The Daily Report
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Publication Standards
ENJOY A LIST APART’S SPECIAL two-part issue on digital publication standards. Publication Standards Part 1:The Fragmented Present by NICK DISABATO ebooks are a new frontier, but they look a lot like the old web frontier,…
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Readlists: behind the scenes
FROM THE HOME PAGE of today’s newly announced, totally disruptive, completely free product powered by Readability: “What’s a Readlist? A group of web pages—articles, recipes, course materials, anything—bundled into an e-book you can send to…
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Serial entrepreneur Dan Benjamin on Episode 70 of The Big Web Show
DAN BENJAMIN is my guest on Episode No. 70 of The Big Web Show, the weekly podcast on “everything web that matters.” Dan is a broadcaster, screencaster, writer, software developer, designer, and entrepreneur. He is…
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Web Design Manifesto 2012
THANK YOU for the screen shot. I was actually already aware that the type on my site is big. I designed it that way. And while I’m grateful for your kind desire to help me,…
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The Unbearable Lightness of HTML5 – or, the priority of constituencies versus the great dictator
LET’S DIG A BIT DEEPER into the latest conflict between web developers who are passionate about the future of HTML, and the WHATWG. (See Mat Marquis in Tuesday’s A List Apart, Responsive Images and Web…
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Wednesday Links
For your pleasure: Jason Grigsby: The Immobile Web Jason Grigsby (@grigs) discusses the next frontier: web-enabled televisions. Key points from this important BDConf speech transcribed by Brad Frost. With Slideshare video. Jeremy Keith: Secret Src…
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Responsive Images and Web Standards at the Turning Point – Mat Marquis in ALA
IN A SPECIAL ISSUE of A List Apart for people who make websites: Responsible responsive design demands responsive images — images whose dimensions and file size suit the viewport and bandwidth of the receiving device.…
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My Glamorous Life: The Power Compels You
I DREAMED that my friend Jason Santa Maria took a job at a popular new startup that had exploded onto the world scene seemingly overnight. A fascinating visual interface was largely responsible for the popularity…
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Keep your site’s type right; let users work offline
IN ISSUE No. 350 of A List Apart for people who make websites: keep your web type looking right across browsers, platforms, and devices; let users do stuff on your site even when they’re offline.…
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A plane crash in slow-mo
I WAS SOBER SIX MONTHS when my Uncle George took me to lunch and told me he believed his sister, my mother, had Alzheimers. She was 60. Via frequent short visits to Pittsburgh and more…
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Big Web Show 69: Chris Cashdollar on fonts.com
HAPPY COG Creative Director Christopher Cashdollar is my guest in Episode No. 69 of The Big Web Show, the weekly podcast on “everything web that matters.” In 35 lively minutes, Chris and I discuss the…
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Jeffrey Zeldman on tour
SEE ME SPEAK about web design, interaction design, publishing, and the future of web content. Let’s meet in one of these nice cities: Go Beyond Pixels St. John’s, Newfoundland, Canada May 25, 2012 Reasons To…
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Tantek Çelik on Mozilla & Microformats: Big Web Show
TANTEK ÇELIK is my guest on Episode No. 68 of The Big Web Show (“everything web that matters”). Currently web standards lead at Mozilla, Tantek is one of the founders of both the microformats.org open…
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Content Strategy Double Header: A List Apart 349
IN ISSUE NO. 349 of A List Apart for people who make websites, savor the content strategy sweetness as you dip into a double dose of Rachel Lovinger, a prime motivator behind the content strategy…
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Redesigning in Public Again
I FINALLY GOT A COUPLE OF HOURS free, enabling me to do something I’ve been itching to try since I first saw the web on a modern mobile device: redesign this website. First I cranked…