The Daily Report
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To Lisbon!
I’M OFF to Lisbon, Portugal, for Refresh LX, “an affordable conference for busy web designers.” See you soon!
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Insites: The Book Honors Web Design, Designers
“INSITES: THE BOOK is a beautiful, limited edition, 256-page book presented in a numbered, foil-blocked presentation box. This very special publication features no code snippets and no design tips; instead, 20 deeply personal conversations with…
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A Parental Dilemma
MY DAUGHTER has been talking about her eighth birthday party since she was seven and a half. It will be a small party, on a Saturday at noon, with just her closest friends. Last night…
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My 9/11
AS I OFTEN do on this day, I here post a link to my story of Sept. 11, 2001 in New York, one of nine million stories from that day: zeldman.com/glamorous/54.shtml My story is not…
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Duty Now For Future: A List Apart No. 361
IN ISSUE No. 361 of A List Apart for people who make websites: Envision better business models for digital newspapers and magazines in What Ate the Periodical? A Primer for Web Geeks by David Sleight.…
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Developer versus designer
TO A developer, the problem is a clumsy stacking of concurrently loading web views, interfering with the smooth functioning of JavaScript. To a designer, the problem is the idea sucks.
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Unsung Heroes of Web and Interaction Design: Derek Powazek
WE TAKE the two-way web for granted today, but it wasn’t always this way, and the democratizing power of HTML wasn’t manifested overnight. Derek Powazek is one of the pioneering designers who helped bring the…
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The Great Discontent & Me
In celebration of TGD turning one tomorrow, we’re going back to our roots. Jeffrey Zeldman—the “godfather of web standards”—has already left an indelible mark on the web industry and those of us who work in…
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Lawson on picture element
Those eager to bash Hixie and the WHATWG are using the new spec as if it were a cudgel; “this is how you deal with Hixie and WHATWG” says Marc Drummond. I don’t think that’s…
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From an imaginary novel
I AM Jewish but my parents named me Jesus, which they pronounced Hay-Seuss, with an emphasis on the Hay. You can imagine the joy of being me in public school. First day of kindergarten, Miss…
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From Chicago, With Love
HEY, FRIENDS. I write from the magical city of Chicago, where I’m enjoying the first Happy Cog Summit. Next week, following our meet-up cum strategy session cum karaoke party, comes An Event Apart Chicago, three…
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HTML5 Video Player II
JOHN DYER’S MediaElement.js bills itself as “HTML5 <video> and <audio> made easy”—and that’s truly what it is: HTML5 audio and video players in pure HTML and CSS. Custom Flash and Silverlight players that mimic the…
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Google Analytics in Real Life
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An Event Apart posts 2013 schedule: 8 cities, 8 shows
AN EVENT APART, the design conference for people who make websites, announces its 2013 schedule: eight cities, eight shows. Registration is now open for: Atlanta – February 18-20, 2013 Seattle – April 1-3, 2013 San…
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Photos and Drawings from An Event Apart DC 2012
AN EVENT APART is the design conference for people who make websites. Enjoy these photos and drawings from An Event Apart DC, now concluding at the Westin Alexandria. The next An Event Apart three-day conference…