In my review of Seth Godin’s book, I mention an inspiration from his book and applying it to the eNewsletter Journal. The issue is out and we’ll see how the Extreme Copy Makeover idea pans out. The purpose is to find bad copy on the Web, put it in jail, work with it, and release [...]
Just received word about the Center for the study of the Public Domain “Arts Project” contest to create a 2-minute moving image that explains to the public some of the tensions between art and intellectual property law, and the intellectual property issues artists face, focusing particularly on either music or documentary film. Enter by creating, or [...]
It’s easy to get carried away with IA and figuring out how to set up a site’s navigation scheme. After fiddling with ideas and drawing them, the process looks complicated and endless. Let’s step back and try Bryan’s approach. Wait… before you go to the link. Think about something you need that you can buy online. [...]
Book review of Seth Godin’s newest book, Free Prize Inside, is posted. Man, he is good. The book has not even reached shelves and look how well it ranks in Amazon from pre-orders.
Godin’s previous book, Purple Cow, presents examples of how to stand out from the herd. Free Prize Inside shows how to make that happen. It answers questions of “How do you create a Purple Cow?” “How do you make something sell itself?” When we buy cereal, especially kiddie cereal, what’s the best part? The free prizes [...]
Computing Unplugged has a review of Crazy Olympics 1.5 for the PalmOS. This is the same game I used to play on my Apple ][+ in 1983! Never thought this game would resurface.
The Remediator Security Digest - April issue is out. Those cool camera phones are everywhere along with photologs. In editing this article, I see how the consequences of having these gadgets is dangerous in a company environment? The scenarios may sound unreal, but they’re based on the author’s experiences. You can see how serious of a [...]
Take out your designer’s scapel and prepare to give forms an extreme makeover without <tables>. Slight exaggeration, but adding a splash of color and changing the layout dramatically changes a room and the same concept applies to forms. The form code is also accessible. Note the <label for>, <id>, and <name> tags. See Quirksmode for [...]
Ever since I revived Don’s list of sites using CSS for without tables, I’ve been wanting to put the resource into a new design without tables. I finally did it today. Got a lot of work left to do like adding the hundreds of entries. Let me know your thoughts on the newly redesigned CSS List. [...]
WWDN was fearless in writing Dancing Barefoot, so I returned the favor in the book review.