Jeffrey Zeldman Presents The Daily ReportWeb design news and insights since 1995Dear AIGA, where are the web designers- (Found September 17, 2008 ) Dear AIGA: I am a member in good standing and was honored to be part of the AIGA site redesign. I received your email about the AIGA Business and Design Conference and am impressed with the speakers at the main show, as well as the 2020 presenters. You have chosen brilliant talents ...http://www.zeldman.com/2008/09/12/dear-aiga-where-are-the-web-designers/ Photos from An Event Apart San Francisco- (Found September 17, 2008 ) Take a dip in the Flickr photo pool from An Event Apart San Francisco 2008. Day Two is about to begin. tagsaeasf08, aneventapart, webdesign, conference, sanfranciscotagshttp://www.zeldman.com/2008/08/19/photos-from-an-event-apart-san-francisco/ ALA 266: next generation sprites, metaphors- (Found September 17, 2008 ) In Issue No. 266 of A List Apart, for people who make websites: CSS Sprites2 It's JavaScript Time by DAVE SHEA In 2004, Dave Shea took the CSS rollover where it had never gone before. Now he takes it further stillwith a little help from jQuery. Say hello to hover animations that ...http://www.zeldman.com/2008/08/25/ala-266-next-generation-sprites-metaphors/ Running woman and madman- (Found September 17, 2008 ) Two incidents mark my morning walk to work. i. On Second Avenue, a long-legged woman in a short black skirt dashes past, late to an unknown appointment, her movements fluid and beautiful. With every step, her skirt bounces, flashing legs at the avenue. Her left hand hangs at her hip, trying to ...http://www.zeldman.com/2008/08/26/running-woman-and-madman/ SiteAssist Professional- (Found September 17, 2008 ) Released Wednesday, August 27th, SiteAssist Professional creates entire CSS-based websites in minutes. Since that sounds ridiculous and impossible, I'll say it again: the product creates websites in minutes, with clean markup, and nicely optimized CSS. The software package includes 14 designs, each with 12 color schemes. You can customize everything and ...http://www.zeldman.com/2008/08/29/siteassist-professional/ Save the Accessibility Institute- (Found September 17, 2008 ) Join Knowbility in urging the University of Texas to reconsider its decision to close the Accessibility Institute, founded and led with distinction by the late Dr. John Slatin. Keep John's work alive. Sign the petition. tagsaccessibility, johnslatin, accessibility institutetagshttp://www.zeldman.com/2008/08/29/save-the-accessibility-institute/ A Town Called Gale- (Found September 17, 2008 ) I'm still having medical problems, and at 4:00 AM I awoke in pain. The nightmare that woke me concerned a town called Gale, Kansas. It was a town for young murderesses and their parents. If your child had killed another child, your family would be relocated to Gale, to start a new life ...http://www.zeldman.com/2008/09/02/a-town-called-gale/ Tracking Elections From the Ground Up- (Found September 17, 2008 ) PollTrack is a new website that combines poll tracking data and written analysis to decipher "what voters are actually thinking and feeling" in the lead-up to the election. The site is not complete: sections are unfinished, artwork is rough, and usability problems involving labeling ("Today's Map Today") have yet to ...http://www.zeldman.com/2008/09/02/tracking-elections-from-the-ground-up/ A bug in Google Chrome- (Found September 17, 2008 ) Between hurricanes and hericanes, you could easily have missed the technology news. Released yesterday in public beta, Google Chrome is a standards-compliant web browser created to erode Microsoft's browser dominance (i.e. to boost Google's web dominance) while also rethinking what a browser is and does in the age of web ...http://www.zeldman.com/2008/09/03/a-bug-in-google-chrome/ Communication Marches On- (Found September 17, 2008 ) Comments off. tagsapple, ichat, firewall, hivelogic, danbenjamin, zeldmantagshttp://www.zeldman.com/2008/09/03/communication-marches-on/ |