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Build Internet is a blog for web design, development, and business run by twin brothers Sam and Zach Dunn. The goal is simple — help you build phenomenal sites. Build Internet writes articles and tutorials that demonstrate the latest web trends in action, as well as tips and motivation for improving your own business ventures.

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Scaling Servers with the Cloud: Amazon CloudFront

Scaling Servers with the Cloud: Amazon CloudFront

This is the second of two articles focused on using Amazon’s cloud services to boost your server’s performance and capabilities. Read the first part. Once you’ve got files hosted on S3, the next step is to speed up delivery time. Even though loading time through S3 is relatively fast, it ...

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Scaling Servers with the Cloud: Amazon S3

Scaling Servers with the Cloud: Amazon S3

This is the first of two articles focused on using Amazon’s cloud services to boost your server’s performance and capabilities. Do you live in fear of image size and sudden traffic spikes? With the power of Amazon’s web services, you’ll be able to give your server the added boost it ...

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More Fonts Used In Logos of Popular Websites

More Fonts Used In Logos of Popular Websites

This is a roundup of that identifies the fonts used in the logos of some of the top sites on the Web. Find out what fonts are used by MySpace, Wikipedia, eBay, MSNBC, Ning, PayPal, Tumblr and other popular web sites. (Spoiler Alert) Not a single site uses Times New ...

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Getting Clients to Embrace Fresh Ideas

Getting Clients to Embrace Fresh Ideas

The Web is full of brand new proof of concepts and ideas just waiting to be implemented on exciting new projects. Actually getting the approval to use these features is another story entirely. Some of the most interesting ideas turn out to be hard sells when putting them into to practice. ...

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Build Site Color Schemes from Photography

Build Site Color Schemes from Photography

One of the reoccurring responses we received from our reader survey earlier this month involved our color scheme inspiration posts. Overall, readers seemed to like the palettes, but wanted a demonstration of how to put them into action. Today we’re going to do just that. By the end of this ...

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