Cascading Style Sheets: Sample chapter. I am so looking foward to the CSS book that Owen Briggs, Steve Champeon, Eric Costello and Matthew Patterson have written. There’s a chapter excerpt on WebReference. [ia/ – news for information architects]
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Newspaper design: A return to…
Newspaper design: A return to simplicity. Mario Garcia’s article on simplicity in newspaper design (and redesign) is nice. Simplicity tip: “When in doubt, review the rules of the minimalistic style of Bauhaus artists. Context, without excess, is the key.” [ia/ – news for information architects]
Several [1] real-world [2] examples…
Several real-world examples of OPML directories. [Scripting News]
Today, an application [1] for…
Today, an application for Radio’s outliner that will be new for many. We’ve brought a feature from Manila into Radio Community Server, making it possible for people to create Yahoo-like directories that appear in their Radio weblogs. These directories can include other directories. They’re built on an open format, OPML; which can be created in any compatible outliner, including Radio’s…
Russ Lipton’s RadioDocs [1], on-line,…
Russ Lipton’s RadioDocs, on-line, ready for UserLand. [Scripting News]
[Phil Wolff [1] in a…
[Phil Wolff in a comment] Plumtree and others defined the intranet portal. Maybe [Radio] starts moving that portal to the desktop.This is exactly what I meant. While corporate portals tend to centralize information and to create the need for some kind of editorial process, using tools like Radio lets users not only produce but also decide how to aggregate contents…
*Yahoo groups in your news…
Yahoo groups in your news aggregator. Somehow I had totally missed this feature of Yahoo Groups. In the case that somebody else might have missed it too, if you submit: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Group_name/messages?rss=1 to your aggregator, you will get all posts submitted to that group in your favourite news reader. Just subscribed to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/klogs/messages?rss=1 and it works perfectly. Getting rid of more…
What if being non-communicative weren’t…
What if being non-communicative weren’t an option?. This Fortune article on Esther Dyson was cited on a private mailing list. It’s interesting to see where she is placing bets: … [Jon’s Radio]
Blogging and homeland security: connecting…
Blogging and homeland security: connecting the dots. Sunday’s New York Times featured a disturbing story on the IT culture clash between Google and the FBI: … [Jon’s Radio]
Extending Aggregators [1].
Extending Aggregators. (Re)defining the News Aggregator (And Your User Interface While We’re At It) “Dave talks about what a news aggregator is. deus_x is thinking about what an aggregator should be. I’ll take it one step further, I think the entire computer interface should be overhauled to be more aggregator like, events streaming by, hover your mouse for some info,…