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Web 3.0 at the Library of Congress
Tuesday I'm speaking at the Library of Congress in DC for the Fedlink meeting. They want to know about how they can improve online community aspects of their Web site, so I'll be talking about Designing for Credibility and Web 3.0.
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Read More Trusted Filters at Voices That Matter
In a little over a week I'll be heading cross-country to the City by the Bay for the Voices That Matter conference to talk about trust in design. The ideas I have researched and will discuss center around one central idea that I argue is the most important yet most...
Read More What is an “Online Comic”?
It's a little over a week until I'm at SxSW to talk about Online Comics with Richard Bruning (DC Comics), Ron Richards (iFanboy.com), and comic artist Rivkah. Richard is providing an industry perspective, Ron a reader's perspective, Rivkah an artists perspective, and me? Besides moderating, I'll be providing a technical...
Read More Jason Reads from SiS at SXSW 09
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At SXSW last week, I read Chapter 3, "The Myths of CSS", from my forthcoming book Speaking In Styles, and then did a book signing for CSS, DHTML, & Ajax at the Barnes & Noble booth....
Read More Thus Spoke Jason for the Week of 2010-02-05
@Jastrow75 glad you enjoy Fluid Web Type! in reply to Jastrow75 #
Detect font smoothing with JavaScript » http://j.mp/a2A0Iy http://post.ly/LLAX #
§New on SiS » : Detect font smoothing with JavaScript » http://j.mp/a2A0Iy http://bit.ly/cXMzPL #
#Tweavesdropping = Reading a conversation on Twitter that you are not directly a part of. #
Office cleaned: check....
Read More Thus Spoke Jason for the Week of 2010-01-29
@rbruning Trust me, for her, this was like facing a fire breathing dragon with three heads ;) in reply to rbruning #
@tim846 I agree! but the standards on this are still flaky. in reply to tim846 #
Testing out FontDeck. Nice clean interface and easy to install on a site. #
@rbruning...
Read More Thus Spoke Jason (2010-01-22)
Beauty in trajedy: Art to Support Haiti http://bit.ly/5b5alz /via @davestreck #
@rogerfrmchicago it's like being dumped from a dysfunctional relationship. Soon you'll wonder what the hell you were doing there. in reply to rogerfrmchicago #
New on Web Designer Depot: CSS Transitions 101: http://tinyurl.com/yaz6fyr #
@MarkClayson thanks for being the first to Tweet...
Read More Thus Spoke Jason (2010-01-17)
So, I'm thinking that I may just like the new Doctor Who » http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vTikSllxnYE #
@opentype That's an interesting distinction. I refer to @font-face fonts as "linked web fonts" or just "web fonts" if in linking context. in reply to opentype #
RT @chankfonts: What type are you? http://bit.ly/8qe4al (password:Character) Holy crap,...
Read More Signifier and Signified as One!
I love it when the the signified (the thing being represnted) has multiple signifiers (things that represent it). Thus, plush toy animals I found at Target that also spell out what they are. Double simulacrum. How very PoMo.
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Read More Heading to #WebVisions
I'm sitting on the Tarmac waiting for my flight to leave, headed for the WebVisions conference, where I'll be giving a presentation called "Children of the Revolution: Reaching the Cybernetic Teen". It's an update to talk I gave a couple of years ago at Macworld, but is taking on increased...
Read More Help the Web Safe Fonts
Ok, first a few prezzys for you. If you haven't already seen them, check out my list of Web Safe Fonts. These are fonts that are likely to be installed on Windows or Mac machines (or even both) and can be used by Web designers to vastly improve their typographic...
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