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For and Against Microsoft Got something to say? Share your comments on this topic with other web professionals In: Articles By Joe Hewitt Published on May 29, 2000 Introduction I’ve been following the anti-Microsoft threads [on the WaSP mailing list] for some time, and feel the need to summarize what I feel are the reasons … Read more

The Four Best Web Design Books You May Have Missed Got something to say? Share your comments on this topic with other web professionals In: Reviews > Book Reviews By Karen Morrill-McClure Published on February 2, 2005 Back in the wild-and-wooly early days of Web design, everything was changing quickly and it seemed like a … Read more

Anyone for a Game of Cards? Got something to say? Share your comments on this topic with other web professionals In: Articles By Ruth Stalker-Firth Published on May 14, 2007 Everyone loves a game of cards. I was raised playing Whist for pennies and matches. Whatever the stakes, we ten-year-olds would play for hours, peering … Read more

Generating Dynamic CSS with PHP Got something to say? Share your comments on this topic with other web professionals In: Articles By Douglas Clifton Published on April 28, 2005 Introduction A frequently asked question on the popular css-discuss.org mailing list and archive is, “How do I store and reuse values in my style sheets?” I … Read more

Geoffrey Hiller Got something to say? Share your comments on this topic with other web professionals In: Interviews By Meryl K. Evans Published on March 19, 2002 Digital Web: How did you first get interested in photography? Have you had any formal education in photography? Geoffrey Hiller: I was 17. I studied for a year … Read more

Getting Mobile Got something to say? Share your comments on this topic with other web professionals In: Articles By Brian Fling Published on July 31, 2006 Long promised and way overdue, mobile technology is finally moving beyond telephone calls to become a fundamental of our technology-infused lives. In fact, mobile could very well transform how … Read more

Getting The Most Out Of Your Library Got something to say? Share your comments on this topic with other web professionals In: Articles By William Hicks Published on August 12, 2008 So I want to talk about libraries. No, not the JavaScript kind, the old ones—bricks, mortar, and books. Chances are that when you need … Read more

head Conference Q&A; with Aral Balkan Got something to say? Share your comments on this topic with other web professionals In: Interviews By Frances Berriman Published on October 7, 2008 Digital Web: Hi Aral and welcome to Digital Web. Could you tell us a little bit about who you are and what your background is? … Read more

Home Alone? How Content Aggregators Change Navigation and Control of Content Got something to say? Share your comments on this topic with other web professionals In: Articles By Joshua Porter Published on November 3, 2004 Jason Kottke is fantastic at aggregating content. Every time I read his latest list of links on Kottke.org, I find … Read more

How to Build a Green Business Got something to say? Share your comments on this topic with other web professionals In: Articles By John Reeve Published on February 19, 2008 In an age of inconvenient truths, global warming, and “green is good” messages in the mass media, Sustainability has become a popular catchphrase and the … Read more

How to Write Effective Mailing List Email. Got something to say? Share your comments on this topic with other web professionals In: Articles By Matt Haughey Published on December 28, 2001 With every passing day, increasing numbers of people are becoming web designers. One of the main forums for communication among web designers, both beginners … Read more

Hugh Forrest Got something to say? Share your comments on this topic with other web professionals In: Interviews By Meryl K. Evans Published on February 3, 2002 Digital Web: Tell us about your role with SXSW and how you first got involved. Hugh Forrest: There are presently three wings to South by Southwest (SXSW)–Music, Film, … Read more

By Joshua Kaufman Published on February 17, 2005 Both information architects and Web designers can be too presumptuous about what the other does. They’re continually putting each other into little boxes, trying to define each other’s role. On one hand, many Web designers don’t understand information architecture’s role within Web design. Designers think that information … Read more