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Happy fourth birthday, microformats! Congrats @t .
microformats  _tantek 
february 2008
Luckow Design Studios - Fix for iPhone Camera Bug
Sometimes your iPhone just decides to stop storing photos in your current roll. You take a photo, then you go to look at it and all you see is a blank square. Then you click on it and it just goes to home or something. A lot of people seem to get
iphone  _camera  _bug  _bugs  _fix  _fixes  _apple  _white  _square  _whitesquare  _roll  _blank 
february 2008
ongoing … XML People
7000 words on the history of XML.
XML  TBL  timbray 
february 2008
Dave Shea on Dave Shea (An Event Apart News)
We asked legend of rock Dave Shea (CSS Zen Garden, Zen of CSS Design) what he sucks at.
daveshea  _csszengarden  _zenofcssdesign  _aea  _aneventapart  _aeaneworleans2008  _aeanola08 
february 2008
Biofuels Deemed a Greenhouse Threat - New York Times
Almost all biofuels used today cause more greenhouse gas emissions than conventional fuels if the full emissions costs of producing these “green” fuels are taken into account, two studies being published Thursday have concluded.
climatechange  _biofuels 
february 2008
Understanding Web Semantics
Great, easy-to-follow, three-part series on the real meaning of web semantics, and the implications for HTML, by John Allsopp, author of "Dao of Web Design" and Microformats: The Book, co-founder of Web Directions North, and ancient swordsman of T
web  _semantics  _HTML5  _microformats  _webdesign  _webstandards  _johnallsopp  _allsopp  _Dao  _WDN  _CSS  _samurai 
february 2008
Basecamp Turns Four!
Happy birthday, Basecamp. Thanks for making our world so much more special.
basecamp  _tools  _productivity  _anniversary  _fouryears 
february 2008
Archer | Hoefler & Frere-Jones
New font. Gorgeous. "Sweet but not saccharine, earnest but not grave, Archer is designed to hit just the right notes of forthrightness, credibility, and charm."
fonts  _typefaces  _typography  _type  _typedesign  _type_design  _Hoefler_&_Frere-Jones  _hoefler  _frerejones  _font  _companies  _designers  _agency  _agencies  _design  _designer 
february 2008
Social Graph API - built on open standards
"We currently index the public Web for XHTML Friends Network (XFN), Friend of a Friend (FOAF) markup and other publicly declared connections. By supporting open Web standards for describing connections between people, web sites can add to the soci
XFN  _FOAF  _publicweb  _socialgraph  _socialsoftware  _API  _google  _thisisfreakinhuge  _ericmeyer  _tantekcelik  _mattmullenweg 
february 2008
Ahh, that explains this email... - RussellBeattie.com
"Anyone who stays [at Yahoo] after a MS purchase won't be working there for the love of the company, that's for sure."
yahoo  microsoft  ms  acquisitions  mergers  deals 
february 2008
Google Code Blog: URLs are People, Too
So you've just built a totally sweet new social app and you can't wait for people to start using it, but there's a problem: when people join they don't have any friends on your site. They're lonely, and the experience isn't good because they can't
socialsoftware  _openID  _socialgraph 
february 2008
Microsoft pursues Yahoo! takeover
Next: Google buys Microsoft. Facebook eats its young, and four horsemen appear.
yahoo  microsoft  merger  takeover  yuck  killme 
february 2008
Web guru Jeffrey Zeldman opens Web Directions North with wide-ranging keynote
"Jeffrey Zeldman, the web design and standards expert behind zeldman.com, alistapart.com and myriad other websites, delivered the opening keynote at Web Directions North on January 30th in downtown Vancouver. After fighting for standards and acces
WDN  _zeldman  _webdirectionsnorth  _keynote  _2008  _webstandards  _webdesign  _web  _standards  _design 
january 2008
Pinakothek (the blog of Luc Sante)
Luc Sante is THE great historian of old New York City. This is his blog. It uses the landmark "Minima" theme designed by the wonderful Douglas Bowman. Via Christopher Fahey.
lucsante  _luc_sante  _pinakothek  _christopherfahey  _behavior  _minima  _douglasbowman  _nyc  _newyork  _newyorkcity 
january 2008
TidBITS Opinion: iWork and iWeb Updated, Apple Restricts Release Notes
"Come on, Apple, acknowledge that you have professional users whose livelihoods depend on your programs and the information you publish about them. I'm not saying you have to overwhelm Software Update users with detail that most people couldn't po
tidbits  _opinion  _adamengst  _apple  _software  _updates  _compatibility  _problems  _errors 
january 2008
xScope measuring tool video
Amazing work by Craig and the designers at Iconfactory. If you design for the screen, this tool will make your life much easier.
iconfactory  _xscope  _measuring  _tool  _video 
january 2008
Cederholm Out, Marcotte In For An Event Apart Boston
Dan Cederholm has had to regretfully bow out of An Event Apart Boston (you can catch him at AEA San Francisco instead). Replacing the Bulletproof One is author and code wizard Ethan Marcotte (Airbag, Unstoppable Robot Ninja), on the existing subje
webstandards  _webdesign  _design  _web  _standards  _conferences  _events  _aneventapart  _boston  _aeaboston2008  _aeaboston08  _dancederholm  _ethanmarcotte 
january 2008
Emigre Essays
Now online: the main content of Emigre #30 ("Fallout"). "This milestone issue from 1994 was a response to the (in)famous 'Ugly' essay written by Steven Heller for Eye magazine. For those of you who missed the typographic debates of the 90s, or for
graphicdesign  _design  _emigre  _stephenheller  _rudyvanderlans  _1990s  _90s 
january 2008
Beyond DOCTYPE: Web Standards, Forward Compatibility, and IE8
A List Apart's Aaron Gustafson on the proposed alternate standards switch Microsoft will implement in IE8.
DOCTYPE  _switch  _standards  _webstandards  _toggle  _forwardcompatibility  _IE8  _IE7  _microsoft  _browsers  _rendering 
january 2008
Apple - Discussions - Conflict Resolver & Leopard.
After the 11th loop through Hell, try loading a seemingly unrelated program (iSync) and lying to it.
apple  _sync  _bugs  _fail  _failure  _errors  _isync  _loops  _conflictresolver  _hell  _pointless  _stupid  _broken  _bad  _design 
january 2008
Apple - Support - Conflict Resolver broken in Leopard
"My .Mac menu icon shows 7 unresolved conflicts. When I try to review them, Conflict Resolver opens, but no window is displayed. I threw out the Preference file but it didn't help...."
conflict  _resolver  _broken  _conflictresolver  _.Mac  _sync  _errors  _bugs  _apple  _mac  _macintosh  _software  _fail 
january 2008
How To Set an Apple Touch Icon for Any Site
Drew McClellan's method even lets you override a site's existing touch icon. (Just don't override mine.)
apple  _iphone  _icons  _webclip  _how  _howto  _design  _touchicons  _touch  _icon  _override  _drewmcclellan  _allinthehead 
january 2008
Female Business Owners Fault New Rules on U.S. Contracts - New York Times
Women who own small businesses have been pushing for years for a bigger piece of government contracts. And few are happy with the new rules created by the Small Business Administration.
women  _business  _owners  _small  _smallbusiness  _equality  _feminism  _lockout 
january 2008
How to make an iPhone Webclip Icon
Drop a 57px‚Äâˆó‚Äâ57px PNG with the name ‚Äúapple-touch-icon.png‚Äù at the root level on your server.
apple  _iphone  _icons  _webclip  _how  _howto  _design 
january 2008
Andrew Olmsted: Final Post
Andrew Olmested, a soldier, died in Iraq. This is his final post, published posthumously by a friend at his request.
andrewolmsted  _finalpost  _post  _blogs  _blogging  _soldier  _died  _dead  _posthumous 
january 2008
Bombshell: Google and Facebook Join DataPortability.org
"The DataPortability Workgroup announced this morning that representatives from both Google and Facebook are joining its ranks. The group is working on a variety of projects to foster an era of Data Portability - where users can take their data fr
data_portability  _social_networks  _social_software  _google  _facebook  _lock-in  _standards 
january 2008
Original WaSP Browser Upgrade Campaign
Remember? Sure you do. It's the campaign that DOM sniffing built. Some current members of The Web Standards Project removed it from the WaSP's archived site (thus defeating the purpose of having an archived site, we think), but it is still availab
WaSP  _webstandardsproject  _DOM  _sniffing  _browser_upgrade_campaign  _browser_upgrade 
january 2008
Original WaSP Browser Upgrade Campaign - Tips page
Remember? Sure you do. It's the campaign that DOM sniffing built. Some current members of The Web Standards Project removed it from the WaSP's archived site (thus defeating the purpose of having an archived site, we think), but it is still availab
WaSP  _webstandardsproject  _DOM  _sniffing  _browser_upgrade_campaign  _browser_upgrade 
january 2008
NewsGator Turns NetNewsWire Loose for Free
NetNewsWire 3.1 is the latest release of the long-developed news aggregator of RSS and Atom feeds. And it's now free. NewsGator, which acquired Seattle developer Brent Simmons's NetNewsWire software in 2005 and hired Simmons, announced updates for
netnewswire  _rss  _brentsimmons  _newsgator  _free  _software 
january 2008
Secure and Accessible PHP Contact Form version 3
Contact form spam is bad for everyone, but with this script you can rest easy knowing your form is safe, accessible, and valid. Feature-rich, standards-compliant, newly updated by creator Mike Cherim. Download it for free!
webdesign  _contactform  _contact  _form  _comment  _spam  _commentspam  _mikecherim 
january 2008
This Antipattern is Kryptonite to the Open Social Web at Like It Matters
Let’s be clear about this: designing the open social Web has nothing to do with encouraging users to violate the TOS of another Web service. Putting users in control of (and teaching them to take responsibility for) their own data and giving them
social_software  _social_design_patterns  _design  _patterns  _social  _brianoberkirch  _networking  _webapps  _facebook  _advertising  _monetize  _monetization 
january 2008
Mental Models: Aligning Design Strategy with Human Behavior (book illustrations)
Illustrations from Indi Young's upcoming Rosenfeld Media book on mental models are available for anyone to download and use in Keynote/Powerpoint presentations. Neat.
mental_models  _indi_young  _rosenfeld_media  _free  _downloads  _art  _illustrations  _UI 
january 2008
ongoing ¬ Pantone’s Missed Chance
Or, why we don't have color calibration on the web. In 1995, Pantone's CEO dismissed Tim Bray's recommendation because he didn't see how Pantone would instantly make money from it.
colorcalibration  _calibration  _color  _web  _design 
january 2008
Amazon.com: Effortless Style: Books: June Ambrose,Richard Buskin,Aimee Levy
Amazon.com: Effortless Style by June Ambrose, Richard Buskin, Aimee Levy. Met stylist/author June Ambrose at a party the other day. She's awesome.
june_ambrose  _juneambrose  _fashion  _style  _stylist  _celebrity 
january 2008
Design Matters podcast: Season 5 schedule
"Graphic designers, writers, illustrators, authors, scientists, editors, a Nobel Prize winner and many, many UnBeige favorites will be featured on the show, which, incidentally, was voted a 'favorite podcast' on PSFK's IF Marketing Podcast survey."
designmatters  _podcast  _debbiemillman  _mediabistro  _unbeige 
january 2008
15 Great Examples of Web¬ÝTypography | i love typography
"What better way to start the year than with a little typographic inspiration?"
web  _typography  _design 
january 2008
Friending, Ancient or Otherwise - New York Times
"The growth of social networks — and the Internet as a whole — stems largely from an outpouring of expression that often feels more like 'talking' than writing: blog posts, comments, homemade videos and, lately, an outpouring of epigrammatic one-
blogging  _comments  _videos  _posting  _one-liners  _twitter  _facebook  _myspace  _social  _software  _friends  _friending  _nytimes 
january 2008
inkblurt » Flourishing, Friending & the Evolution of “Social”
"As networked social applications mature, they’re evolving more nuanced ways of constructing and maintaining an identity. Two of the major factors in online identity are How you present yourself, and Who you know." I'm also reminded of the way Som
social_software  _social_design_patterns  _social_networking  _networking  _flourishing  _clans  _friending 
january 2008
T.26 Digital Type Foundry | EPS : Office
Brilliant! Office illustrations, masterfully (and usefully) done, for a mere $29. Among many fabulous new offerings from the wonderkids at T26 Digital Type Foundry.
office  _art  _illustrations  _EPS  _stock  _T26  _digitaltypefoundry  _type  _illustration  _typography  _fonts  _carlossegura  _segura  _chicago 
january 2008
End of Support for Netscape web browsers
AOL finally blows taps on what was once the only browser that mattered. (It lives on in Firefox, of course.) Via the Brian Alvey Weblog.
AOL  _netscape  _browser  _browsers 
january 2008
An Event Apart New Orleans 2008
The design conference for people who make websites, An Event Apart, launches its 2008 schedule with An Event Apart New Orleans. Two days of web standards, best practices, and creative inspiration, featuring 12 great speakers.
an_event_apart  _aneventapart  _aea2008  _aeaneworleans2008  _aeaneworleans08  _webdesign  _design  _webstandards  _conference  _conferences  _neworleans 
january 2008
The Assassination of Benazir Bhutto
An eyewitness account from John Moore, a photographer who was at the scene of the blast.
bhutto  _hope  _peace  _assassination  _murder  _violence  _pakistan  _tragedy  _benazir_bhutto 
december 2007
CDs disappear from Finder in Leopard
CDs disappear from Finder in Leopard. Instead of importing music into iTunes, you are lucky to simply eject the disc. Happening to many Leopard users. Thread number 1 on the subject.
apple  _leopard  _bugs  _finder  _disappearing  _cds  _itunes  _unusable  _pointlessness  _frustration 
december 2007
Stop CD's disappearing from desktop in Leopard
CDs disappear from Finder in Leopard. Instead of importing music into iTunes, you are lucky to simply eject the disc. Happening to many Leopard users. Thread number 2 on the subject.
apple  _leopard  _bugs 
december 2007
Antisocial networking ¬´ Adam Greenfield’s Speedbird
Jackpot link. Missed this when it first came out. Greenfield is among the very best thinkers and writers we have. He critiques social networking services for falling short of the complexity of our real social lives, and for inflicting psychic harm
social_software  _social_design_patterns  _social_networking  _networking  _antisocial  _greenfield  _adam_greenfield  _speedbird  _critique 
december 2007
Twenty-four hours with my OLPC
Adam Greenfield's first-day critique of the OS the One Laptop Per Child PC.
OLPC  _OS  _UI  _design  _critique  _critiques  _adamgreenfield  _speedbird 
december 2007
P22 Music Text Composition Generator
Free online music utility converts any text to music. Composition is displayed in musical notation and played in MIDI on your choice of instrument. The P22 MTCG was programmed by designer Colin Kahn from an idea conceived by P22 creative director
john_cage  _futurismo  _marcel_duchamp  _cage  _duchamp  _P22  _p22.com  _music  _font  _musicfont  _generator  _colin_kahn  _richard_kegler 
december 2007
CSS Working Group Blog
Like it says. The CSS Working Group has a blog. That's a good thing.
css  _css3  _working_group  _WG  _w3c 
december 2007
I am having problems with Snapz Pro 2 not described in this FAQ what can I do?
Leopard-compatible Snapz Pro 2 doesn't work properly after migrating to Leopard. This badly written, inaccurate ("launch the game") guide tells steps to take before calling manufacturer or ascending to roof with high-powered rifle and box of Mallomars.
software  _mac  _macos  _osx  _os_x  _leopard  _upgrade  _update  _migration  _bugs  _problems  _snapzpro  _snapz_pro  _snapz_pro_2 
december 2007
Ratiocination: Andrew M. Bailey Profile
Personal website for Andrew M. Bailey, student of philosophy, demonstrates the difference between copying and stealing a design. This isn't copying.
ala  _alarip  _alarips  _alaripoffs  _alistapart  _ripoffs  _design  _rips  _theft  _stolen 
december 2007
Face Off Extension for Firefox | Design Meme
I find Facebook to be a very useful tool for networking and keeping up with what my friends and acquaintances ...
faceoff  _firefox  _extension  _CSS  _facebook  _designme  _Stuart 
december 2007
CommandShift3 - It's like Hot or Not for web design
"CommandShift3 is like Hot or Not. Except, instead of clicking on hot babes, you click on hot websites." Fun! But it critically lacks the ability to actually view the sites in question (not just screen shots). I can't judge websites on screen shot
commandshift3  _hotornot  _design  _decide  _judge  _play  _compare  _contrast  _game 
december 2007
Screen drawing problem in Leopard/Mail on Flickr
Contentless e-mail? That's how it seems when I click the disclosure triangle in the upper pane list view in Mail.
apple  _mac  _osx  _os_x  _leopard  _screendrawing  _bug  _bugs 
december 2007
Hugs (because machines need hugs too)
Hand-made MacBook and iPhone sleeves by the people of Carsonified. Use for a month, then pass them on.
hugs  _carson  _carsonified  _sleeves  _mac  _macbook  _iphone 
december 2007
(mt) Media Temple - Give the Gift of Web Hosting
A pretty great deal, and nice gift for the web designer on your list. From (mt) Media Temple, who host our stuff, and with whom we are delighted.
web  _hosting  _web_hosting  _gift  _christmas  _hanukah  _holiday  _giving  _design  _designer  _web_designer 
december 2007
Design Leaders Confidence Index drops in third quarter: Press releases: News: AIGA
At the third quarter mark for 2007, AIGA’s Design Leaders Confidence Index registered its lowest rating since it was created in April 2005. This drop mirrors other readings of the current economy, amid concerns about the mortgage industry and jitt
AIGA  _design  _design_leaders  _confident_index  _economy 
december 2007
AIGA Nominations due Dec. 15
The 2008 Nominating Committee, chaired by Clement Mok (San Francisco), requests nominations to the AIGA board to be submitted by December 15, 2007. Five seats with a term of July 1, 2008 to June 30, 2011 are open.
AIGA  _design  _board  _nominations  _clementmok 
december 2007
Amazon thinks my son is a bastard
Funny (and sad and frustrating). Don't miss Bezos's response.
amazon  _marketing  _bezos  _wishlist 
december 2007
24 ways: Transparent PNGs in Internet Explorer 6
The Christmas tradition for web developers begins with this great technique from 24 ways founder (and WaSP co-director) Drew McLellan.
PNG  _transparency  _IE6  _InternetExplorer 
december 2007
Calls in Sudan for Execution of British Teacher - New York Times
Hundreds of demonstrators in Khartoum, Sudanís capital, poured into the streets on Friday demanding the execution of a British teacher who was convicted of insulting Islam because her class of 7-year-olds named a teddy bear Muhammad.
culture  clash  islam  west  teddybear  teddy  bear  sudan  khartoum  teacher  teddy_bear 
november 2007
Feeling Betrayed, Facebook Users Force Site to Honor Their Privacy
Last night, Facebook backed down and announced that the Beacon feature would no longer be active for any transaction unless users click "ok." Beacon is a core element of Facebook's attempt to parlay the personal and behavioral information it colle
facebook  _platforms  _privacy  _beacon  _protest  _victory 
november 2007
BBC NEWS | Technology | Protests force Facebook to change
"Facebook members have forced the social networking site to change the way a controversial ad system worked."
facebook  _platforms  _privacy  _beacon  _protest  _victory 
november 2007
Facebook Retreats on Online Tracking - New York Times
"Faced with its second mass protest by members in its short life span, Facebook, the enormously popular social networking Web site, is reining in some aspects of a controversial new advertising program." Thanks to all who joined the group or wrote
facebook  _platforms  _privacy  _beacon 
november 2007
AIGA NY Dance Party & Fund-raiser
Dining and dancing for design. John Hodgman ("I'm a PC") will auction off custom calligraphy by Marian Bantjes, a private tour of the MoMA poster collection, your pixel-portrait by Christoph Niemann, and much more.
AIGA  _AIGANY  _parties  _fundraisers  _john_hodgman  _PC  _MoMA  _Marian_Bantjes  _Kevin_Cornell  _wallpaper 
november 2007
The Rissington Podcast
Not just liquid layout, but liquid layout with a perspective effect in the footer! I salute Oxton and Hicks.
liquid  _layout  _perspective  _effect  _footer  _oxton  _hicks  _rissingtonpodcast 
november 2007
Flickr: Photos from wiseacre photo
Funny and graphic self-portraits. Hat tip: Ray McKenzie.
flickr  _photography  _wiseacre  _ballsinface 
november 2007
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