July 2009
52 posts
"If this is the world we helped create, then... →
“All good things have endings,” sang The Get Up Kids, many moons ago. And so it came to pass: in the midst of a tumultuous European tour four years into this millennia the band made the decision to…
Look at unreleased Apple prototypes here.... | 9... →
Apple execs often say they’re as proud of the products they don’t release as they are of those they do - and if you’d like to take a look at some of those unreleased prototypes, then good…
Misunderstanding Markup: XHTML 2/HTML 5 Comic... →
Since the official announcement of W3C to stop working on the development of XHTML 2 in the end of 2009 and increase resources on HTML
Mom installs 98-inch screen in son's bedroom... →
Thought you had it all set with a 14-inch TV and an NES in your room as a kid? Then you might want to look away for a minute, lest your childhood memories be diminished. Everyone else…
Apple Is Growing Rotten To The Core: Official... →
Earlier today we learned that Apple had begun to pull all Google Voice-enabled applications from the App Store, citing the fact that they “duplicate features that come with the iPhone”. Now…
Text Rotation with CSS →
Projecting your CSS - Monday By Noon →
I can remember setting up my first stylesheet and being truly impressed with the power of CSS. While I was still learning the language and implementation, I came across the concept of print…
Microsoft suffers worst fiscal year ever while... →
Once accustomed to ever-rising profits, Microsoft has been dealt two blows with both its second quarter of losses in a row and its first-ever annual decline, all at the same time as Apple has had its…
Apple's much-anticipated tablet device coming... →
Exclusive: After four years of meticulous developmental riddled with setbacks, Apple is now racing toward an early 2010 launch of a device that may see the electronics maker redefine the portable…
People Emit Visible Light →
An Anonymous Reader writes “The human body literally glows, emitting a visible light in extremely small quantities at levels that rise and fall with the day, scientists now reveal. Japanese…
The Mac Versus PC Debate Has Never Been Clearer →
“Our goal is not to build the most computers. It’s to build the best.”
That was Apple COO Tim Cook two days ago during Apple’s quarterly earnings call. Sure, it may sound like spin from…
No CSS Reset →
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Great debates usually end with someone declared victorious, however this conversation only benefits the web development community.
When asked recently about using a CSS reset…
Page Description Diagrams : D. Keith... →
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I completely agree with this approach. Wish my company would use this tactic.
Page Description Diagrams: Since I got back from SXSW and our well received Design Eye for The Idea…
Where the Wireframes Are: Special Deliverable #3 -... →
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I completely agree with this approach and will start to integrate it into my projects.
In 1998, I was working for USWeb/CKS, perhaps the largest Internet consulting firm at the…
Carsonified » How C.R.A.P is Your Site Design? →
Eons ago when I was taking the Freshman web design course in college (okay, it was only 4 years ago) I was taught about the acronym of all acronyms, the one by which all other web design acronyms…
How I Design →
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Interesting how a developer approaches design.
In many ways, I don’t consider myself a designer. I don’t have any formal training. I don’t have a strong grasp of colour theory….
Write Better CSS - Monday By Noon →
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I don’t agree with all of his methods, particularly how he chooses to group his stylesheets, but commenting and writing to the cascade are definitely good choices.
Writing an…
Improving Your Process: The Browser Gauntlet -... →
Having an effective browser test suite for Web design should be a terribly important part of your process.
Why I Like (and Use) Reset CSS - Monday By Noon →
The CSS framework debate has been reignited a bit. New topic: reset stylesheets. Personally, I prefer working with reset CSS, but a great number of people have taken to the opposite.
My Development and Design Process - Monday By Noon →
Inspired by a post put together from Jonathan Snook, here’s a look into my development process.
Code: Flickr Developer Blog » On UI Quality (The... →
Interesting to think that Opera doesn’t handle the image rendering issue very well.
Pure Css Data Chart | Css Globe →
Data visualization is mostly achieved with flash applications or with help of some programming languages. Are those solutions the only way to present, let’s say simple data chart? How about giving it…
Experiments width max-width and images |... →
Great experiment with fluid images
Improving Your Process: Faster Front End... →
Time is very important in Web design. Here are a few tips to keep that time to a minimum, allowing for budgeted experimentation and polish.
United Breaks Guitars | Dave Carroll Music →
Handy Tips for Creating a Print CSS Stylesheet →
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WatchHow to Design a Portfolio Site, pt. 1 (via Carsonified)
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Speed Up Your Website with Better Image... →
With Photoshop, are you really paying attention to how you’re saving images for the web? Optimizing images can drastically decrease load times when done properly!
CSS 3 Cheat Sheet (PDF) | CSS, Freebies | Smashing... →
Just last week we released an extensive printable HTML 5 Cheat Sheet that lists all currently supported HTML 5 tags, their descriptions, their attributes and
SlickMap CSS — A Visual Sitemapping Tool for Web... →
SlickMap CSS is a simple stylesheet for displaying visual sitemaps directly from HTML unordered list navigation.
HTML 5 Drag and Drop + Microformats = a whole... →
Dave Hyatt - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia →
Girl Falls Into Manhole While Texting, Parents Sue... →
It’s hard to decide who are the biggest morons in this story: parents or daughter. 15 year-old Alexa Longueira was walking along Victory Boulevard in Staten
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YouTube Will Be Next To Kiss IE6 Support Goodbye →
Judging by this screenshot taken by an IE6 user who was watching some videos on YouTube, it appears the Google company will be phasing out support for the browser shortly. I don’t have…
Web Form Validation: Best Practices and Tutorials... →
Ideally, users will fill the web form with necessary information and finish their job successfully. However, people often make mistakes. This is where web form
A Marriage Made in Heaven? HTML 5 & CSS 3 →
Perhaps foreshadowed by Google’s adoption of HTML 5, Jeffrey Zeldman pointed out late last week; the future of XHTML is no more. Obviously the selectors we use in CSS 3 depend on the underlying…
On-page SEO - The Google Way →
We have discussed on many occasions the fact that Google does care for SEO and that optimized sites rank better in its search results. If you are still in doubt, there is one undeniable and…
Lifehacker - View PDFs in Google Search Results... →
Google’s search results have long included a “View as HTML” option tacked next to PDF files it indexed. Now it’s increasingly just “View,” as the native viewer app used in Google Docs is available…
9 Google Labs Projects You Must Try Out! →
Within the laboratories of Google’s Mountain View campus, computer science wizards are busy brewing up innovative services that will enhance your Google experience. There are plenty of functional…
Introducing the Google Chrome OS →
It’s been an exciting nine months since we launched the Google Chrome browser. Already, over 30 million people use it regularly. We designed Google Chrome for people who live on the web —…
Google brings Gmail, Docs, Calendar, and Talk out... →
Guess what, internoodle? Google Apps is officially out of beta. Do you know what that means? It means that Gmail, Docs, Calendar, and Talk are losing that “beta” signage / language you’ve…
9 Information Design Tips to Make You a Better Web... →
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Great article that every product manager, designer and developer should take into account.
It’s probably the least glamourous part of web design, but information design is by no…
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HTML 5 and CSS 3: The Techniques You’ll Soon Be... →
I can’t wait to start building sites with the intended technology I should have had access to had Microsoft not killed the internet revolution.
Commando Camera on Kate & Jimmy Drunkin' Dancin' →
I caught this little gem at a friends wedding. Nothing better than 2 drunk people gettin’ their dance on. Dance it out guys!!!