Jeffrey Zeldman's Blog, page 74
April 27, 2011
Adactio: Journal—Content First
There's a general agreement that the "mobile" user is not to be trifled with; give them the content they want as quickly as possible 'cause they're in a hurry. But the corollary does not hold true. Why do we think that the "desktop" user is more willing to put up with having unnecessary crap thrown at them?
Unnecessary page cruft is being interpreted as damage and routed around with tools like the Readability bookmarklet, Safari's Reader functionality, and Instapaper. These services exist partly to free up content from having a single endpoint but they also serve to break content free from the shackles of stifling overwrought containers. This isn't anything new, of course; we've been here before with RSS. But the existence of these new reader-empowering tools should be taken as a warning …and a challenge—how can we design for our content in such a way that the reader won't need or want to reach for Readability or Instapaper?
via Adactio: Journal—Content First.
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April 23, 2011
April 22, 2011
How to carve a 3 x 4 grid
THIS POSTER illustrates a change in design practice. Computation-based design—that is, the use of algorithms to compute options—is becoming more practical and more common. Design tools are becoming more computation-based; designers are working more closely with programmers; and designers are taking up programming."
Designed by Thomas Gaskin. Creative direction by Hugh Dubberly. Algorithms by Patrick Kessler. Patent belongs to William Drenttel + Jessica Helfand.
The 892 unique ways to partition a 3 x 4 grid
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April 21, 2011
The Big Web Show No. 46: Get Your Web Type on with FontDeck co-founder Richard Rutter
RICHARD RUTTER, designer, technologist, information architect, writer, and co-founder of Fontdeck and Clearleft, joins Dan Benjamin and me to discuss the technical, aesthetic, and business aspects of putting real type on the web in Big Web Show Episode No. 44, now at 5by5.tv and iTunes for your listening pleasure.
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April 19, 2011
A List Apart No. 326: Orbital content is the next big thing; empowering audiences via the backchannel
In Issue No. 326 of A List Apart for people who make websites: liberate your content to get ahead of the curve in 21st century publishing, and empower live audiences with backchannel wizardry.
Orbital Content
by CAMERON KOCZON
Bookmarklet apps like Instapaper and Readability point to a future where content is no longer stuck in websites, but floats in orbit around users. And we're halfway there. Content shifting lets a user take content from one context (e.g. your website) to another (e.g. Instapaper). Before content can be shifted, it must be correctly identified, uprooted from its source, and tied to a user. But content shifting, as powerful as it is, is only the beginning. Discover what's possible when content is liberated.
Conversation is the New Attention
by CHRISTOPHER FAHEY, TIMOTHY MEANEY
Baby's got backchannel! If everybody at the conference is staring at their Twitter stream instead of at the person who's doing the speaking, maybe the speaker should meet them halfway. Migrating speaker presentations to the backchannel can empower the audience while enabling the speaker to listen carefully to their responses. The broadcast model of presentations is dead! Long live the conversation model.
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April 15, 2011
Mobile v Small Screen, Edible City beta, HTML5 Reset, Science Blogs, Monkey Do
BABY GOT FRONT-END! Tim Murtaugh, Dan Benjamin and I discuss "mobile" versus "small screen," HTML5 and HTML5 Reset, Science Blogs, the Edible City beta, and more. The Big Web Show #45: Tim Murtaugh.
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April 14, 2011
The Politics of DOCTYPEs
Are Doctypes the New Lunch Tables? – Cognition: The blog of web design & development firm Happy Cog.
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