Our system of law doesn’t acknowledge the derivative nature of creativity. Instead, ideas are regarded as property, as unique and original lots with distinct boundaries. But ideas aren’t so tidy. They’re layered, they’re interwoven, they’re tangled. And when the system conflicts with the reality… the system starts to fail.
Secret Santa goodness!
IE to Start Automatic Upgrades across Windows XP, Windows Vista, and Windows 7
erm… yeah it’s about time… would have been helpful if they’d not restricted IE 9 to Windows 7…
It's not that I'm into Google bashing, but...
Google’s 3 Top Executives Have 8 Private Jets…
We believe the issue of advertising causes enough mixed incentives that it is crucial to have a competitive search engine that is transparent and in the academic realm.
yeah… those guys.
Clear Indications That It’s Time To Redesign
Jeff Gothelf shares his thoughts on when its time for a redesign. For the most part I agree, with the major exception being Jeff’s assertion that a redesign should occur every 12 months. You can read my thoughts along with others in the comments.
We believe the issue of advertising causes enough mixed incentives that it is crucial to have a competitive search engine that is transparent and in the academic realm.
Browser Market Pollution: IE[x] is the new IE6
Paul Irish highlights the potential browser reality web developers could be facing :(
jQuery Fundamentals
Pretty much everything you need to know in one very handy resource!
jQuery is fast becoming a must-have skill for front-end developers. The purpose of this book is to provide an overview of the jQuery JavaScript library; when you’re done with the book, you should be able to complete basic tasks using jQuery, and have a solid basis from which to continue your learning. This book was designed as material to be used in a classroom setting, but you may find it useful for individual study.
Now you see me, now you don’t - (The unfortunate rise of device dependant content)
I’ve been doing a fair bit of research into responsive web design recently. One of the patterns I’ve seen used quite a lot is hiding content when the screen size is reduced. I should probably prefix ‘content’ with ‘non-essential’, I think that would be a fair representation of the mindset of those that have chosen to use this technique. Having given this a fair bit of thought though, I’ve come to the conclusion that it’s basically cheating. Ok, so maybe ‘cheating’ is a bit of a stretch, but at the very least it’s half arsed. Ok, so if this content is ‘non-essential’, why’s it on your site in the first place? This content is important enough to take up space when my iPad is horizontal, but not so important when I flip it round, really?! In a time when some are questioning the future of Web Sites vs. Apps, can you really afford to be peddling ‘non-essential’ content?
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