Tiffany B. Brown

A web log about web development and internet culture with frequent detours into other stuff.

Posts in: Tools & Resources

Structured blogging
I mentioned this briefly in the Atlanta PHP May meeting post. Structured blogging is an intiative to provide a standard format for blogging about particular forms of content. The idea is to make it easier to share particular bits of microcontent by publishing it in a consistent form. The Structured Blogging team has developed plugins for [...] [1 May 2006]
My new favorite site is …
SS64.com. It’s a guide to Oracle 8i, Windows XP/NT, Linux BASH and Mac OS X commands. [17 Jan 2005]
Today’s bit o’ fun: Ishkur’s Guide to Electronic Music
It’s a little bit gawdy, but it’s an awfully handy reference for all the variants of electronic music. [16 Mar 2004]
‘Widgetopia’
Christina Wodtke over at Elegant Hack presents Widgetopia, a look at user interface elements — mostly icons and the like — from web and software sources. [30 Dec 2003]
Feed validator
Need to check whether your R S S or Atom feed? Try the Feed validator tool from Mark Pilgrim and Sam Ruby. [16 Nov 2003]
Accessibility validators
While full accessibility is a hard goal for web developers to reach, validators can address the more common technical aspects of accessibility. Here is a list of validators, each with varying degrees of complexity and completeness. WAVE 3.0 (also available as a toolbar for Mozilla and Internet Explorer) Bobby Cynthia Says A-Prompt I personally find a combination of Cynthia Says and Bobby [...] [10 Sep 2003]