Tips, web design book reviews, resources and observations for teaching and learning web development.
All 100 US Senators are now on Twitter. Have you used Twitter or Facebook to send a message to your senators, representatives, or the POTUS? I have.
In the “where the world is heading” department, here’s news of the first bookless public library.
Chris at CSS Tricks is having a great time with his CSS for Babies: A Critical Analysis.
Two articles about the title attribute provide new thinking on the usefulness of the attribute. From David Bell, I thought title text improved accessibility. I was wrong. An update from the Paciello Group Blog, Using the HTML title attribute – updated. I’m going to have to rethink my use of the title attribute in affiliate links to serve as a notice that the link is to an affiliate. May simply state it in the text instead.
Ars Technica talked to the Congresswoman from Silicon Valley at CES. It’s worth reading her thoughts on where tech legislation will go in 2013.
Bruce Lawson published a far-reaching interview with Ian Hickson, AKA Hixie, the editor of HTML5 at HTML5 Doctor. Maybe it’s because I just reviewed a book about Mark Zuckerberg, but this interview with Ian Hickson makes me think Hixie’s process and vision in managing the implementation of HTML5 amid a barrage of criticisms and complaints might be an interesting book. How about it, Bruce?
Changes to the recommendation for ARIA roles in <section> and <form> elements are listed in Using ARIA in HTML at the W3C. With some exceptions, ARIA roles are not recommended with these elements.
The Future of WCAG: Maximising its Strengths Not its Weaknesses is a long and thoughtful look at the WCAG accessibility guidelines. The author examines the guidelines strengths and weaknesses and takes a look at what needs to be done to move forward with this (or some similar) recommendation in the future.
Five Big UX Topics in 2012 is from Boxes and Arrows.
SitePoint has 10 Web Predictions for 2013. Hope number 7 turns out to be true – we’ve been struggling with that one for some time.
Headings: Who Needs ‘Em? is a look at accessibility and usability related to headings.
Foursquare users may want to check their privacy settings. I wrote all about it on BlogHer.
40 Excellent Examples of Attention to Details that Fill Us with Delight. It’s the little things that make a difference. From Betterment.
I know Guy Kawasaki is a huge name in the social media business, and this method would not apply to a relative unknown. But I find it fascinating that he did this and that it worked so well.
Absolute must reading defines this excellent explanation of flexbox. Dive into Flexbox is from Greg Smith at bocoup. I think you’re going to read this more than once or at least refer to it often.
The Top 20 Conference Talks of 2012. This is at .net magazine. Twenty talks – only one by a woman. I think this reflects the fact that they mostly asked men to name great talks.
Learning about Section 508 for the first time? Demystifying Accessibility describes a first encounter with it and lessons learned.
data visualization is editorial is an interesting post about converting data to visual displays. Be sure to click through to the d3.js site for info on how you can get started with this.
Spydergrrl has been posting an unusual gift each day of December. I was struck by these. Digits Turn any Gloves into Texting Gloves. Creative idea.
Apple’s Best of App Store 2012 Rewards Creativity, Google; Skype and Rovio take Top App Spots at Tech Crunch talks about the best apps of the year. I’ve been taking a class on how to make an app, and one of the topics of discussion is whether it’s possible to make any money from selling an app, or from building an app for someone else as a developer. Seeing the top apps in this article when compared with the millions of apps available makes me think that a more reliable source of income might be as a developer for businesses who need an app to bring their business into the modern world. What do you think about making money with apps?
Are you on top of parallax in web design? Yeah. I understand. Here’s an interesting discussion of it at Usabilla blog.