sprung up in the last few days.

Google Stealing Content and Hijacking Traffic? A deeper look.

Recently, a blog post by Michael Gray called “Is Google Stealing Your Content and Hijacking Your Traffic” caught my attention. If you haven’t read it yet, here’s the low down: The blog suggests that Google is “stealing” traffic (and thus revenue) from other companies by providing more information to its searchers upfront, instead of requiring searchers to click through and see the content themselves, among other claims.

I understand where Michael Gray is coming from, but to say that what we see from Google is unique or condemnable compared to traditional practice, common practice, or web 2.0 ethics is far from reality. Here I will challenge that frame of thought then cover a few very common examples of widely accepted and lauded businesses who practice similar techniques.

48 Hours Left! Here’s one more (easy) way to win.

Hello everyone!

This is a quick post to remind everyone that there are exactly 48 hours left until the deadline to qualify for the Free Custom 18×24 Poster Print.

One more chance!

We’re offering one more chance to qualify, and this one’s super easy. All you need to do is simply leave a comment with one question you would ask an expert designer or developer. Two chances if you give two questions.

That’s it!

~~We’ll announce the winner on Twitter~~ (see update), so make sure you’re following @AEXTnet!

Update!

The winner has been selected. Check out the original post to see who it is!

16+3 Brands You Should Consider For Your Next Startup

I love branding. I absolutely LOVE branding. Seriously.

I can spend a whole day salvating over brands on Brandstack, LogoPond, LogoMoose, 99designs, and so many others, just wishing that I could startup a business simply to bring the brand to life. Whether to inspire new brand ideas or to inspire you to build a business for one of these, I present you 16+3 of my favorite brands that should should be brought to life. Continue Reading