October 2003

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Remember that confession I wrote a while ago? A sobering story of a designer who grew up on Apples and Macs, but gave into the dark side, jumped ship, and began using Windows. Well, it’s coming up on a year since I wrote that piece. Some of my friends were beginning to wonder if I was serious about shaking the Windows addiction. continued

link 31 Oct 2003 in Apple, Personal… 79

More Sliding Doors

With an understanding of the Sliding Doors technique firmly in grasp, we can now push it further. ALA just published Sliding Doors of CSS, Part II, which expands on what we covered the first article (Part I). continued

link 30 Oct 2003 in CSS, Design…

Selected Reading

In one of the main Exhibition Halls, the AIGA has a temporary bookstore set up with hundreds of books available about design, typography, color, surface, theory… enough to make any designer drool and wish they had the entire collection in their library. continued

link 23 Oct 2003 in Ephemera 12

Greetings from Vancouver

A reflective self-portrait of me, and the cool crosswalk signal icons in Vancouver. continued

link 23 Oct 2003 in Locations 11

ALA and Sliding Doors

We’ve read words about a relaunch, seen hints of a new logo, and gazed at a teaser screen that promised it was coming soon. After weeks of patient waiting, the new version of A List Apart is here. As is my contribution to ALA 3.0, “Sliding Doors of CSS”. continued

link 22 Oct 2003 in CSS, Design…

Power of Design, Vancouver

In two days, I’ll be heading north to Vancouver, B.C. for the AIGA National Design Conference, the power of Design. continued

link 20 Oct 2003 in Design, Events… 10

Mozilla Advances

Mozilla Foundation charges out of the gates today with a handful of new product releases. Heavyweight full-featured browser Mozilla 1.5, lightweight standalone browser Firebird 0.7, and email/newsgroup client Thunderbird 0.3. continued

link 15 Oct 2003 in Technology, Web 55

Are They Really Separated?

“Separate content from its presentation.” One of the lingering mantras of web design and development. It exists as both a rule and a strategic practice. A commandment which promises rewards if followed. But have we iterated this phrase so much as to strip away its meaning? continued

link 14 Oct 2003 in CSS, Web 26

Firestarter

News.com staff writer Paul Festa draws more public attention to Internet Explorer’s lack of full CSS support in “Developers gripe about IE standards inaction”. continued

link 9 Oct 2003 in CSS, Technology… 21

Design Process, en français

If you happen to speak or understand French better than English, I’ll point you to a new translation of my design process article at Pompage.net: Les coulisses d’un design. continued

link 2 Oct 2003 in Design, Writing 8

A Year in Cornwall

Frank Leahy is a friend and former-colleague from Wired. Frank left Wired a couple months ago, and he and his family of four recently picked up their lives and moved to England, settling temporarily in what looks like an amazing location: Cornwall. continued

link 1 Oct 2003 in Locations, People…