Legends of the Sun Pig (Free subscription) | 08/10/2008
"If you don’t like the music on the radio, start a band. If you don’t like the way existing publications are defining your profession, start a magazine."...
Wisdump (Free subscription) | 07/10/2008
Despite the the dot-com bubble bursting at the turn of the new millennium, the Web has become more intelligent, successful, and profitable in the past ten years. We have a ton of people to thank for that, but let’s focus on two groups that are celebrating their 10th anniversaries this 2008. Google Google is one of the [...]
SimpleBits (Free subscription) | 07/10/2008
Why a magazine? Because we didn’t hear the music we wanted on the radio. #
Planet Intertwingly (Free subscription) | 07/10/2008
A List Apart has a timely article titled Understanding Progressive Enhancement discussing the perceptual differences between graceful degradation and progressive enhancement. I enjoyed seeing Steve Champeon's idea given new light. Additionally, now is as good a time as any to have a go at these topics, with the many new enhancements being added to today's browsers, while antiques still cutter cyberspace....
design.Principles (Free subscription) | 07/10/2008
Issue #269 of A List Apart has been published. Aaron Gustafson starts off a new series on progressive enhancement with a nice refresher and primer. In this issue’s second article, Jeffrey Zeldman looks back on the first 10 years of A List Apart.
Planet Intertwingly (Free subscription) | 07/10/2008
In Issue No. 269, master the basics of progressive enhancement and look back in orange at the first ten years of A List Apart.
molly.com (Free subscription) | 23/09/2008
Over on A List Apart there’s a recent article of my musings of the current state of Web affairs. Check out the Three Circles of Hell and take some time to share your thoughts and opinions!
Planet Intertwingly (Free subscription) | 18/09/2008
A List Apart, for people who make websites, is slowly changing course.
Acts of Volition (Free subscription) | 15/09/2008
“It is illegal to make false claims in a TV or radio commercial unless you are running for political office.” - Jeffrey Zeldman
NETTUTS (Free subscription) | 12/09/2008
If there is such thing as a “legend” in our industry, Jeffrey Zeldman just might be it. He was literally one of the first designers for the web. You could even refer to him as the blueprint. He’s written a ridiculously successful book, Designing With Web Standards” , co-founded the “Web Standards Project” , and publishes “A List Apart” as well as its sister event, “An Event Apart”. Today, we have a...
the [non]billable hour (Free subscription) | 12/09/2008
I know, the title of this post sounds like the beginning of another lawyer joke, but it comes from a very thought-provoking article from Indi Young on A List Apart titled Look at it Another Way.Indi suggests several ways we...
A List Apart (Free subscription) | 06/09/2008
As designers or marketers, we share a desire that our tables and forms be easy to scan, read, and use. Does the widely practiced shading of alternate rows help, hurt, or have no effect? A previous study proving inconclusive, designer and researcher Jessica Enders has tackled the conundrum again, coming up with statistically relevant data and a set of recommendations. Hide Your Shame: The A List Apart...
A List Apart (Free subscription) | 06/09/2008
Before you can solve a user's problems, you must see them as that user sees them. Once you understand what drives people’s behavior, not only do new ideas flow freely, but the ideas that flow are appropriate and useful. Indi Young tells how to get out of your own way and hear what your users are telling you. Hide Your Shame: The A List Apart Store and T-Shirt Emporium is back. Hot new designs! Old...
Slaw (Free subscription) | 02/09/2008
In “Mapping Memory: Web Designer as Information Cartographer” in A List Apart, a site for web developers, Aaron Rester talks about his redesigning the University of Chicago Law School’s website. He analogizes what he is doing when confronting the 6000 pages in the current site to what Quintilian, a Roman rhetorician, recommended you do if [...]
Signal vs. Noise (Free subscription) | 01/09/2008
Some great writing by Jeffrey Zeldman. Brief moments artfully exposed though concise, colorful stories.
