The Daily Report
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The Amanda Project
Designed by Happy Cog and launched today, The Amanda Project is a media social network, writing project, and book series combined.
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Editorial Intern Wanted
We’re looking for one good intern. Experience the publication process from first draft through galleys and launch; learn from industry and community leaders who are funny, smart, and nice.
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Dear Daddy
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In-Box Twenty
What’s inside.
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Why Standards Fail
An old (2000) essay by CSS co-creator Bert Bos, ostensibly written to explain the principles behind W3C standards development, actually sheds light on what separates great design from the muck we normally wade through. It…
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ALA 288: Access & semantics
In Issue No. 288 of A List Apart, for people who make websites: How to integrate accessibility with front-end development instead of treating it as an afterthought—an item on a checklist. And why not every…
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Web fonts, HTML 5 roundup
Excellent, informative third-party posts on web fonts, CSS3, and HTML 5.
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Web Fonts Now, for real
David Berlow of The Font Bureau has proposed a Permissions Table for OpenType that can be implemented immediately to turn raw fonts into web fonts without any wrappers or other nonsense. If adopted, it will…
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Brighter Planet beta
The Happy Cog-designed social network for Brighter Planet is now in public beta. Come on down, kick the tires, and hang out with like-minded people.
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HTML 5 is a mess. Now what?
Lawson explains just why HTML 5 is a mess. And I ponder what we should do about it. Moving forward, compatibly.
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Pain is my alarm clock
The pain that wakes me comes with the territory. The pain is good pain. It is the pain of taking care of yourself. The pain of recovery.
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HTML 5: nav ambiguity resolved
An e-mail from Chairman Hickson resolves an ambiguity in the nav element of HTML 5.
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Web standards secret sauce
Firefox and Opera are great browsers that have greatly advanced the cause of web standards, but because they are choices in a space where most people don’t make choices, their power to convert is necessarily…
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Firefox test page
Firefox developers, a test page demonstrating the Firefox bug has been created for your browser fixing pleasure.
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Firefox forces orange background flash
Imposing an ugly flash of orange background on all readers, using any browser, seemed to be the price necessary to work around a content bug in Firefox.