Archive for the ‘Web Development’ Category

Last.fm

Saturday, February 23rd, 2008

I am a recent convert to Last.fm, but know that this has been a long time coming. I have hit Last.fm many times since they launched. But I always found it, well, kind of useless in the past. I wasn't grabbing very useful recommendations, and the usability of the software client ...

Judging a book by it’s cover…

Sunday, January 27th, 2008

Or in this case, judging a candidate by their web design! Let's face it - I am no political wag, and politics is something best left to other demagogues and zealotous pundits across the spectrum. However, I can claim passable knowledge in double bass, and claim a rudimentary knowledge of ...

So close, and yet so far

Saturday, January 26th, 2008

Microsoft recently posted confirmation that their early builds of Internet Explorer 8 pass the Acid2 test for proper CSS rendering support. This was hailed as wonderful news among web developers worldwide as a momentus occasion where we could finally adhere to web development specifications as written and as intended. And then ...

Flock

Wednesday, November 28th, 2007

Thanks to @mrsnap and @bikracer for turning me on to Flock. It seems to like my favorite web developer extensions, namely the Web Developer Toolbar and Firebug, and the social network features are a bonus. I was getting bummed out by Firefox's incessant crashing, and this browser seems faster, more ...

Researching web information architecture, usability, and standards

Friday, November 9th, 2007

If you are a web developer, web designer, web architect, web usability expert, in a similar role, or just have an opinion on the subjects of web architecture, usability, and standards, I need your help! I am doing a research paper on the arguments in favor of having large enterprise ...