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Web Standards for E-books

Wed, 03/10/2010 - 04:35 — Anonymous
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E-books aren’t going to replace books. E-books are books, merely with a different form. More and more often, that form is ePub, a format powered by standard XHTML. As such, ePub can benefit from our nearly ten years’ experience building standards-compliant websites. That's great news for publishers and standards-aware web designers. Great news for readers, too. Our favorite genius, Joe Clark, explains the simple why and how.

Flash and Standards: The Cold War of the Web

Wed, 03/10/2010 - 04:35 — Anonymous
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You’ve probably heard that Apple recently released the iPad. The absence of Flash Player on the device seems to have awakened the HTML5 vs. Flash debate. Apparently, it’s the final nail in the coffin for Flash. Either that, or the HTML5 community is overhyping its still nascent markup language update. The arguments run wide, strong, and legitimate on both sides. Yet both sides might also be wrong. Designer/developer Dan Mall is equally adept at web standards and Flash; what matters, he says, isn't technology, but people.

Why California Is Doomed

Wed, 03/10/2010 - 03:30 — Anonymous
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California is doomed for two simple but profound reasons: the cost structure is too high for most businesses to survive, and a boom-dependent economy.

Ryan And The Zonkers

Wed, 03/10/2010 - 02:05 — Anonymous
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Stupid health care tricks versus serious action.

Health Care Resurrection

Wed, 03/10/2010 - 01:46 — Anonymous
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Hey, where was this impressive guy Obama last year?

TEDTalks : Gary Lauder's new traffic sign: Take Turns - Gary Lauder (2010)

Wed, 03/10/2010 - 01:39 — Anonymous
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Fifty percent of traffic accidents happen at intersections. Gary Lauder shares a brilliant and cheap idea for helping drivers move along smoothly: a new traffic sign that combines the properties of "Stop" and "Yield" -- and asks drivers to be polite.

On Shaky Physics

Tue, 03/09/2010 - 23:33 — Anonymous
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In which Hugo is lost

Tue, 03/09/2010 - 19:00 — Anonymous
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they could have been looking for ANYONE named Hugo

It’s been One Too Many Mornings

Tue, 03/09/2010 - 18:46 — Anonymous
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My friend Mike Mohan is a filmmaker. We went to film school together, worked on projects for each other, and both got jobs in the industry when we graduated — in fact he’s got one of the coolest breaking-in stories around:
I started out as an intern at Fox Searchlight Pictures. I actually got that job [...]

CC-licensed online education package wins AIMIA Award

Tue, 03/09/2010 - 18:02 — Anonymous
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We just found out that the Budd:e e-security education package published by the Department of Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy won the Best Children's interactive media and digital content category at 2010 AIMIA Awards.