A presentation I recently gave about the bold new steps the world of Microformats has taken recently, most notably enhanced search results in Google! Widget courtesy of Google Web Elements Enjoy, Atg Top⇪
Category Archives: web development
Today’s Readings
Happy President’s Day everyone! Another random sampling of all things web… Google Maps just got out-Googled… Of all people, Microsoft, created an amazing “augmented-reality mapping technology“. A lame name, even by Microsoft standards, but a truly impressive technology. As the … Continue reading
Stop WordPress from Stripping HTML5 from Posts
This blog is, proudly, HTML5-based. It’s not much, really, I use the HTML5 DOCTYPE, I use <header>, <section>, <article>, and <footer> in my templates, but I also occasionally want to use things like <aside>, <time>, and perhaps others in my … Continue reading
Today’s Readings
The one example in the video is enough to make me think that Weave, from Mozilla Labs, could be a hugely beneficial tool to install! Who hasn’t been out-and-about and wished they had access to something on their desktop? A … Continue reading
Today’s Readings
So, how did this Inter-web-thingy get started, anyhow? An interesting piece I stumbled across… I have to admit that I do not know who Michael Bierut is (you designers may now cringe), but if Cameron Moll is impressed with the … Continue reading
Velocity 09: “High Performance Search at Google”
Yes, I know this was a while ago, but I finally made the time to listen through this entire presentation: http://velocityconference.blip.tv/file/2292982/ Kyle Scholz and Yaron Friedman are front-end developers for Google Search, focused on one thing: Make Google Search faster. … Continue reading
Introducing the New & Improved aarontgrogg.com
Since the day I launched this blog, I basically stopped thinking about my name-sake page, aarontgrogg.com. I converted it to a portal page, just linking out to the various locations you can find information about me on the web, and … Continue reading
Today’s Readings
Think you know JavaScript? Well try giving Dmitry Baranovskiy‘s #jsquizz a shot (I can’t seem to find #jsquizz on Twitter, and unfortunately the actual post is experiencing some technical difficulties right now, but hopefully he’ll have things resolved soon, maybe … Continue reading
Google: Still Building a Better Search Engine
How many of you are like me when it comes to searching for something on Google? I type in a phrase, maybe make one or two adjustments to my search phrase if needed, before giving up and trying something desperate … Continue reading
Simultaneously Run Multiple Versions of REAL Internet Explorer, WITH Developer Toolbars!
Have I got the perfect New Year’s gift for all of you… Okay, a show of hands: Who uses stand-alone versions of IE? Okay, not bad, but how often do you say to yourself “I wonder if this looks like … Continue reading