Archive
April 2006’s Posts.
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Pricing a Web project
It's a question everyone has asks, and Blue Flavour provides some good answers.
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Yet another Web colour tool
Colors on the Web looks to be much friendlier than most.
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2006 EPpy Awards finalists
Adrian Holovaty's work at the washingtonpost.com helps it score multiple nominations.
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Thank you for everything, Jane Jacobs
The woman who defined modern urban planning died today.
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Internet Explorer 7 Beta 2 out
This is the official, not preview, of Beta 2.
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Preparing for higher resolutions
Dave Hyatt proposes a new way for Web sites to support both high- and low-resolution displays.
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Seasme Street clips
A massive collection of the clips from Seasme Street video clips for perfect to sink into a retro coma with.
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Is top-posting, shudder, the future?
Reading the comments on a post about fighting top-posting seems to suggest that's become the de facto standard.
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Mike D hacks MySpace
2006/04/hacking-myspace-layouts"
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Scrivs on MySpace
Mr. Whitespace looks at what makes the social networking site so successful.
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A DVDzine by the kids of Uxbridge
From the snippet I saw (which was used to show how Cokie copied it), it looks pretty good.
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Accessible maps
A nice demonstration on how a accessible, and standards-based map can be built.
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Invalid Canadian New Media Awards
Joe Clark rages against the lackluster technical quality of a Canada's wannabe Webby∍s.
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Holographic disc drives
Very, very cool.
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Bite Size Standards
Quick, standards-based Web development tips.
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CRTC clears wireless TV
Television on your cellphone will be a wild realm where the CRTC will not tread.
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Inside the NYTimes.com redesign
The Online Journalism Review does a Q&A with Len Apcar, the editor in chief of NYTimes.com.
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Slashdot analyzes Google's DNA
An insightful discussion about an interesting article on how Google corporate operates.
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Time's up for Time Canada
The Canadian edition of Time will be produced without any staff working in Canada.
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Envision Torono
An art project that ties Flickr, Google Maps and Toronto together.
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Antique anatomical illustrations
Anatimoia hosts 4,500 full page plates and illustrations created from 1522 to 1867.
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Syndicating blogs
BlogBurst will begin syndicating commentary from 600 bloggers to newspapers.
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If newspapers are to survive...
The Globe and Mail calls it reimagination, Tim Porter calls it reinvention.
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Prototyping Ajax
A guide to how Particletree develops Ajax apps.
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Disney offering TV free on Web
The shows will be available on the Web the morning after they air and will have unskipable commericals. Could work.
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Google killed the clever news headline
Headline style has been slowly altered by the search agents scouring the digital world.
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The New York Times and blogging
The newspapers public editor comments on the ethics around blogging.
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W3C doing XMLHttpRequest
A draft specification from the W3C for the technology that makes Ajax work
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Toronto Life goes standard
Nice design, and as valid as valid can be for a commercial site.
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Jack Shafer on NYTimes.com
It's so good, he's cancelling his print subscription.
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CSS support in email
GMail is the worst, and HotMail wants the style to be in the body.
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Really desiging for the printed Web page
Mark Boulton demonstrates how a print-friendly style sheet can be more than just an afterthought.
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The State of Web 2.0
A detailed overview of where Web 2.0 is at, and where it's heading.
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CSS Naked Day is coming
On April 5th, see the beauty beneath the skin.
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Conservatives won't decriminalize marijuana
Reason #451 to dislike the Harper government.
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NYTimes.com redesigns
Although a bit boxy, the design is - on the whole - a brilliant example of how an online newspaper should look.
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