Jeffrey Zeldman's Blog, page 109
March 16, 2010
IE9 preview
Is it getting hot in here? Or is it just the flames?
In An Early Look At IE9 for Developers, Dean Hachamovitch, General Manager for Internet Explorer, reports on performance progress, web standards progress (border-radius, bits of CSS3, Acid 3 performance), and "bringing the power of PC hardware and Windows to web developers in the browser" (e.g. improved type rendering via Direct2D, a Windows sub-pixel rendering technology that replaces Cleartype).
The reported web standards i...
March 12, 2010
Photos from SXSW
SXSW 2010: A photo set on Flickr (in progress). The festival began this afternoon at 2:00 PM Central. Lots more photos will appear over the next few days.
March 11, 2010
Popular Science Archives
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March 10, 2010
My SXSW
It's that time again. Spring and pheromones are in the air, and 11,000 web geeks are about to descend on beauteous Austin, TX for our industry's version of the TED Conference plus Spring Break, SXSW Interactive.
Along with nearly all of Happy Cog, I'll be there. Join us, won't you?
Friday, March 12, at 3:30 PM, come to Battledecks 2010 in Room 18ABCD, where I'll compete against the likes of Avery Edison, Ted Rheingold, Mike Monteiro, and SeoulBrother Number 1 Albert McMurry to...True Self
Happy Cog'aoke 2 / Lesson Four: 'Over the Top' from Happy Cog on Vimeo.
See all the videos on OK! Happy Cog'aoke, and join us in Austin for the best party of SXSW.
Multiple Partners
Happy Cog'aoke 2 / Lesson Three: Multiple Partners from Happy Cog on Vimeo.
See all the videos on OK! Happy Cog'aoke, and join us in Austin for the best party of SXSW.
March 9, 2010
E-books, Flash, and Standards
In Issue No. 302 of A List Apart for people who make websites, Joe Clark explains what E-book designers can learn from 10 years of standards-based web design, and Daniel Mall tells designers what they can do besides bicker over formats.
by Joe Clark
E-books aren't going to replace books. E-books are books, merely with a different form. More and more often, that form is ePub, a format powered by standard XHTML. As such, ePub can benefit from our...
March 8, 2010
Future of Online News
Many website designers run their own niche blog, and if the content is unique enough, a designer might be able to sell subscriptions to it. The content has to be very high quality, though, and few design blogs meet that standard.
A List Apart is one that does, and it could potentially turn a profit selling subscriptions. But the subscription route is a risky move because it alienates many users and shrinks ad revenue substantially.
Jeffrey Zeldman, publisher, founder and...
March 7, 2010
Zeldman on Publishing
P Is for Publishing. And publishing, as you've heard, is dying. … But "the printed word will be around long after many of our digital creations are gone," Zeldman says, "either because books don't require monthly hosting and blogs and websites do … or because the languages and platforms for which a particular digital creation was published will become obsolete."
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"[Jason,:] Mandy and I are about to launch a printed book series, called A Book Apart, which derives much of its...
