January 2010
47 posts
100redesigns of companies' not so good looking... →
A dude re-designs existing websites that he has no real stake in.
Tony Kornheiser: What is the state of the union?
Howard Fineman: The state of the union is dreck.
“Actual football played in a 60-min NFL game: about 11 minutes.
So what do the...”
– Gridiron time (via slantback)
This past season I discovered the only way to watch a football game. Set it to record, then start it up about 30 minutes later. Then, not only fast forward through commercials, but also hit the ‘jump ahead 30 seconds’ button on your DirecTV remote after a...
Some 3-year old (punk) kid made fun of my haircut at my son’s day care, so I (of course) made fun of his.
It seems that maturity comes with neither age nor parenthood.
“I want everything we do to be beautiful. I don’t give a damn whether the client...”
– Saul Bass (via marco) (via brocatus)
“Awarded most outstanding student in his major when he graduated, Karren said...”
– ASU student develops light rail iPhone application | The State Press
“If you were dead or still alive
I don’t care (i don’t care), I...”
– Apocalyptica - I Don’t Care Lyrics
This guy cared so little that he wrote a hit song about it.
“The woman in this photo is perfect, but she needs to be disabled. Can you...”
– (via clientsfromhell)
Do birds fly south for the winter, or north for the summer?
“The reason a person is critical of a thing is because he is passionate about...”
– Alex Payne — Criticism, Cheerleading, and Negativity (via iamdanw) (via slantback)
InformIT: Introduction to HIJAX > Introduction to... →
“Sitting in design reviews can get developers thinking about questions that may...”
– LukeW Ideation and Design | An Event Apart: Comps vs. Code Couples’ Therapy
“Creativity drives new ideas. Refining how we do our work can make more time to be creative and also cut costs for efficiency. Typical workflows are often waterfall-based: design mock-ups, send to front-end engineers, attach a back-end, then QA it all. Any changes in this workflow model require going back to previous steps in the process, which leads to frustration and antagonism. We need to...
“When people feel like they are getting what they want, they continue forward....”
– Web Forms for People - Articles - MIX Online
IBM Accessibility Internet Browser for Multimedia... →
The IBM Accessibility Internet Browser for Multimedia (aiBrowser) is an Internet browser for visually impaired users that provides multimedia control features and alternative user interfaces with…
“[T]he beauty of the application has influenced the content and Flickr has become...”
– Shitty design attracts shitty content ¶ Personal Weblog of Joe Clark, Toronto
“Web-site owners generally do not have a clue what they’re in for when they open...”
– Does your site really need comments? ¶ Personal Weblog of Joe Clark, Toronto
“Yahoo’s Brightman estimated that there’s about $220 billion in...”
– Web accessibility no longer an afterthought - CNN.com
“There are more than 50 million people in the U.S. with disabilities, including...”
– The Associated Press: Efforts under way to make Web more accessible
We are Colorblind » Patterns for the Color Blind →
The patterns and examples on this site help you create websites the color blind can use without problems.
Accessible Twitter : web accessibility for the... →
Accessibility - W3C →
Start here when getting push back from suits. When this fails (and it will) go straight to the YouTube videos of user’s struggling.
When can I use... →
“On her Do It Myself Blog, Glenda writes: ‘Social media gives voices to...”
– Social media – a barrier or tool for inclusion? | upstart
WaPo: Skywalkers in Korea Cross Han Solo →
complicatedshoes:
Best. Headline. Ever.
“Here are some other things you can do to help yourself understand some...”
– Making accessibility more real | 456 Berea Street
“For the next hour or so, I’d like you to imagine you don’t have any hands. All...”
– northtemple - Accessibility to the Face
WatchNate Koechley: “Professional Frontend Engineering” on Yahoo! Video
“CAPTCHA, Flash, ambiguous links, poor/missing alternative text, complex forms,...”
– WebAIM: Blog - Screen Reader User Survey Results
“A decision on whether to spend $684,000 to build covered batting cages for the...”
– Mesa nears decision on Fitch batting cages
Seriously? In December this very same city chopped 343 full-time positions and $62 million across departments including public safety, parks and recreation and planning. Employees began to be cross-trained, some work outsourced and many resident service...
A Form of Madness - Dive Into HTML5 →