Posts Tagged: Web Development
Kids don't distinguish between content and advertising
Posted by on Sunday, April 14, 2002 in - 5 comments
Jakob Nielsen's research suggests that children do not distinguish between advertising and content on the web. Apparently the kids were aware of privacy issues. "Don't give your name to strangers" is burned into the neurons, but parents aren't teaching their kids what advertising is and how it …
Waste your time more efficiently
Posted by on Friday, April 12, 2002 in - 2 comments
I spend a lot of time reading on the web, but much of that time is spent (or starts) on a small collection of great sites. Some of these sites update every few hours (Slashdot), and others only every few days (Blogzilla). • A friend of mine, Jevon, has put together a great little tool to keep …
silverorange v2.0
Posted by on Tuesday, March 26, 2002 in - 7 comments
For those interested, silverorange (the web firm where I work) has redesigned their site. Feedback is welcome.
Google catalogues
Posted by on Tuesday, March 19, 2002 in - 10 comments
I know it's unusual for me to make posts about Google or any kind of web thing at all, but I can't remain silent any longer. I wont attempt to use the word "semantics" because I don't know what it means (I have since looked it up). With that being said, I will begin. • Maybe a month or so ago …
BlogML: The Weblog Markup Language
Posted by on Sunday, March 10, 2002 in - 41 comments
A simple thought experiment in weblog semantics • “ • 1:37 PM - Joe makes a post on his blog about his golf vacation on Prince Edward Island • 3:24 PM - Joe makes a post on his blog about hang gliding in Newfoundland • Two weeks pass. • Sam searches Google for hang gliding in Prince …
Simple for sale.
Posted by on Saturday, March 2, 2002 in - 11 comments
The web interface specialists at 37signals have turned their experience on themselves and served up at nice redesign of 37signals.com. The old site lives on as the 37signals manifesto (worth reading for any web professional). • With the new site comes a White Paper on Contingency Design ('design …
when I grow up I'm gonna be a physicist
Posted by on Sunday, February 24, 2002 in - 10 comments
While aov rages with debate about web standards and development techniques, a regular reader speaks up for those who aren't enthralled by cascading style sheets and asks us to throw them a conversational bone. Fair enough, how's general relativity for a Sunday conversation topic? • Brian …
An open letter to the web design community: Why should I redesign my site with Cascading Style Sheets?
Posted by on Saturday, February 23, 2002 in - 63 comments
“ • Update - May 31, 2003: It's been over a year since I wrote this and a lot has changed, this post about web standards better reflects by current view. • ” • “ • This article assumes a basic knowledge of web standards and languages, including HTML, XHTML, and most importantly Cascading …
rumblings of a version 2.0
Posted by on Sunday, February 17, 2002 in - 20 comments
The low-level brain rumblings of an Acts of Volition re-development are underway. I call it a re-development because it's not really going to be a re-design - I'm pretty happy with the way aov looks right now. However, it's going to be completely overhauled from the back-end (snicker). • Here's …