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Web Standards 2008: Three Circles of Hell (14)
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Q. Why did the semantic web cross the road? A. @#$% you. Standards promised to keep the web from fragmenting. But as the web standards movement advances in several directions at once, and as communication between those seeking to advance the web grows fractious, are our standards losing their relevance, and their ability to foster an accessible, interoperable web for all?Shared by almacaw (10) aug (14) Bruce (27) brupm (19) Cennydd (1) Chris Jobling's (21) Christophe Maximin (24) Daniel (21) halans (23) Jachin Sheehy (19) kristin (20) lisamac (3) markie (17) Roshan (20)- Chris Jobling's said: Molly Holzschlag discusses the mess that web standards has evolved to. As I have tried to create an overview of what will be new in HTML and CSS for my Web Applications Course I can only concur that the web standards community is a mess. As before: real change will come from the browser vendors and I see a new browser war coming!
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When Role Playing Doesn’t Work: Seven Guidelines for Grounding Usability Testing in Participants’ Real Lives :: UXmatters (2)
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By Isabelle Peyrichoux Published: September 8, 2008 Usability testing makes use of a lot of role-playing scenarios like this one, and many findings and design recommendations result from participants’ responses to these scenarios. But an over-reliance on role playing when testing a product and making design recommendations can have major downsides and risks, including the following: identifying false usability issues and user needs that lead design iterations in the wrong direction and result in poor ...Shared by Jon (9) lisamac (3)Contribute comment -
New in Basecamp: Post comments and attach files to to-dos and milestones (7)
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This is a big new feature! Ever since Basecamp's inception, you could only post comments and attach files to messages. This means all discussions had to happen in the messages section. That was fine until you wanted to discuss a specific to-do item or a milestone. Today all that changes. Now you can also post comments and attach files to individual to-do items and milestones. This keeps the discussion right where it needs to be ...Contribute comment -
Useful Cheat Sheets for Web Designers - Six Revisions (182)
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Cheat sheets (also known as reference cards, reference sheets, etc.) not only helps you remember things quickly, but can also serve as wall decoration for your workspace. In this post, you’ll find 28 excellent, useful cheat sheets in various file formats for Photoshop, Dreamweaver, colors, typography, and other web-design related topics all in one page with pictures of each cheat sheet. If you’re looking for front-end web developer cheat sheets (more CSS, HTML, and JavaScript) ...Shared by abdulAziz Al-Muagit (155) Abdullah Cetin CAVDAR (46) adam (1062) Aelle (28) agam panwar (44) Akai (32) Alejandro Barrero (10) Alex (31) Alex (11) Alex Mitchell (5) Alex Rosenkranz (0) Alexander13 (76) Amit (17) ansar_lawi (14) Anthony (32) Arley McBlain (26) arshad (42) Avinash (15) Beholder (4) Bijou (22) Bill Hartzer (94) BluesForPablo (18) Brad Brown Jr. (26) Brandon Eley (7) Brent the Closet Geek (38) Brett Grane (0) Bruce (27) Bryce Giesler (0) Caroline Tunnell-Jones (10) Cathy Lamberth (2) Celso Freire (18) Chad Smith (1) chelpixie (2) Chris Cowan (10) Christopher (34) Cubby Brendle (18) damned viper (8) Dan Percival (1) daniel (56) Dave (8) David Buglass (0) David Ebaugh (0) Dennis (10) dew (38) dingyi (51) Dion Rodrigues (19) Dragos Pirvu (665) Dwight D (0) Ed Shelley (3) Elliot (21) elsterama (45) Eric Miltsch (23) Erik (51) Fenng (79) Filip Salindrija (48) Firman Firdaus (4) Foomandoonian (50) Francisco GP (0) Glenn Welch (1) gpessia (17) Grant Mead (6) greg (22) Greg (3) Gregorio Espadas (5) Hasan Saleem (171) Hector Jarquin (92) Herock (33) Hieu (6) hikbi (186) Humberto Gonzalez (49) Ian (131) Ido (12) indra satriani (0) Indy (43) Jacob (9) Jacob Share (11) Jake Lewis (0) jalbert (254) James Osborn (1) james young (10) Jay (1) JeeBs (5) Jeff Hertlein (9) Jesus V. Ibarra (1) Jim (15) Jim Goldstein (7) Jimmy Buck (13) Jockstar (0) Joe Lipscomb (1) Joe Mudd (5) Johan (34) john instone (1) John Kostrzewski (2) John S. Britsios (4) Jonathan (4) Jorge Alvarez (0) Jorriss (22) Jose Dueñas (2) Ju (19) Julie Vazquez (13) Justin Schmidt (19) Katie Laird (1) Kenley (14) kerolic (1) Kevin (38) Kevin (0) Kevin Smith (0) kiirpi (11) Kim (0) Leyla Bonilla (105) Liam Monahan (8) liamvictor (89) lisamac (3) Luciano Passuello (53) Maj (16) Marc Nathan (25) Marco Ponce (15) marilink (27) Mark Spieglan (3) Matthias (11) MaXCoDeR (12) miasarmento (88) Michael Murphy (0) michele (6) Miguel Benevides (47) mijlee (20) Mike (10) Mila F (20) Miss P (39) mitang (0) mr_gadget (20) Nathan Bean (0) Nazly (16) Nina Scaletti (6) nowa (41) Nuno Carvalho (0) Orunner (3) Paul (33) Paul Pereira (5) Philip Ryan Johnson (6) proee (5) ProfVegas (231) Ram (66) Ramy Deeb (1) richard (10) Rick (1) Rico Moran (1) Ritu (651) Rob (0) robin (5) roger (48) sadiq kassamali (30) Saeed Ashour (0) Sam (50) Sean Shaghaghi (18) Sebastian (6) Sergej Sidoruk (26) Shannon (31) Sharath (13) Shimoda (0) ShiningRay (39) Shocm (58) Simon (6) snake (21) Snow (19) Spencer Fry (11) Stephanie Phillips (18) Steven (2) Surround|ed| (39) theCan (16) Thomas Kjær Nielsen (1) Thorsten Ulmer (23) Tom Cheredar (16) Vasilij (7) Vincent (23) Will (22) WillinYo (27) wolfhesse (7) Woof (15) Wu (7) Yaakov (20) Zeus (28)- Ido said: Cool stuff for webdev.
- john instone said: excellent web designer cheat sheet css hex colours shortcuts
- Marco Ponce said: great list
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Doodle Launches Event Planning Tool Inside Facebook (12)
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Last month we reviewed a Swiss-based service named Moreganize. Our Swiss reporter, Corsin, noted that the biggest competition to Moreganize would come from another Swiss-based company, Doodle. Today Doodle has announced the launch of an event planning tool as a Facebook application. It's interesting to watch the event planning category move to a crowdsourced model where polls are used to find a time and date that meets the needs of the group. The Doodle Facebook ...Shared by Andrew Boardman (48) CannonGod (229) Dolores Parker (15) eLd0raDo (4) lisamac (3) Luke Gedeon (12) Marshall Sponder (28) Mike F (671) MrGuff (73) Mudiam (18) Robert Scoble (112) Tibor (20)Contribute comment -
Comparing Web Platforms (91)
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It's great to hear that Marc Canter is writing a book, called 'How to build the Open Mesh'. He's been working for years on this vision with his product PeopleAggregator. He's just posted the four Appendices that conclude the book in his blog. It's a great overview of the major web platforms: Google, Yahoo!, Microsoft Mesh, and Facebook/MySpace. Here are Marc's comments, via his post, and you can click the images to see the diagrams. ...Shared by ~C4Chaos (50) adamkcarson (19) AJ (254) Alex (25) Aranittara (24) arjo (93) Aspi (13) atul (153) audi (20) Ben Turner (86) Blogtester (5) Burcu Tüzün (80) carterfsmith (12) cheewu (14) chrisbrogan.com (37) ckaroli (42) cmulder (8) Corvida (15) D. Lambert (3) Dave Martin (3) Dimitar D (21) Dominic Foster (257) Dominik (47) ehu4ever (82) Elizabeth (32) emaynard (1) Eric Daams (66) est (49) everfly (11) Farzin (46) Fenng (79) flya (13) Fredrik (5) Gauravonomics (4) griflet (23) haveuheard (24) hunikal (23) ignace / micronauta (20) inamorix (43) indigo (21) Jake (26) Jason Kridner (9) jeffry (11) Jeremy (64) Joakim Lind (1) joamag (17) JonMoss-theappleofmyi (100) jonson (20) jqueryboy (19) Kate (227) kcearns (18) Kemeny (39) kenmat (24) Kevin Sablan (35) kris (10) lisamac (3) Maksim Berjoza (24) marccanter (15) marcel weiß (34) marcell (29) Mario (1) Michael (120) Michael Fidler (2) Mike F (671) MiramarMike (38) Mr. BabyMan (506) Nate (42) Nick Cobb (112) Nico (14) Olivier Favre (Innovablog) (20) onlythoughtworks (16) p0ps (52) pericles (601) PMinze (56) probefahrer.alex (1) Riaz (27) Roger (111) Ryan (27) Samuel (7) sarahintampa (53) Sergej Sidoruk (26) Sergey Kapustin (19) shanusmagnus (10) smdahlen (21) Steve (10) sTrAiN (15) w0lfh0und (461) warza (2) yasuo110 (26) yoshy (249)- marcel weiß said: Marc Canter schreibt ein Buch über Open Mesh. Großartig!
- Nate said: Neat comparison.
- MiramarMike said: Brilliant to read someone else's view of how all this web stuff is coming together. However, what about the alternative approaches - PtoP?
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http://sixrevisions.com/css/20_websites_learn_master_css/ (265)
onCSS can be both a tricky and easy to learn. The syntax itself is easy, but some concepts can be difficult to understand. This article features 20 excellent websites to help you "grok" CSS. There’s a wide range of websites included – from blogs to directory-style lists and websites that focus on one particular topic related to CSS. 1. A List Apart CSS Topics A List Apart, the premier site to read articles about web ...Shared by Aaron (15) Aaron Raddon (15) Aaron Wangugi (5) Abhisek (20) adam (1062) Adrian Jimenez (1) AKs (4) alamalnet.com (51) AlexT (20) alison (20) Andreas Matern (0) Andrew (14) Andrew Hughes (62) Anuj Seth (13) Arin (9) arjo (93) Arnold (0) Artem (15) Babychen Mathew (357) Beholder (4) Beth Sanders (3) Bill (2) Bill Thompson (6) BluesForPablo (18) Brandon Thompson (0) Brandy (37) Brendon Wadey (32) Brian (170) Bruce (27) Bryan (13) burkinaboy (101) buxx (31) Cai Chen (6) carmepla (19) catt avery (6) Chabarred (65) Chad (3) Chad (57) Chad Norman (3) Charlotte Goldthwaite (9) charris1980 (25) Chirag Chamoli (59) CHRiS (7) Chris Cowan (10) Chris Olson (9) Chris Shearer (13) Collin Voigt (5) ctrinity (0) Daily Contempt (0) Damian Nicholson (5) Dan (2) Dan Driver (0) Daniel DeZago (1) Daniel Marcus (12) Danielle Brigida (84) Dave Onkels (13) Dave Q (2) Dave Woodard (19) David (2) Dean Clark (43) Derek Edmond (70) deusdiabolus (100) digits12 (380) Dion Rodrigues (19) DJ Brinkerhoff (5) dobata (328) Don Ortega (6) Echoes11111 (2) edmarriner (0) Elmer Thomas (178) elsterama (45) embee (57) Erik (51) Esther Schindler (41) Evan Asano (6) Fernando (34) Foo Yong Hwee (14) Frawst (21) Frederik Kirkeskov (0) frivmo (12) garraxxi (16) Gary (14) Geeee (0) Gemstar38 (129) Geoff Girardin (28) gerik (1) Gino (28) Glacial (31) Grace (12) graywolf (15) Greg Hampton (0) Guy (114) guy (431) Hadi (17) Hamid11771 (20) Harrison (22) HelloKit (4) History of Blogging (147) hurstel (4) igmuska (21) imarichardson (12) Ispirato (33) Jack (32) Jack (47) James Fuller (14) james young (10) Janice (12) Jason David Pelker (52) Jason Emerick (2) Jason Joo (37) Jason Pratt (3) javier (36) Jay (35) Jeff (294) Jeff Hertlein (9) Jeff Lundberg (11) Jeffrey Cressman (8) Jerry Lee (5) jetienne (21) Joachim Kliemann (17) Johan (6) john (4) John (6) John Dyer (3) John Johnstone (3) john villari (2) John Wesley (0) johnny rodriguez (36) Jonathan Larkin (2) jorrflv (18) jose (45) Jose Viveiros (6) Joshua (2) JPowers (19) JS Bournival (0) Julian Gruber (31) Justin (0) Kade Dworkin (0) Kai Chan Vong (16) Kate (227) Kathy (119) ken bavier (5) Keshav (19) Kevin (19) Kevin Anderson (9) Kevin Smith (0) Kim (16) Kortney Jarman (2) Kristian (80) Leena (1064) Len Xu (14) leslie (6) Leximo (43) lis (5) lisamac (3) Live & Direct (21) Logan Lindquist (53) LouCypher (76) Lucas (3) Luo Sheng (1) Mac (0) Mark (2) Mark Lancaster (28) Mark McKay (62) Martin Lortie (1) Martin Saulnier (2) Matt Crutchfield (2) Max Stanworth (50) maxyRO (116) MeghnaK (879) miasarmento (88) Michael (0) Michael D. Irizarry (0) Michael Jones (15) Michelinimehike (26) Mike D (29) Mike Pruett (3) Mitchell Szczepanczyk (1) mr_gadget (20) myheimu (63) Nicholas Mercer (19) Nick Stone (0) Nicolò Martini (18) nikoleto (37) Nils Magnus (1) nparker13 (149) pablo (22) Pedro Silva (17) pericles (601) Peter (20) phoopee3 (5) ProfVegas (231) Ram (66) ratward (3) Ricardo Giesta (41) Rich Miller (0) Richard Metzler (14) Richard Miles (0) rkalajian (6) Robert Hawkins (0) robert steburg (53) Robie D. (4) Romey (50) Rose (26) rszaloki (67) sadiq kassamali (30) Sam Garcia (5) Sami Fouad (14) Samuel (85) Scott (23) scott (1) Sean McEntee (6) Sebastian (6) Selwin (54) Sergio Mancilla (2) Seth Ellis (26) Seth G (34) Shane Coffey (267) Shane Keener (7) Shaun (20) Shaun Bevill (2) shaun mclane (3) Shawn Smith (22) ShuTian (68) Simon Wren (23) Sinclair (39) SMC (97) snake (21) Stefan (27) Steve (221) Steve Heye (13) Sumesh (101) Suw Charman-Anderson (0) t3mujin (24) tapir (53) Theodoros G. Karounos (2) Thinh (0) Thomas Kjær Nielsen (1) Thomas Lister (1) Tim (22) Timur (0) tj hanton (2) Toby (228) Tom Davies (40) Toni (23) Tony Manco (26) Trent Hunger (1) Trevor Wermund (278) Trindade (42) Tyler Wainright (3) Tyson Williams (94) Valente (0) Vince (27) Vipul (174) Walter Sonntag (1) warrior007 (0) Who Knows? (38) Will Sullivan (32) wulala asabulu (2) yjsoon (16) yonai mitsumasa (2) Zack (4)Contribute comment
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Comparing PHP to Ruby on Rails (5)
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While trying to pick a consulting company to work with, people occasionally ask us about the differences between PHP and Ruby on Rails. Here are my thoughts on the matter. Please feel free to add to this list in the comments. PHP is a programming language, whereas Rails is a framework for writing web applications using the Ruby programming language. So right off the bat this is not an apples-to-apples comparison. There are a lot ...Contribute comment -
Ma.gnolia Goes Open Source; Wants to be the WordPress of Social Bookmarking (31)
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Social bookmarking service Ma.gnolia is going open source, announcing plans to allow anyone to download their code and run their own version of the service under a GPL license. While the project - dubbed M2 - won’t officially launch until next month, the company is launching Ma.gnolia.org today, which includes a project charter, preliminary documentation, and a discussion group. While more established competitor Reddit launched their own open source initiative back in June, the goals ...Shared by Alex (12) Apostlion (15) aroyer (8) Bjoern (27) BostonDave2005 (1) Chris Messina (26) David Bradley (38) Esther Schindler (41) G$ (19) Gerard (8) gort581 (29) Jason (2) Joe Dillon (21) John Bowersox (0) John LeMasney (11) Juergen Eichholz (4) Just A Clerk (17) kristin (20) Laura Norvig (10) lisamac (3) Mike (0) Ognjen (36) Stef Lewandowski (30) Tara Hunt (15) Tatsuhiko Miyagawa (115) tjd1 (20) Todd (3) Uno (19) Wayne Smallman (29) webtime (417) Wismark (10)- Ognjen said: it’s an interesting offering for niche publishers, as it allows their audience to share links about their given topic. With established social bookmarking services like Delicious, Digg, and Reddit commanding the lion’s share of traffic, taking a distributed approach may be the smartest play for Ma.gnolia
- gort581 said: Here's an opportunity for a news organization to put up their own little link collector to let their readers share local news/info/fun with each other...
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10 Adobe AIR Apps for Web Designers (111)
onAdobe AIR - a cross-platform runtime environment for rich-internet and desktop applications - is just starting to get popular outside of the early-adopter circles, but there’s already a growing amount of tools and utilities that can help web designers with various design-related and managerial tasks. If you’re a web designer that’s into experimenting and trying out new applications (they don’t cost a dime), check out these 10 Adobe AIR applications perfect for web designers. Graphics ...Shared by (jeff)isageek (17) Abdullah Cetin CAVDAR (46) Adam Helweh (45) Adrian L (22) Akai (32) Alain Edouard (109) Alex Dumitru (288) AlexT (20) Andrew (25) Andy Ford (9) ani625 (87) Brandy (37) Brian Junyor (54) BrianR (21) Bruno Campagnolo de Paula (43) BuildMaster (9) Çağatay Öztürk (21) chris (3) Chris Gilmore (23) Christopher Phillips (4) CntrySigns (27) ct2000 (7) Dan London (6) Daniel Bachhuber (36) Daniel Wittberger (18) Dave (18) David (3) Daynah (18) Dr.Eric Fickes (1) Erich (8) Ezra Keddell (10) Fred Schechter (33) G.Dewald (3) Glen Young (5) gonbo (3) Haggis (11) James Carlos (30) james young (10) Jan (26) Jason (9) Joe (77) Joel (14) Jonathan (13) K-IntheHouse (36) Kai Chan Vong (16) Kate (227) keith (85) Keshav (19) knight (8) lis (5) lisamac (3) Lucas (3) luis Martinez (1) Maj (16) Manasseh Lee (24) Marcel (4) Marco Ponce (15) Marcus P (7) masayuki inoguchi (38) MASTERMIND (65) Matt Chandler (25) Matt Dickman (22) Mich D (231) Michael (8) Michael Montgomery (4) Mike F (671) mike osswald (49) Mithrill (11) MrGuff (73) NasirJumani (338) Nice Fish Films (56) Nick Nogueira (18) nicmcc (13) Nicolò Martini (18) Niklas (24) Orunner (3) Peety (53) pericles (601) Phil (27) Podcast Mike (21) prattmic (14) Raanan Avidor (25) Reveiled (20) Rik Catlow (11) robin (5) Roel (19) Ryan Stewart (0) Sam (50) sandbx (0) Scott Alden (1) Shane (16) ShuTian (68) Sid (11) Srinvard (39) Stefan (27) Tad Chef (221) Tancredi (52) Taylor Smith (6) thattalldude (25) theCan (16) thecolor (32) TIGGR (2) web (23) William Cui (27) winston (28) Xdroot (88) yojibee (28) Zack (4) zemaNORIS (47) 令狐葱 (25)
- David said: Cool.
- Marco Ponce said: great list
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25 Painless Ways to Free Up an Hour a Day for Your Goals | Zen Habits (62)
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“Our life is frittered away by detail. Simplify, simplify.” - Henry David Thoreau What would you do if you had an extra hour a day? This is a common barrier I run into when I write about making positive life changes: people don’t have time to pursue their dreams. People don’t have time to exercise. People don’t have time to get organized. Well, it’s time to make time. By using some combination of the following, ...Shared by Abdullah Cetin CAVDAR (46) Adam Fuhrer (26) Alec Peden (22) Anand L (19) Ananya Walia (438) ash (20) BluesForPablo (18) Bruno (7) Cai Chen (6) CannonGod (229) Carsten (21) Charles Rice (0) colladude (10) Coop (22) Daniel Hoang (10) Don (29) Doug Belshaw (34) Edward Wiest (1) Elina Kamaeva (0) Evo (0) Gauravonomics (4) Geoff (3) Glen Horton (23) Grace Smith (17) hatza (5) hibiscusroto (36) James Fridley (7) John (2) Jonas (27) Joseph Miller (10) Joseph Rodgers (29) Joyce (23) Julianne (7) Kajivar (54) Kate Bladow (19) kevin (15) Leanne Nelson (0) Leyla Bonilla (105) Lin Burress (2) lisamac (3) Marco (22) Marque (21) Matteo (21) Michelle (26) mwsmedia (8) oliver gassner (24) Ozgur Alaz, Marketallica (50) Peppermint (4) plu (24) RacefanPat (6) Rachel (0) Robert (3) Roel (19) Roxanne Ravenel (9) Sheehan (8) Sheryl (20) Stefan (27) Stephen Baugh (2) Tanner Lovelace (1) Tom Hanna (226) twilight fairy (22) Vegard (0)
