Jeffrey Zeldman's Blog, page 111
February 26, 2010
February 25, 2010
You cannot copyright a Tweet
Contrary to popular belief and Twitter's terms of service, you cannot copyright a Tweet. Under US law, copyright is granted on publication to "original works of authorship" finalized in "fixed forms of expression" but this does not extend to names, titles, or short phrases (PDF).
As messages sent via Twitter cannot be longer than 140 characters, they cannot be copyrighted. However original, witty, or profound they may be, nothing more than good manners protects your original...
February 24, 2010
Pixen: Bitmap Graphics in Style
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Pixen is an innovative graphics editor for the Mac. It's designed from top to bottom for pixel artists—people who make low-resolution raster art like the sprites you see in old video games. But it's great for artists of all arenas: Pixen is like a very powerful MSPaint or a simpler, more agile Photoshop. And best of all, it's Free!
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David Berlow Type Specimens
A collection of David Berlow's prolific typographic work as co-founder of Font Bureau is showcased in this impressive booklet, a celebration of him receiving the Society of Typographic Aficionados (SoTA) Typography Award in 2007. Specimen pages show styles of each family for easy comparison of weight, width, copyfit and aesthetic.
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Tumblr v. Posterous
Business Insider: Why Tumblr Is Kicking Posterous's Ass
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The Ultimate Hipster Irony http://bigthink.com/ideas/18758Why You Can't Work at Work | Jason Fried | Big Think: http://bigthink.com/ideas/18522Seeing too many ultra-minimal/undesigned blogs labeled "beautiful" cuz they use a @typekit font or two. Uh-uh.I love what @typekit is doing for the web, how it's shaping the agenda *and* delivering the needed tools.In other news, I've come up with a title for my book of short stories. KAFKA FOR BEGINNERS. Selection pseudo-element...
February 23, 2010
Danzico on Berkun
Whether it's in front of a huge audience or a handful of executives, smooth public speaking is essential to a successful web design career. Yet most of us are more afraid of speaking in public than we are of death. In a lively give-and-take, Liz Danzico interviews Scott Berkun, author of Confessions of a Public Speaker, for tips on how to prepare for public speaking, how to perfect your timing, and what to do when bad things happen.
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Illustration: Kevin Cornell for A List...
Fold, Spindle
Another generation of technology has passed and Unicode support is almost everywhere. The next step is to write software that is not just "internationalized" but truly multilingual. In this article we will skip through a bit of history and theory, then illustrate a neat hack called accent-folding. Accent-folding has its limitations but it can help make some important yet overlooked user interactions work better.
Accent Folding for Auto-Complete by CARLOS BUENO in A List Apart
Accent Folding for Auto-Complete
Another generation of technology has passed and Unicode support is almost everywhere. The next step is to write software that is not just "internationalized" but truly multilingual. In this article we will skip through a bit of history and theory, then illustrate a neat hack called accent-folding. Accent-folding has its limitations but it can help make some important yet overlooked user interactions work better.
Via "Accent Folding for Auto-Complete" by Carlos Bueno in A List Apart Issue No...
