Category Archives: Web Design

I Like Digsby

Posted on March 21, 2008 by Kevin

Digsby has opened its doors to the public and while there is clearly work to be done I’m pretty impressed with the software. Digby is a desktop application that puts all your instant messaging, email, and social network updates in … Continue reading →

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Internet Filters Continue to be Stupid

Posted on March 10, 2008 by Kevin

I got an email today from a teacher friend of mine telling me that the Mandy & Pandy website was blocked by the internet filter at his school. They apparently thought that the nice site selling children’s books to teach … Continue reading →

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Handling Mistakes

Posted on December 13, 2006 by Kevin

At some point in time it happens to everyone, you make a mistake. Sometimes they are big, sometimes small and sometimes they are perceived by others to bigger or smaller than they are. How you handle your mistakes can make … Continue reading →

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Homophily

Posted on November 5, 2006 by Kevin

(via O’Reilly’s Radar) Homophily refers to the tendency to associate with people who are like you. This is as common in chat rooms as it is in elementary school lunch rooms. There is a natural tendency to seek out and … Continue reading →

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Time Zones and Countries

Posted on January 17, 2006 by Kevin

I needed a quick list of countries and time zones and I wanted to add it to my database so I could manipulate it easily for a new application we’re developing (details on that coming soon). I looked around but … Continue reading →

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Unobtrusive Tabbed Content

Posted on August 5, 2005 by Kevin

Bobby van der Sluis has been making a great many inroads into the world of unobtrusive JavaScript. I recently adapted one of his scripts for use on a project and thought I’d share a couple of simple modifications that I … Continue reading →

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Accessible Data Tables

Posted on July 7, 2005 by Kevin

(via Jonathan Snook) Roger Hudson has posted a nice primer on using tables in HTML to display data. We quotes the W3C specifications and walks through some clear examples on how to properly use tables in HTML. It’s good to … Continue reading →

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Missing the Point: Web Applications

Posted on May 2, 2005 by Kevin

I recently went to try online banking with National City only to come face to face with the following error message: Alert – browser does not meet requirements Your browser does not meet minimum security requirements for Online Banking. If … Continue reading →

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Internet Explorer 7 Update

Posted on April 25, 2005 by Kevin

Good news out of Redmond. Chris Wilson posted some new information on the IE Blog. Looks like they will be adding support for alpha transparency with PNG images. This will allow designers to layer images that are partially transparent in … Continue reading →

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Google plays nicely with Firefox

Posted on March 31, 2005 by Kevin

The Google Blog posted an entry today revealing a feature that helps users get to their search results faster. It takes advantage of a feature that is present in the Firefox and Mozilla browsers. You can read more about how … Continue reading →

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