-
Big Krizz Kaliko
-
Tech N9ne
-
Miss New Booty 2006 Contest
-
Miss New Booty 2006 Contest
-
Well, it's true!
-
Skatterman and Snug Brim
-
Skatterman and Snug Brim
-
Frameworks are passing
A blogger wonders if your favorite pet framework will be gone by the time you get around to your next project. Adrian points out that having several large media companies depending on Django (many via Ellington) means there are people whose jobs involve maintaining Django. This should help give it more stability than many open source software projects.
Visit -
Zen and the art of Ruby programming: Django is great
“Python has a few nice web frameworks, but I’ve fallen in love for Django.” and “The template system allows designers to define the UI without having to know how to program in Python.” Yup.
Visit -
“Hey Ya” acoustic cover
Awesome. I love this. And the video, albeit simple, works really well, too. Thanks, James.
Visit -
On the wall at the Sandbar
-
On the wall at the Sandbar
-
The B-List: Let’s talk about accessibility
James Bennett’s take on accessibility clearly outlines what accessibility is, and perhaps more importantly, what it is now.
Visit -
DreamHost Blog » YOU C@#KS#CK’N SPAMMERS!
Oh man, you have to listen to these voicemails that came into Dreamhost. Hilarious. “Yer gonna get what I’m giving to ya, shitass!”
Visit -
Powazek: Love and Penguins
Derek relays a beautiful story of lifelong love. Absolutely charming. One wonders why there are not pictures of this delightful event.
Visit -
Why designers don’t contribute to open source
Pretty accurate, I’d say. I actually think the open source projects that don’t have a ringleader are the ones that often suffer from terrible design. See both Python and Rails for examples of beautifully designed OSS projects that have strong leadership. See PHP and most early Linux desktop UIs for examples of ones that don’t. Good design is almost never done by committee. A certain level of dictatorship is almost always required.
Visit -
Volkswagen IROC Concept
The IROC will make it into production by late 2008, and will bring the classic Scirocco brand back into the VW lineup. This is really, really hot. I want one. Now.
Visit -
Accessibility follow-up
Four days later, my previous post on accessibility continues to generate a lot of discussion. That’s a good thing. Unfortunately (and really, unsurprisingly), some of the more zealous members of the accessibility community found a way to manipulate my comments into things I didn’t actually say. Thankfully, some of the more level-headed accessibility mavens understood what I was getting at.
So, as a follow-up, I just want to reiterate my original points, remove the extraneous ranting, and see if I can’t make myself perfectly clear. Please do read on…
More -
Hamm On Wry » Blog Archive » Accessibility Knobs
“A part of the problem of accessibility mavens who whine…lies in confusing Accessibility, i.e. being able to access content, with personal comfort.” A-freaking-men.
Visit -
.Mac’s slow death
The folks that call for .Mac’s death are usually the same folks that don’t use it’s one killer feature: syncing. While I completely agree that the web apps that are part of .Mac are way behind the times and need to catch up, there is nothing else that keeps my five Macs in perfect sync at all times — and that’s worth every penny of my $100 per year.
Visit -
All these cables go to my office.
-
All these cables go to my office.
-
John Brown as Jayhawk
-
John Brown as Jayhawk
-
Of snakes and rubies; Or why I chose Python over Ruby
Nice blog post from a former Rails developer who has switched to Python. He outlines various reasons, but the two biggest are performance (Ruby is slow) and library support (Python has a lot more).
Visit -
Daniel Mall: Typobituaries
It’s about time someone finally called for an end to Bank Gothic and Eurostile!
Visit -
jacobian.org : Pronouncement
In light of Guido’s pronouncement, Django lead dev Jacob Kaplan-Moss spekas on tech community holy wars, and especially how they relate to his view of marketing Django. Great post.
Visit -
The Science of Word Recognition
Looks like an interesting article on word recognition. I’ve not read it yet, but I plan to! From Nathan.
Visit -
Web Design World Videos
Google videos showing WDW presentations from such supahstahs as Jeff Veen and Andy Clarke.
Visit -
Top 10 Flickr Cameras
It really surprises me that eight of the top ten cameras used on Flickr are digital SLRs. O f the remaining two, one is a “prosumer” model and one is an ultracompact. I’m surprised there aren’t more point-and-shoots on the list.
Visit -
I don't know what this was…
-
DJay: A new turntable emulation Mac app
This thing is far from perfect, but for a free app that just getting started, there’s a lot to like here! Plays you MP3s (or other digital audio files) on a turntable-like UI. Fun stuff.
Visit -
A List Apart: Your About Page Is a Robot
A cute, fun, and oh-so-true little article by Erin Kissane on the state of about pages on the web today — and, of course, how to make yours suck less.
Visit -
NorthTemple.com
Found in my referrers, this is one sexy looking tumblelog. Love it.
Visit -
Django adds built-in search
Django gets a built-in search API! I’ve been calling for this since the first Django site I built. I’ve not actually tried it yet, and I expect that this, the first commit, isn’t perfect — but it’s a sight for sore eyes, nonetheless. Way to go, guys.
Visit -
Has accessibility been taken too far?
There’s something I’ve been thinking about for a while but have a been hesitant to post, for fear of it being taken the wrong way, and fear of me being labeled as insensitive. But I’ve finally decided to just put it out there. I’ll be careful with my wording and try my best not to offend, but I can’t promise anything.
I’m concerned about the state of accessibility in our industry. I’m concerned that the web is being limited creatively by a growing crop of accessibility and usability zealots that, in my personal opinion, over-complicate the matter.
Has accessibility been taken too far?
More -
Electronista | Malik: Apple should acquire YouTube
Worst. Idea. Ever.
Visit -
Web Inspector Gains New Eyes for Metrics, Properties
WebKit’s inspector now supports a sweet box model visual representation and some other goodies. It looks like us web developers who prefer Safari may not have to keep Firefox and Firebug around for debugging all that much longer…
Visit -
Top 10 most beautiful cellphones
Pretty good list. That Black Diamond would place number one for me, but the $300,000 price tag sort of ruins it. What I think would be really beautiful would be a RAZR-sized device, but with the QWERTY that slides out from the side (a la the HTC designs), running S60 or Windows Mobile 5. That gets me hot.
Visit -
Brian Ford: Rains on a Mother@!$%#in’ Parade
“The time is now 12:00 PM on Saturday, August 19th, 2006. I have yet to see Snakes on a Plane. Not only have I not seen it — I have absolutely no interest in doing so: I am a mother@!$%#in’ party pooper.” Well, at least he admits he’s a party popper. :)
Visit
Jeff Croft
I’m a digital product designer and developer in Seattle, WA. I currently work with Simply Measured, and recently co-founded Lendle, a Kindle book sharing service.
Some of my past clients include Facebook, Microsoft, Yahoo!, Copious, The New York Review of Books, Django, The Lawrence Journal-World, and the University of Washington.
I’ve authored two books on web and interactive design and spoken at dozens of conferences around the world.
Filter content
August 2006
August 2006
| Su | Mo | Tu | We | Th | Fr | Sa |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 | 31 | 01 | 02 | 03 | 04 | 05 |
| 06 | 07 | 08 | 09 | 10 | 11 | 12 |
| 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 |
| 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 |
| 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 01 | 02 |
By content type
By tag
- webdesign 1072 (100%)
- jeffcroft 1048 (98%)
- party 869 (81%)
- design 858 (80%)
- webprogramming 533 (50%)
- apple 444 (41%)
- django 437 (41%)
- humor 405 (38%)
- blueflavor 374 (35%)
- music 364 (34%)
- worldonline 337 (31%)
- phone 326 (30%)
- python 321 (30%)
- css 309 (29%)
- haleycroft 305 (28%)
- mac 300 (28%)
- technology 278 (26%)
- sports 238 (22%)
- business 225 (21%)
- journalism 203 (19%)
- video 198 (18%)
- osx 196 (18%)
- typography 193 (18%)
- software 185 (17%)
- sprint 148 (14%)