digiwebs News : July 2001 Well, after much delay I managed to get my system put together and even get online (though DSL is not up and running yet) to read some of those emails that have been stacking up. I also decided to launch my personal site that has been sitting on my harddrive for … Read more
News : August 2001 ITG, the same people who published that great article about the location of web objects, also have a great article titled “Designing for Information Foragers: A Behavioral Model for Information Seeking on the World Wide Web” Check it out! [Link from IAslash] August 31, 2001 at 11:36 AM Nick Finck A … Read more
News : September 2001 Ben Henick celebrates his site’s sixth birthday this last Saturday. Ok, time to send him cheezy email greeting cards… better yet, send him job offers. September 30, 2001 at 11:56 PM Nick Finck Matthew Haughey starts a new blog on bike riding called, of course, "Ride." Suddenly I feel like I … Read more
News : April 2002 A new issue of A List Apart is out. In this issue Zeldman explains DOCTYPEs and how to use them in his article “Fixing Your Site With the Right DOCTYPE” [from Zelman, of course] April 12, 2002 at 7:12 AM Nick Finck For those of you who live and thrive in … Read more
News : May 2002 Jeffrey Zeldman Presents turns 7 years old today. Congrats my good friend, mentor, and a man who just happens to be one of the Web’s greatest authors. May 31, 2002 at 12:32 PM Nick Finck Alan Herrell tells us that Matt Haughey, the creator of MetaFilter, has been profiled by PixelView. … Read more
News : June 2002 Eddie Traversa tells us that he is sponsoring the Life is But A Dream Contest, a Web site building contest ($/files/includes/10.css00 US first prize) based on XHTML standards. All entries must conform to either a XHTML 1.0 strict DTD, XHTML 1.1 DTD or alternatively can use an XML Schema. Check it … Read more
News : August 2002 SCENE 360 (an online magazine for film, art, music and literature) relaunches. The relaunch is packed with an exciting competition to win autographed CDs and posters of the alternative blues trio, Willderry Berry Band. You’ll also find film and art articles, Flash pieces, an online game, a new t-shirt design, and … Read more
News : September 2002 Luke Massman-Johnson tells me that he has redesigned his portfolio site. Luke came to me a while ago and told me he was inspired my my portfolio site‘s simple design and asked if he could make an interpretation of it. I decided to let him have the full design if he … Read more
News : October 2002 Wrapping up this month’s theme of User-Centered Design, we are happy to publish a review of Jesse James Garrett’s book, The Elements of the User Experience. Elisa K. Miller steps in as reviewer this month while James McNally returns from his honeymoon. Congrats James and thank you Elisa! See you next … Read more
News : November 2002 Jim Byrne writes an excellent and well-stated introductory article about Understanding web typography. All the key points are here including the whole serif vs. sans serif debate, cross-platform issues with fonts, font size and even image headers vs. text headers. This is a good read and well-worth a bookmark. [from LucDesk] … Read more
News : December 2002 Andy Cameron brings up some very good points in a small article entitled “Lay off the layout” that I think every Web Designer should read… especially if you have a formal design background or hail from the /files/includes/print.css side of graphic design. Wondering what “form vs. function” is all about? This … Read more
News : January 2003 From guuui.com’s Business-Centred Design article, “In traditional user-centred design, focus is on users January 31, 2003 at 8:02 AM Meryl K. Evans On Boxes and Arrows this week, David Heller explains why he believes HTML’s Time is Over. Let’s Move On. Now before you get ready to fire off some scathing … Read more
News : February 2003 Another issue of Digital Web Magazine is now online for your reading pleasure. In this issue Jesse Nieminen takes up the challenge of pitting Adobe’s GoLive 6 against Macromedia’s Dreamweaver MX is what is perhaps the most aggressive side-by-side comparison reviews of WYSIWYG editors on the Web. It’s a close match, … Read more
Nick Finck March 13, 2003 at /files/includes/10.css:53 PM Add to Delicious or Add to My Yahoo! Every year I post an entry containing links to people I was able to meet at SXSW, this year is no exception… I think I kept better track, but some names may have been missed (let me know if … Read more
News : March 2003 Fast Company has unveiled an elegant new design that uses valid XHTML and CSS, as well as accessibility conventions like access keys, abbr, and links. [from stopdesign] March 31, 2003 at 8:09 PM Craig Saila Jeremy Allaire shares his Conversation with Tim Berners Lee. [from TopStyle Blog] March 27, 2003 at … Read more
News : April 2003 Pixy makes some good points in his post on Web Graphics called “…to make real WYSIWYG editor.” One thing that should be pointed out was the TBL’s first web browser engine, Enquire (which will later evolve into the first web browser named “WWW“, note the “Edit” option in the menu) actually … Read more
News : May 2003 “Oranges? Oranges? Oranges and Graphic Design!”… It appears that The Chopping Block has redesigned their site. Despite laying off a lot of their talent in hard times, it appears they still have some design skills up their sleeves. (also see an old Digital Web Magazine interview with the team) [from Asterisk] … Read more
News : June 2003 Great minds think alike. Peter J. Bogaards (yes, that Peter) has decided to launch his own business, BogieLand which will focus on Information Design and Information Architecture. As for myself? I will neither confirm or deny any entrepreneurial endeavors during this harsh economy. June 30, 2003 at 6:/files/includes/10.css PM Nick Finck … Read more
News : July 2003 It’s the last week of July and we are experiencing record highs but that doesn’t mean work grinds to a halt. This week on Digital Web Magazine product review editor, Jesse Nieminen, returns with a great review Extensis Mask Pro 3, a powerful masking plug-in for Photoshop. Also, don’t forget about … Read more
News : August 2003 Mark Pilgrim offers a great definition of the difference between using HTML to style a document versus using CSS: “…because table-based layouts and FONT tags and spacer GIFs are an ongoing nightmare, while CSS is only an up-front nightmare.” August 29, 2003 at 11:06 AM Britt Parrott A huge thumbs up … Read more
News : September 2003 Toward a Weblogging Empire: Jason Calcanis is back – and what’s he doing now? Pushing Weblogs for Business, through his company WeblogsInc. It will be interesting to see where this little venture takes off – considering many have scoffed at the idea of making a big buck off a blog. September … Read more
News : October 2003 Good news for Linux users: There’s a great read on how to install Microsoft’s TrueType fonts on Linux October 31, 2003 at 9:31 PM Brandon Olejniczak I was going to mention this last night, but Blogger was having a severe issue: My good buddy and distant, long-lost relative of some form … Read more
News : November 2003 Today is Thanksgiving Day. I really don’t celebrate Thanksgiving for the turkey or even the U.S. and Native American history behind the holiday. I celebrate today in honor of all those who have given so much time, energy and overall commitment to this magazine. As you may or may not know, … Read more
News : December 2003 New Issue of Digital Web Magazine December 31, 2003 at 6:52 PM Nick Finck Happy New Year everyone! December 31, 2003 at 4:49 PM D. Keith Robinson Blogging for Business December 31, 2003 at 3:36 PM Nick Finck Andy Arikawa, of The Daily Flight, has put together a Year End PDF … Read more
News : January 2004 Call for Articles Digital Web Magazine is now accepting proposals for articles covering web design, web development, information architecture and the web industry in general. If you have an idea for an article and would like to write for us please contact the Editor. Be sure to include a short summary … Read more