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The Boston T Party I attended my first TypeCon last summer. This year, as luck would have it, the conference is happening August 9-13th at the Hyatt Regency in downtown Boston. They’ve got an interim website up (by Boston’s Stolze Design) with more in the works for later this month. read more: Where's the data? There is a wealth of information on the web, presented in many cases by an impressive set of well-designed websites that enable a casual user to find and interpret the data easily. However, most websites only present the 'presentation layer' of the data to a user, i.e., rendered HTML. Very few websites allow direct access to the data behind the presentation layer. Some do an admirable job. Amazon offers Amazon Web Services, allowing third parties to build completely new storefronts on top of Amazon. InfoWorld's headlines are available as RSS feeds, allowing integration of the data into another website or application. However, for the most part, access to the raw data behind the web pages is not available, and people rely on screen scrapers, such as HTML Scraper to try to gain access to the data. read more: Building a Wine Finder website An ongoing project of mine has been to create a 'wine finder' website. This will allow people to search for wine using a variety of methods. Example queries might be 'What wines are produced that contain Cabernet Pfeffer?', 'Which wineries produced a Bien Nacido Vineyard Syrah in 1998?' or 'What wines that received a 90+ rating in both Wine Enthusiast and Wine Spectator are available online for < $30?'. To support queries like this, I needed to create a relational database to store information about wine.This seems fairly straightforward at first. The 2000 Franciscan Oakville Estate Chardonnnay Napa Valley has 4 data elements - the vintage (2000), the producer/brand (Franciscan Oakville Estate), the varietals used (Chardonnay), and the appellation (Napa Valley). However, things can get a bit more complicated.(continued...) read more: Georgian revival International Herald Tribune: Quirky serifs aside, Georgia fonts win on Web. The thesis of the article is that, because of its use in some fairly high profile redesigns (the New York Times website among others), the font Georgia is undergoing a comeback. A slim thread on which to hang an article, particularly when you consider that Georgia has been the font of this blog since at least its redesign in January 2004 (the original custom CSS design used Verdana or Helvetica, depending on availability, as my old stylesheet reveals). It is sad, as Dave Shea at Mezzoblue notes, that there is practically speaking only a pool of eight or nine fonts through which we can rotate for web typography. In this vein, I have to go back and give Hakon Lie partial credit for at least trying to move the ball forward on web typography, as wrongheaded as he was about the business model implications of what he proposed. read more: New Releases for March 8th There's a new Tiny Showcase up today. If I hadn't been spending all of my free time on the new site, I would have told you about these new releases: 50 Cent's Massacre, 50 Ft. Wave's Golden Ocean, Ash's Meltdown, Boom Bip's Blue Eyed In The Room, Decibully's Sing Out America,Kasabian's debut (read Leslie's review), The Kills No Wow, Paint It Black's Paradise and Sam Prekop Who's Your New Professor. The last one was my personal pick of the week - Paul's got a review on 75 or Less. I forgot to me mention it last week, but The Rutles 2 came out on DVD. We're about to wrap up the contest - get yourself signed up. Here's a true store about Ash's old record label, Kinetic. They once begged me for months on end to run a contest. I'm serious - they sent me a weekly email like "We love your site and we would do anything to set up a promo with you." They eventually came up with a contest that was really cool. The prize was great - limited edition, signed - everything that makes a nice prize. They told me they would send me the prize after the contest was over. They, of course, never did. Wouldn't respond to my emails, wouldn't acknowlege that I was alive. Very classy move. So I became bitter and vowed never to trust anyone in the music industry (well, except for the good guys - you know who you are) ever again and started an art website. The end. read more: New Releases for February 22nd
Ten for February 22ndOnce again, I tried to narrow dozens of good releases down to just ten. Wasn't easy, but I think it's a pretty good snapshot. I would have had them up last night, but I felt sick from writing code for Tiny Showcase. The site launches in one week.
read more: My new website I've got a confession to makeThe lack of updates on this site is not entirely due to the fact that I've been working like crazy.Somewhere towards mid-February, I was sitting in a long, semi-drawn-out meeting when this crazy vision popped into my head. Now, ideas like this pop into my brain all the time. More often than not they involve insurance scams. I usually dismiss them within ten minutes. This one wouldn't go away though - partially due to the fact that I was stuck in a meeting with nothing else to think about, but mostly because I got the feeling that this was a genuinely great idea. It stuck with me and wouldn't go away.So, I started coding. Code code and more code. And, as I kept writing code, the project seemed to make more and more sense. I've gotten to the point where I'm almost there - I can see the end product and I'm feeling pretty good about it. So, I've decided to set a project launch date.I am telling you this partially to evoke interest in my new website, but also to keep myself on track. I've integrated a journal so you can see how I'm doing. Tiny Showcase launches March 1st, 2005. I hope you'll like it.read more: New Releases for February 15th
Five for February 15thAs catbirdseat has already stated, it's tough concentrating on this week's releases when next week looks so massively promising. Here are a few notables though. If none of them catch your eye, check out the Rutles 2 DVD giveaway we just kicked off (for those of you who are reading this via RSS, you're gonna need to open the website in an actual browser - sorry).
read more: CMC Sound Adventures receives Applied Arts design award The CMC website Sound Adventures has received Applied Arts magazine's best information and educational site award in its Advertising & Design Annual. Canadian Music Centre is recognized for its work on Sound Adventure, an educational web site designed in collaboration with ecentricarts.This year, the Applied Arts Advertising & Design Annual celebrates its 14th year and status as Canada's most prestigious design competition. The annual competition receives thousands of entries from Canada, the U.S. and beyond, in six main categories: advertising, design, tv/video, editorial designand digitalmedia. An international expert panel of 30 judges decided winners. The Annual is available now on selected newsstands in Canada and the U.S.and online at www.appliedartsmag.com. read more: Jolt Award Finalist We've just learned that both Head First Design Patterns and Head First Servlets and JSP are 2005 Jolt Award Finalists. read more: Hell freezes over: Consumer Report likes the Mac Consumer Report (as reported in MacWorld) gives Apple high marks for tech support satisfaction and hardware reliability: "In this atmosphere of low expectations, Apple Computer has actually raised its support satisfaction for the desktop computers over the past three years to levels well above all competitors, while offering the most reliable desktop hardware." While I'm not the biggest fanof Consumer Report because I don't shop in "best value" mode and I find their ratings always seem a bit utilitarian, not understanding the emotional aspects of product design, it is nevertheless good to see Apple get some well deserved credit. CR was also wise to noticethe pervasiveness of viruses and spyware on PCs versus the Mac. At this point, most of the people I interact with are on Macs (a huge change in the last 3 years), even my parents are going back and dumping their PC. If you're considering a new PC purchase, take some time to look into the Mac, once you make the commitment you'll never look back. read more: Head First Design Patterns #1 O'Reilly book Head First Design Patterns has finished the week as the top selling book at O'Reilly. Of the top 20 O'Reilly books, the Head First series has captured four of the top spots (not too shabby considering there are ONLY four Head First books).  read more: Play Rachel Stevens The lovely Rachel Stevens, formerly from S Club, has added a new game on her official website for her new single So Good. Play the memory game at:www.rachelstevensofficial.com read more: Idol Fan Site Shuts Down A website claiming to have developed a technique to reveal which contestants will be voted off Am... [in ContactMusic Ltd read more: Northern Chamber Orchestra Concert Wednesday 26th November 2003 at 7.30pm Bowdon Rooms, The Firs, Bowdon, Manchester.
The Northern Chamber Orchestra, led by its Artistic Director Nicholas Ward, will perform Alan Bush's English Suite for String Orchestra in Manchester on 26th November, in a programme of music for strings spanning 200 years. Formed in 1967, the NCO has a formidable reputation throughout the North West of England. Playing without a conductor, the ensemble members are all distinguished musicians who play as principals with other orchestras and regularly appear as soloists. In 1994 the NCO recorded Bush's English Suite - one of his more important works - on a CD for Redcliffe Recordings, Music by Alan Bush. You can listen to the Passacaglia movement on the Listen section of the website. Full programme: Mozart: Divertimento in F Rossini: String Sonata no 2 in A Tchaikovsky: Serenade Tickets: £12 Adults, £5 Concessions (Students, Children and Unwaged) NCO Box Office 0161 247 2220 read more: Web Design & Development> OverviewWeb development incorporates all areas of creating a Web site for the World Wide Web. This includes Web design (graphic design, XHTML, CSS, usability and semantics), programming, content management, marketing, testing and deployment. The term can also specifically be used to refer to the "back end", that is, programming and server administration. ref: Wikipedia: Web Development read more: Web Site Maintenance OverviewWhen web site is published on the Internet, the web site need to be monitored, evaluated, reviewed and updated. Maintenance of a web site starts with the owners intention to publish a web site, then it focus on its users needs, habits and preference, which is why the web site is published in the first place, to give its visitors useful information. A web site also promotes image and reputation of its owner whether it is a company, a brand name, a product or service, an individual or a community. Having to stumble into an out-dated information on a web site will, more often than not, frustrate a visitor. An out-of-date web site, be it for its content or design speaks for itself about its owner. read more: Image and Online Success and The Importance of Good Design Having a good looking site isn't everything but definitely crucial in the overall scheme when branding your company. read more: Why have a website? Many companies throughout the world today are operating their business with no website. When the internet keeps moving forward and advancing, your business needs to advance as well. If companies do not own or operate an online business as well as a physical business, they will lose out on sales and additional profits. read more: 5 Reasons Why Headlines Are Crucial To Your Website's Success How to sell more of anything via effective, cheap, useful, fruitful and intelligent advertising. Specific strategies to increase your sales in any type of business, online or off, without spending a fortune on copywriting. read more: 7 Steps to Set Your Website on the Fast Track to Success A website means a dynamic marketing plan. To court success a website must be promoted well and deliver all that it promises. read more: Let's Design A Website That Sells Designing a website to market you products on the Internet read more: Top Five Reasons to do a Website Redesign Top five reasons why you may need a website redesign. Helps you think about why your website is not producing the kind of revenue return you deserve. read more: Latest Web Design Articles at ArticleGeek.com Read the latest Web Design Articles from ArticleGeek.com read more: Use Creative Tools for Effective Website Redesigns This article discusses the use of creative tools to plan a website redesign. It shows you how to take advantage of your staffs' diverse talents and skills. read more: Plasticpilots: News from all Over Alex has a nice interface here, that aggregates news from a number of design related sites (many of which have resources listed here). He also has a program that features well-designed sites, one anyone can submit entries too. Lots of great stuff at PP. read more: Want a Simple Way to Save Time and Money? Save money and time by adding a Frequently Asked Questions page to your website. I absolutely love how Rachel McApline describes how having a website... read more: Client and Designer Roles in Web Design Clients and web designers must understand their individual roles in making sure that a website will succeed. For a website to be effective, the business... read more: Realign Your Website Instead of Redesigning it Realigning your website to your strategy is more beneficial than redesigning. It is absolutely essential to understand the concept... read more: Do You Have a Website Strategy? A quick and simple way to create a website strategy to accomplish your website goals. Before you ever think about building a website there are two things... read more: Three Steps to a Great Website Matt Cutts' three step process to a great rankings in the search engines and success out of your website.I agree with Matt on his "3 step process"... read more: News.com.au This just in: standards-oriented design continues to speed sites, increase intelligence. Bonzer! read more: Huntington Banks Nice design, decent markup. Somebday ought to put this one in a CSS vault. read more: Web Standards Workshop A straightforward, yet very effective overview of Web standards. Covers markup, HTML and XHTML, semantics, accessibility, and CSS (in great detail). An excellent place to start your journey towards modern Web design best practices, highly recommended. read more: W3 Compliant Sites If your design meets W3C standards by using semantic and valid markup, separates presentation from structure and content, and incorporates accessibility features, then submit it here to be listed with other developers who have gone the extra mile. read more: The Weekly Standards There are plenty of Web design and development sites out there, both personal and professional, with clean, structured markup and standards-based designs. But how often do you see corporate sites doing this? This site showcases a few each month. read more: Digital Web: Standards Contributed articles by many recognized design and development professionals. read more: Web Standards Awards The Web Standards Awards aims to promote Web site design using W3C standards by seeking out and highlighting the finest standards-compliant sites on the Internet. read more: Evaluating Website Accessibility A three-part series of articles targeting non-experts. Part one covers some background and suggests some tools, part two presents a list of checkpoints and how to use the tools, and part three explains what cannot be achieved through software automation. read more: Skills for Access If this site isn't a testament to beautiful design, and advocating, demonstrating and teaching accessibility, then I don't know of a better example. Also covers multimedia accessibility: Flash, Shockwave and external viewers. Great resource, thanks RJ. read more: Digital Web: Accessibility Contributed articles by various recognized design, usability and accessibility professionals. read more: Building Accessible Websites An online serialization of the classic book on accessible Web site design. read more: Designing and Understanding Accessible WWW Pages The 5 first steps for designing accessible Web sites. Those who design and construct web sites can do a great deal to ensure universal access to their sites. read more: Dive Into Accessibility A comprehensive 30 day guide to making your website more accessible. read more: Designing URIs Although you may have never thought of it as "design" (I do), it is important to carefully think about site structure and how URIs to different resources are related. Failure to do so can come back and haunt you. I speak from experience. read more: Soup to Nuts Learn how to build a CSS-based layout from start to finish. From design in-flight, which used to be a pay-for PDF magazine only. Nice to finally add some of Nathan's work to this portfolio. 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