A great history lesson in what will probably go down as the biggest step in HTML5 early-adoption. Nice to be able to give credit where credit is due… Omg… Now you can “street” view the ocean… Living in Manhattan it … Continue reading
Category Archives: web design
Today’s Readings
From National Geographic, comes the Public Profiler, an interactive world map of surnames. Where do you have family? Was surprised to see “Grogg” so prominent in Switzerland… A great-looking product from Adobe, Adobe Nav, let’s you use your iPad as … Continue reading
Practical CSS3 Update
Beyond the introduction of color, Practical CSS3 has been upgrading with several new bits and pieces. Included in the updates are: Addition of new WebKit gradient (while preserving the old, for older puppies). Removal of all references to -ms-filter (cause … Continue reading
Today’s Readings
It is oft’ said that it is the little things in life that matters. In this case, it is the little big details that matter, offering you an ongoing collection of small details that make a huge difference in user … Continue reading
Today’s Readings
Well, fresh back from Marianne’s and my 10th anniversary trip to Paris, I find this little treasure in my RSS Reader: a time-lapse video of Paris! Really beautifully shot. I wonder when he took all the photos, because there were … Continue reading
Today’s Readings
In the world of insta-Tweet news flying around, I consider myself somewhat of a dinosaur for still reading RSS feeds, and sheepishly admit that I still read… email newsletters… Any of you kids out there remember those? Well, in truth, … Continue reading
Today’s Readings
A grand collection of HTML5 sites. Look, dig, learn. Gotta love the web… Wow! An amazing historical reference collection of design images from throughout history! I can see a few people I know really losing themselves in here… Motion-sensing web … Continue reading
Sencha Animator: CSS3 Animations, Coded for You
Just stumbled across the Sencha Animator. It’s sort of Flash, but the output is HTML and CSS3 instead of a SWF! Pretty powerful, if you check out some of the demos. The “Page Flip Demo” uses an interesting combination of … Continue reading
Today’s Readings
In keeping with my strong belief that we should be building a unified web (not one fragmented between websites and “an app for this” and “an app for that”, etc.), I have to say I am deeply intrigued by the … Continue reading
Fonts, Fonts, Everywhere, But Not a Font in Use…
Okay, brief Iron Maiden reference out of the way, now to the action… A brief note: I will be using the term “common font” to mean anything you can typically rely on to already be on a user’s computer (Helvetica, … Continue reading