BurningbirdPPK, writer of QuirksMode, has a panel proposal in at SxSW I wanted to point out to those of you attending. PPK is well known in the JavaScript circles and someone I respect for his good, commonsense approach to web page development–particularly with JavaScript. Yes, I am pointing you to a competitor, because he’s worth being pointed to […]
Recovered from the Wayback Machine. Perhaps at SxSW, PPK can convince the new horde of Ajax developers to stop acting as if that they’ve invented the technology, all squeaky new. Via link from Ajaxian, the concept of ‘transparent’ messages from Humanized. Issues of accessibility and usability aside–been there, done that, wrote the book (page 240 to be exact).
Recovered from the Wayback Machine. From the new Pew Survey on future of the internet: A low-cost global network will be thriving and creating new opportunities in a “flattening” world. Humans will remain in charge of technology, even as more activity is automated and “smart agents” proliferate. However, a significant 42% of survey respondents were pessimistic […]
Recovered from the Wayback Machine. Frontforge has a set of Ajax evaluation criteria that look, at first glance, quite good until you drill down into each item. Since the page is created in such a way that I can’t right-mouse button copy text in order to make quotes (and breaks in Safari to boot), you’ll have […]
Recovered from the Wayback Machine. I think Web 2.0 is killing Web 1.0. I think there’s a ‘young eating their parent’ thing going on. Amazon has been using its resources to put out S3 and the new video service at the same time that the company’s bread & butter online store seems to be taking […]