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The ampersand symbol (&) has a long and rich history, dating as far back as 63 B.C. To this day, its use can be witnessed in a wide range of situations, from being a key component in a Fortune 500 company’s logo/brand identity materials to casual SMS/text messages between old friends.

Below is a visual guide to this beautiful and artistic symbol.

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Jacob Gube is the Founder and Chief Editor of Six Revisions. He’s also a web developer/designer who specializes in front-end development (JavaScript, HTML, CSS) and also a book author. If you’d like to connect with him, head on over to the contact page and follow him on Twitter: @sixrevisions.

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The Internet is such an integral part of our lives nowadays, yet how much do we know about what’s occurring under the hood?

From the proliferation of web programming languages such as PHP, to the matter of data expansion, storage size, rate of growth of the Internet, and the amount of bandwidth required to serve the world’s Internet users, this infographic looks at what websites are made of.

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Infographic by Broadband Choices, offering comprehensive and impartial advice on broadband.

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Back in November last year, a playful infographic exposed the differences between web designers and developers. In the infographic, a Venn diagram revealed one surprising characteristic the two groups seemed to share: a fear of women.

While it wouldn’t be funny if it wasn’t mostly true, the joke’s exclusivity prompted many commenters to wonder what a female version of the graphic might look like.

Here is a response to that call, an equally opinion-laden infographic highlighting the gender gap within the web development community.

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• Statistics taken from A List Apart Web Design Survey, 2009
• Original infographic: Web Designers vs Web Developers by Shane Snow

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Cassie McDaniel is a (sometimes snarky) designer, writer, and artist with nothing whatsoever against web developers. In fact, she’s in love with one. Find more of her work at cassiemcdaniel.com and send internet high-fives via Twitter: @cassiemc.

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For newbies in the business of crafting websites, the purpose and technicality behind server header responses can often be a little mind baffling to get to grips with. Although there are essentially so much to learn, only a few are common and essential to web professionals and the average user.

So what is a server header response, anyway? Well, let’s shed some light on them by delving deep into the most common server header responses.

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Infographic by SEOgadget, a boutique SEO agency and blog located in London and maintained by a small team of passionate tech geeks and search wizards.

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Oli Archibald is a search consultant and blog writer at SEOgadget. Follow them via Twitter as @SEOgadget for plenty of great articles on SEO, Excel, Microformats, and technology in general.

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This fun infographic depicts Helvetica’s range of font weights as rock music genres. It has a dual purpose of serving as a witty cheatsheet for Helvetica font weights.

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Tommy Swanson (@tomswanson) is a young entrepreneur in Dallas, Texas and the CEO of Finer Hosting, a provider of managed VPS and dedicated server hosting which he co-founded with former Fused Hosting founder, Jack Heskett (@jackheskett).  They have a passion for internet marketing and building successful companies that are focused on client satisfaction.

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Maslow’s hierarchy of needs teaches us that food, safety and a roof over our heads all come before "self actualization". In other words, it’s hard to tap into your inner-unicorn if you can’t afford to pay the rent. To help you designers out there, we’ve researched different design sectors to see which one has the most fulfilling, unicorn-friendly jobs. And it turns out, you can’t have it all. When it comes to design jobs, you can be well-paid, well-employed, or love your job — but not all three.

Here is an infographic comparing the different types of design professions.

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Infographic by Shane Snow. Shane Snow is an entrepreneur, writer, and recent Columbia MS/Digital Media graduate. Visit his personal site and follow him on Twitter @shanesnow.

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Font and color choices in a website say certain things about the owner of the site. Though colors and symbols may have different meanings in other cultures, this only reaffirms the notion that design choices do affect the perception of the user, which in turn affects the message attempting to be conveyed.

Here is an infographic that delves into the meanings of fonts and colors in the context of web design.

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Dona Collins is a part-time teacher and a part-time blogger. She is also an avid designer. She spends her free time creating infographics, videos, and music (with FL Studio). If you would like to know more about Dona or her team, check out CreditLoan or follow them on Twitter.

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Let’s be honest. Being a web developer or a web designer doesn’t exactly give you an edge with the pretty girls (or guys) at your local pickup bar. If you were a part-time firefighter or investment banker, maybe. Nevertheless, the feud continues between web designers and web developers over which profession is the true calling. Like the yin and yang, these two are in constant battle to prove their dominance over the other, even when they work closely together.

Here is an infographic of the differences between web designers and web developers.

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Infographic by: Shane Snow. Shane Snow is an entrepreneur, writer, and recent Columbia MS/Digital Media graduate. Visit his personal site and follow him on Twitter @shanesnow.

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Firefox—a web browser known for its security, performance, and customizability—has witnessed unbelievable adoption rates, becoming a symbol of open source software done right. In just 6 years, it has fastened itself firmly into the web browser arena, fanning the flames of the highly-heated browser wars.

This infographic presents some fascinating facts and figures pertaining to our beloved web browser: Firefox.

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"Why are you here?"

I was asked this question a couple of years ago. It is a question that is meant to have an easy answer and yet I found myself at a loss for words when I tried to answer it. The concept is simple enough. However, as I started thinking about what the question actually meant and what it was actually asking, it started to take on a life of its own.

This article is part of Design Instruct Week, a weeklong celebration of our newly launched site, Design Instruct. This week on Six Revisions covers topics that deal with running websites and design, written by the founders/editors of Design Instruct and Six Revisions. Be sure to check out the Design Instruct Week Twitter Giveaway, which gives out different prizes every day of Design Instruct Week.

Of course, "here" could be anywhere and it’s different for everyone. However, beyond that notion of location, we have to take into account that "here" also means being in the present; being in the ‘now’ which makes "here" not just a place on a map but also a place in time.

Knowing why we are "here" gives us the most concrete and basic thing we can know about ourselves, which is, that there’s a reason for us being where ever were are in our lives.

For artists and designers, knowing why we are "here" is especially important since it’s the kind of knowledge that can give purpose and meaning to our work.

For this piece, I asked previous contributors and friends of Six Revisions and Design Instruct to answer the question: "Why are you here?"

The writers could answer the question in anyway they like. It could be several sentences long or it can be just a single word. Their answer could be funny and clever or inspiring and deeply profound.

Below, you’ll find some of the answers I got from this exercise along with a sampling of their favorite works.

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Special thanks to:

• Francisco Inchauste of FINCH
• Shannon Noack of Snoack Studios
• Zena Santos
• Tyler Denis of Denis Designs
• Jacob Cass of Just Creative Design
• Jan Cavan of Dawghouse Design Studio
• Miguel Cardona of Dumbwaiter Design
• Matthew Heidenreich of Devise Function
• Richard Carpenter of HV-designs

How about you? What’s your story? Why are you here? Share with us in the comments section.

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