Flash and ActionScript heads listen up: This year’s Flashforward conference will be held in Boston in the fall. Speakers include John Maeda of of the MIT Media Lab and Craig Swann of CRASH!MEDIA. Session topics will include ActionScript 3.0, Flex and Designing with Sound. Flashforward is produced by Lynda.com events. Event details When: September 19th [...]
[23 May 2007]
Ten Steps to Cell Phone Security Seven JavaScript Techniques You Should Be Using Today Coda web dev software from Panic, makers of Transmit Aptana Rails IDE (Related: my Aptana IDE overview) A List Apart Annual Web Design Survey
[24 Apr 2007]
The @media conference has grown from being a U. K. thing to a world-wide thing. This year, they’re doing three sessions in San Francisco, Hong Kong and in the conference’s hometown of London. The S. F. conference will include presentations by Tantek Çelik, Dan Cederholm, Jesse James Garrett, Molly Holzschlag, and Cameron Moll (check out [...]
[18 Jan 2007]
This is unintentionally similar to Adam Kalsey’s technique. I had the idea and did a proof-of-concept. Then I did a Google search for ‘rounded corners’ and found that he (and about 5011 other folks) had already published something quite similar. I think my method is different enough to warrant a post. And if it isn’t, [...]
[29 Nov 2006]
All hail the mighty t-shirt at this exhibit of global t-shirt designs, with a focus on Southern designers like Project Alabama, Epidemik Coalition and Pecan Pie Couture. Project Runway star Michael Knight will also be there (he’s such a sweetheart). Event details When: October 19 through January 13. Opening reception: October 19, 6 – 9 [...]
[12 Oct 2006]
International reaction to local events fascinates me. Cross-cultural dialogue fascinates me. Beautiful visuals make my toes curl with passion. So my find from today has me all a-twitter. Via Coudal, Soviet, Cuban and Chinese propaganda posters and political cartoons. What caught my eye? These two gems on America’s racial climate from EnglishRussia: There’s also one, [...]
[21 Sep 2006]
Consider these observations, not predictions … hell, perhaps not even particularly accurate. What’s catching your eye design-wise? Gradients and reflections This should be obvious to anyone who has been surfing the web in the last couple of years. Gradients and reflections add richness, depth and light to a 2-dimensional design. No surprise that the trend [...]
[19 Sep 2006]
Four bits you’ve probably already seen or heard about: Blind Advocate’s Suit Against Target Allowed to Proceed Could this be the court case that determines whether the American with Disabilities Act also applies to web sites? A similar, previous case against Southwest Airlines was dismissed by a federal judge in Miami about four years ago. [...]
[13 Sep 2006]
You may notice I’ve changed the URL structure of my posts. Rather than ‘viewqb.php/{postnumber}’, the URLs are now more “bloggy,” (year, month, date, and post-slug). They’re also more search-engine friendly since they map closesly to the the title of each post. I also integrated my articles into the blogging engine. So folks can now comment [...]
[26 Aug 2006]
Now that our presentation is over, Mir and I figured you may have some questions that we didn’t get to answer for you. Feel free to ask them here, or on Mir’s blog, and we’ll do our best to help. Also be sure to check out our slides, related bits, and Mir’s collection of CSS [...]
[28 Jul 2006]