BurningbirdRecovered from the Wayback Machine. The popular Ajax library, script.aculo.us has a new look. It moves away from the traditional Ajax pastels into earthier tones, and uses four bubbles to represent four main menu areas. The site navigation is quite clear, and the information you would want is immediately apparent. I tested the site and it validates, […]
Recovered from the Wayback Machine. I wrote a post in Just Shelley about my reasons for dropping Burningbird. Chief among them is not having the energy to continue to ‘feed the monster’, as Sheila aptly puts it. What does feed the monster are posts such as this: over the top, sensationalist, faked outrage, petty bickering. There’s such […]
Recovered from the Wayback Machine. Over at ScriptTeaser a participation exercise where you can help pick what Ajaxian tech is hot, or not, for a weblog. Feel free to jump in, as opinions are not only welcome, they’re being actively recruited. I have one more for the list: The Ajax Bubble Popper. When enabled, any post that […]
Recovered from the Wayback Machine. I’m looking at all the possible areas where one can apply Ajaxian technologies to a weblog. Some uses strike me as just pushing the bits around for the fun of it. Others, such as my live preview for comments, seem to be so handy they’re worth having JavaScript turned on. […]
Recovered from the Wayback Machine. Karl Martino pointed out the 7 Reasons the 21st Century is Making you Miserable and I want to echo Karl: go read this. It’s raw, and it’s wonderfully annotated. There’s a lot of truth in the words: most of them humorous, most of them uncomfortable. Technology has enabled us to connect, but has it […]