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ALA 275: Duty Now For The Future

6 January 2009

What better way to begin 2009 than by looking at the future of web design? In Issue No. 275 of A List Apart, for people who make websites, we study the promise and problems of…

There’s a new aneventapart.com in town, featuring a 2009 schedule and a reformulated design. I designed the new site and Eric Meyer coded. (Validation freaks, only validator.nu is up to the task of recognizing the…

Time Warner Cable canceling Noggin?

31 December 2008

Although Time Warner Cable’s uncountable levels of existential suckage could induce vomiting in a giraffe, reality is never as clear-cut as a crawl on Noggin.

Recession tips for web designers

23 December 2008

“For web designers, there are four keys to surviving bad economic times: do good work, charge a fair price, lower your overhead, and be sure you are communicating with your client. As a reader of…

It’s a gift! Desktop for your pleasure.

22 December 2008

Happy holidays!

Understanding web design, live on video

19 December 2008

Jeffrey Zeldman: Understanding Web Design is a good quality video capture of my presentation at Gain: AIGA Business and Design Conference.

The gift of carbon neutrality

17 December 2008

Take action on climate change by giving the gift of carbon neutrality for a day, with free offsets donated by Brighter Planet.

Laying off George

16 December 2008

George Oates is responsible for much of what is great about Flickr. George Oates is just about the last person any sane company would lay off. I don’t know what to think about Yahoo after…

ALA 274: The emerging content strategist

16 December 2008

A website without a content strategy is like a speeding vehicle without a driver. Learn why content matters and how to do it right.

Making Modular Layout Systems

15 December 2008

Jason Santa Maria details his approach to building a modular system for laying out pages with CSS—“a handy way to predictably tame content without becoming predictable.”