March 2006 Archives

• 29 Mar 2006

  Internet Adoption Plateaus in North America; Dependency Continues to Grow

  While internet adoption may be slowing, dependence on it continues to grow , according to the latest Ipsos Insight's latest study, The Face of the Web.

• 28 Mar 2006

  Nice Collection of CSS sites

  A fairly deep, well-curated collection of CSS layout and tutorial sites: Layout-palooza : Top CSS Layout Download Sites, Hacks, Galleries and Tricks from eConsultant. Too bad it doesn't have an RSS feed to notify users if/when new links are added.

• 28 Mar 2006

  Usability for Geezers

  Tips on improving usability for web users aged 60+. Improve Usability for Older Users [Usability and Information Architecture].

• 25 Mar 2006

  Rounded Corners Reloaded

  A big list of tutorials on CSS rounded corners CSS Rounded Corners 'Roundup' from Smiley Cat Web Design. Added 26 March 2006: Generate anti-aliased rounded corners using CSS only without images or javascript using Spiffy Corners.

• 22 Mar 2006

  Latest Version of NetNewsWire Lite Released

  Just announced: Ranchero Software: NetNewsWire Lite 2.1b18 released today...

• 22 Mar 2006

  Publish and Prosper: Blogging for Your Business

  I had the great pleasure of being a co-panelist with DL Byron at last week's SXSW panel, "Does Your Blog Have a Business?". A designer and entrepreneur, he has co-authored...

• 20 Mar 2006

  Blog Boo-Boo

  A quick note of thanks to Derek Sisson of Site Design: Designing in Quality for pointing out a typo (potfolio) in my Works section. Note to self: updating a site at 4am is not a good idea.

• 14 Mar 2006

  SXSWi 2006: Does Your Blog Have a Business

  Thanks to those of you who attended the panel. And thanks, too, for the copious notes from the panel discussion from Rands in Repose and Auscillate! I also wanted to provide the link to Clay Shirky's essay on Situated Software...

• 10 Mar 2006

  SXSWi 2006: Day Zero

  Austin, TX, March 10. I almost had a good night's sleep after having arrived in Austin, March 9 feeling wired and sleep-deprived from having just taken an out-of-state trip the day before. "Almost" because my hotel decided to test the alarm system early in the morning...

• 10 Mar 2006

  MSFT Origami

  Microsoft finally released official product shots of the much-ballyhooed Ultra-Mobile PC (aka Origami Project). Ultra compact computing: great idea. Execution: butt-ugly...

• 7 Mar 2006

  Economics: The Abridged Version

  I don't really watch SNL. However, I do remember one skit in particular with Father Guido Sarducci on Economics 101. Basically, according to him, all you need to know about economics can be summed up by the laws of supply and demand. Joel Spolsky has come up with an equally funny lesson on how to set pricing for your software: Joel on Software - Camels and Rubber Duckies...

• 6 Mar 2006

  The Case for Simplification

  Complexity causes 50% of product returns, according to scientist Elke den Ouden in her thesis findings. On average, American consumers spend about 20 minutes trying to figure out how to work a new device before they give up...

• 6 Mar 2006

  Sitening SEO Tools

  Free SEO tools from Sitening SEO Tools

• 5 Mar 2006

  Sanscons Icon Set

  Nicely executed bitmap icons for general web/blog functions are available for free download and use at Sanscons: SOME RANDOM DUDE. Aside from being free, these icons' background colors can easily be customized via CSS. Nice work!...

• 1 Mar 2006

  SimplifierLab's RSS Feed

  For some reason, my FeedBurner feed started acting up and kept prompting subscribers for a username and password so I switched to FeedBlender to manage my aggregated blog feed. Somehow I wound up with the feed number 666....

• 1 Mar 2006

  DIY Tag Cloud

  ZoomClouds offers a fuss-free way of incorporating a tag cloud into your blog/site....