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Hivelogic’s Setup
Dan Benjamin (Hivelogic) has posted his hardware and software setup. Very helpful.
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W3C: HTML Slidy
Powerpoint-like slide shows written using XHTML.
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Daring Fireball: Windows: The New Classic
John Gruber on the implications of Mac’s Boot Camp (if you’ve been living in a cave, Boot Camp lets you run Windows XP on an Intel based Mac). Windows: The New Classic
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Dell Gets Sexier
Dell acquires high-end PC maker Alienware – via IT Week
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Target Sued for Inaccessible Web Site
The Web Standards Project: Target Sued for Inaccessible Web Site The national federation for the blind has sued Target because their Web site is inaccessible to the visually impaired. I have an article coming soon on why this is a big deal. Just thought I’d point out this landmark case. The article in the above […]
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Starting with CSS: revisited – KuraFire Network
Good article on some starting CSS classes to strip out inconsisten browser defaults. One of the steps from my previous post about writing cross-browser compatible css. Starting with CSS: revisited – KuraFire Network
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Friendly Bit on Cross-browser strategies for CSS
Emil Stenström on how to write consistent cross-browser compatible CSS. Some great pointers. A good starting place for CSS beginners. (And a nice refresher even if you know what you are doing. Via 456 Berea Street.
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An Event Apart, Philadelphia, on Film
Missed An Event Apart – Philadelphia? Well, here’s a 2 minute highlight reel for you. Both times they show the crowd, I am JUST outside of the frame. (The guy shooting the video was right next to my rwo.). Probably reaaally dull and boring to non-Web-geeks. What’s funny is, the part where Eric Meyer is […]
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Search Engine Relationship Chart
Apparently I’m waaaay behind in seeing this, but Bruce Clay has a very handy chart describing the relationships of the different search engines. bruceclay.com – Search Engine Relationship Chart ®
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Accessible Data Tables
Usability.com.au has a very good guide to making tables accessible and usable in a variety of scenarios, posted here for your (my) resource and viewing pleasure Accessible tables: the definitive guide
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Designing for ads
Asterisk has a helpful article with some thoughts to keep in mind when designing a site that will incorporate advertisements. Fortunately, I very very rarely have to deal with this. I primarily design for higher education Web sites, in which (IMHO) advertising is completely inappropriate. If I’m not doing that, I’m usually doing smaller scale […]
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Buzzle.com on Search Engine Optimization
There are some pretty good SEO suggestions in a recent article on SEO by Buzzle.com Essentially it’s the same old tips: Update content regularly Relevant inbound links Click through rates etc.. With some interesting new tips (recent developments/stuff I haven’t heard before. Notably: How many years you have registered your domain name for Spam tactics […]