Archive
October 2008’s Posts.
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Just the facts (and more)
Open source can have a transformational effect for companies, and news organizations are starting to figure that out.
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CS Monitor replacing print with Web
The 100-year-old news organization will cease publication of its printed newspaper in April 2009
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Delaying JavaScript execution
A simple script to delay the execution of JavaScript when event's fire
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NYTimes.com visualization lab
Equating it with reader comments, The New York Times invites readers to create their own visualizations of its data
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Cameras for guns
The Toronto police are running an amnesty that offers Nikon Coolpix cameras for illegal handguns
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Multi-touch Firefox
The gestures don't sound intuitive, but its a nice start to browsing the Web with your fingers
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Typocalypse
A series of images revealing what a typeface really says
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CSS3 via JavaScript
Eric Meyer sees JavaScript as a way to boot-strap CSS3 support in browsers
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TimesTags
Millions of folksonomists rejoice at the availability of tagged NYTimes.com content
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Progressive Enhancement with CSS
Excellent documenting a lot of the CSS tricks used to serve up style to browsers
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100E2R
Terrific case for having big, onscreen text
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3D cube in JavaScript
The simple approach could be a foundation for an impressive parallax effect
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Canadian election hangover
With the Canadian 2008 election producing no real change, but a lower participation level, it might be time to look into voting alternatives.
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Election blackout in Canada
Watching the election results not come in from the West coast of America is a surreal experience.
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Experience Design Manifesto
Manifesto that uses the phrase "happiness" always concern me, but there are some kernels of potential in this
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Why newspapers endorse political parties
J-Source looks into this more and more contentious concept
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Is that an endorsement?
The Globe and Mail sort of, kind of, backs Stephen Harper for prime minister
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Sans Seriffee
Map of the tiny archipelago discovered by English years ago
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Culture in Danger
The extended, English-subtitled, of a political video that is, truly, laugh-out-loud, funny
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ALA@10
A List Apart is a decade old, and the proprietor looks back on the institution
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Canadian Oxford Dictionary: RIP
The entire staff has been laid-off putting the dictionary's future in grave doubt
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Twittering rumours
Mathew Ingram has a honest, introspective piece on the responsibility of journalists on Twitter
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Poitical sound bites
Jumping to key words in the U.S. debate (like Wall St.) videos exposes how prepped candidates are
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The Canadian political view
"Capitalist free marketers, but believe in collective action, largely through governments, to achieve social, economic, environmental and other aims."
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Homezilla
Awkward name for a good service designed to let home buyers discover the amenities in a neighbourhood
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10 tips to solidify your business
Advice for start-ups is also good for any company/business to consider
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The case for designing differently
Andy Clarke argues that progressive enhancement is what we should be doing with CSS to move designs beyond IE6
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