NTC Plenary: Moira Gunn and Rep Donna Edwards on Net Neutrality is an interesting account of an important conversation. I feel kind of bad now from The Bloggess (language warning whenever The Bloggess is involved) is funny but a perfect reflection of the kind of crazy PR email bloggers receive all the time. Jenny’s tactics [...]
US Broadband: The FCC and Network Neutrality at Wired Pen is a masterful summary of the current state of things. Adactio has some good advice about WAI-ARIA Landmark roles, HTML5, and CSS attribute selectors. I asked this question on Quora after some discussion about it here on Web Teacher. So far no one has answered. [...]
Saturday, August 21, 2010
28 HTML5 Features, Tips, and Techniques you Must Know is an excellent list from Jeffrey Way. Longdesc may be dropped from the HTML5 spec. Right now it’s in the “let’s argue about it” phase. WebAxe has a discussion by podcast with some folks who examine the issue. The Fate of Longdesc in HTML5. What’s the [...]
11 Ways to Create a Mobile Friendly WordPress Site lists plugins and apps that can help with your WordPress site. I need to check out some of these myself. I’m thinking I like either MoFuse or Mobify. Do any of you have an opinion about using either of these plug-ins? I’d appreciate any input. US [...]
Monday, September 21, 2009
FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski announced today that the FCC will create new rules to prevent carriers from blocking, slowing or favoring particular types of content. The FCC has used four policy princples since 2005 (download PDF) to make decisions around Net Neutrality. Now two more rules are proposed. The new rules take the positions that [...]
Thursday, August 27, 2009
Twitter Postings: Iterative Design from Nielsen’s alertbox takes aim at usability in tweets. Obama’s FCC to support Net Neutrality at The Hill. So far it’s just a promise, not a behavior. Your copyright questions answered is a handy summary of copyright basics. Written by a copyright lawyer and published at Book by Its Cover.
Wednesday, September 24, 2008
Understanding Online Photo Rights This article is excellent. A must-read for students. The Internet Lexicon appeared in honor of OneWebDay and will stay editable for 2 months. Before you try adding a spoof of your favorite Internet personality, read the rules for participation. Getting Semantic with Microformats, Part 3: hCard A Blog Not Limited is writing [...]
Monday, September 22, 2008
Today is OneWebDay. It’s a day to think about issues that are important to the future of the Internet. Here is the list of ideas for how you can help with OneWebDay from the organization’s web site. How can you help the Web on OneWebDay? 1. If you’re a Web user, use a standards-compliant Web [...]
9 Top CSS Essential Skills That Every Web designer Should Learn hits the nail on the head. Are you teaching these nine things? Comcast Metered Broadband Official — Beware What You Download Wow, makes the FCC’s “reprimand” look like a joke, doesn’t it? Related posts: The FCC Holds Hearings on the Comcast Strangle Hold on Bandwidth.
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