Wednesday, November 16, 2011
The top 25 books for web developers and designers from .net is a good list to check to see if you’re keeping up with the latest. I noticed that several of the 25 are from A Book Apart. That led me to tweet this: Is there some sort of brain implant that would directly feed [...]
Filed in CSS, events, HTML, SemanticWeb, SocialMedia, Software, SXSW, tools, Twitter, web-education, WebDesign, WebFoundation, WebStandards
|
product Designing for Emotion, written by Aarron Walter, is another of the brief but valuable books from A Book Apart. If you’ve read other books from A Book Apart you know they are high quality work from knowledgeable writers. This one is no exception. With only 7 chapters and less than 100 pages to [...]
Information. There’s so much of it. What’s a teacher to do to help filter out the debris and collect the gems? One solution is Twitter lists. Set up a list of people on Twitter who say things you want your students to notice. Then go to paper.li and create an account. Set it up to [...]
I’m teaching a beginning Dreamweaver class at UNM Continuing Ed this week. In Continuing Ed classes, it’s common to have adults who want to learn something new in hopes of improving their job chances. In web education classes of any kind, it’s common to have someone who’s been working in print and wants to transition [...]
Thursday, October 20, 2011
Before and After Demonstration at the W3C site shows a site before and after WCAG 2.0 principles were applied to it. It’s all annotated so you can see what was done to make the site accessible. Great tool for educators. Speaking of the W3C, there is now a new community group forming – open to [...]
Themeefy looks great for instructors (and students who have to do a presentation). Read more about it at Digital Inspiration, where you can look at Amit’s sample about Steve Jobs. Here’s an example from the Themeefy site. It’s free. Sign up with a Twitter or Facebook login.
Tuesday, October 11, 2011
Cameron Moll made a set of whiteboard magnets of HTML5 tags for his own family. He’s released the Illustrator file for you to do the same. Great idea for people teaching HTML5. HTML5 Whiteboard Magnets. JAWS, IE and Headings in HTML5. Must reading for accessibility information about how JAWS interprets heading structure, particularly in IE. [...]
Tuesday, September 27, 2011
This weekend, I attended the Online News Association Conference in Boston. It was a great gathering of multimedia developers and those concerned with all things digital – quite a fantastic event. I had the opportunity to participate on a panel called “If I Were in Charge, I’d…” Proposals for the panel were solicited before the [...]
Filed in browsers, CSS, HTML, JavaScript, mobiles, teaching tips, web-education, WebDesign, WebFoundation, WebStandards, WebTeacherTips
|
Tuesday, September 6, 2011
The W3C issued a new editor’s draft of Media Accessibility User Requirements. The introductory paragraphs explain what it’s about. I’ve added emphasis. This document aggregates the requirements of an accessibility user that the W3C HTML5 Accessibility Task Force has collected with respect to audio and video on the Web. It first introduces a background on [...]
A new e-book: "How to Create a Responsive Web Site Using Dreamweaver CS 5.5" for sale now. Order Here.
