The Daily Report
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Away From My Desk
I am in glorious California where it bends down to kiss Tijuana, about to begin Day II of An Event Apart San Diego, the fifth and final sold-out AEA conference event of 2010. If you…
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Happy Cog wins Best in Class
Happy Cog has won a “Best In Class” Interactive Media Award for the official Philadelphia tourism site, visitphilly.com in the travel/tourism category. According to the IMA: The Best in Class award is the highest honor…
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Weirdest Type Design Ever?
Movie poster captured by Heather Shaw. There are several variations, all equally baffling. I’m hoping there’s a concept behind it—that it’s bad design to make a point.
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BBEdit Revised, Reviewed.
I RECENTLY ATE dinner with a friend I hadn’t seen in 20 years. If you are in a position to do likewise, I highly recommend the experience. So much had changed, yet so much was…
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Making the web more awesome: Karen McGrane on the big web show this week
Karen McGrane, designer of The New York Times website and managing parter at Bond Art + Science is our guest on Episode #25 of The Big Web Show, taped live before an internet audience at…
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“Similar to You”
IN THE TRADITION of “People who bought ‘Assmasters’ also bought ‘Assmasters II,’” Twitter has chosen four of my Twitter friends and is presenting them to me as being “Similar to You.” Pray what does this…
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Champagne Wishes and Vaseline Dreams
Match 10 of Coudal Partners’ Layer Tennis presented by Adobe CS5, featuring Jennifer Daniel vs. Mike Monteiro and narrated as-it-happens by yours truly is taking place live, right now. This match raises money in the…
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Todd Dominey on The Big Web Show
Todd Dominey, CEO and founder of SlideShowPro, is our guest on The Big Web Show, taped live before an internet audience at 1:00 PM ET today, Thursday, 21 October 2010, on the 5by5 network at…
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Pixy Stix | Jason Santa Maria
I wrote a true story of love, obsession, heartbreak, and candy and my friend Jason Santa Maria art directed it. I’m proud of this tiny, fast-reading story, which is like condensed essence of me (and…
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A List Apart 2010 Survey For People Who Make Websites
The data that you provide and we analyze is the only significant information about web design as a profession published anywhere, by anyone. Please take the survey for people who make websites.
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iPad as the new Flash
iPad. Never have so many embraced a great product for exactly the wrong reasons. Too many designers and publishers see the iPad as an opportunity to do all the wrong things—things they once did in…
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HTML5 For Web Designers en Français
A Book Apart is pleased to present HTML5 Pour Les Web Designers. It is of course the French translation of our best-selling first book, Jeremy Keith’s HTML5 For Web Designers, courtesy of French publisher Eyrolles.…
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My Life
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Making of a Star Wars classic
On Set: Empire Strikes Back | Vanity Fair.
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Paul Ford on The Big Web Show
Paul Ford is our guest on The Big Web Show, taped live before an internet audience at 1:00 PM ET tomorrow, 14 October 2010, on the 5by5 network at live.5by5.tv. Paul is a freelance writer…