Another nice piece like Lea. Why can’t I write about stuff like this?! Visit site »
If not for the municipal clusterfuck that apparently happened before I moved here, a futuristic monorail system would have opened last week, with two stops a stone’s throw from my apartment — thus making my neighborhood (which already includes the Space Needle and EMP) look even more like the town the Jetsons built. Eliza Truitt has some really great photos she took of the locations where monorail stops would have been.
I wasn’t here through the debate around it, but it strikes me as really sad this project never happened. Would have been sooo cool. We are set to get light rail in 2008, though, so that will be nice. Sadly, it won’t come too close to my apartment — although I can always take the existing 1962 World’s Fair monorail over to Westlake, which will be a light rail station. Visit site »
Stuart responded to the same Alex Russell piece I did, only less positively. Stuart makes good counter-arguments to many of Alex’s points. Alex then shows up in the comments and the two politely debate back and forth — it’s a really great discussion. The conclusion? Stuart seems to be coming around to many of Alex’s ideas.
It’s tough to talk openly in this community about things that aren’t “compliant.” The second you mention trying something outside of the standards world, you get clubbed with the giant Internet stick, even if you’re a standards advocate 95% of the time. I’m glad people are starting to talk openly about what’s really important — innovation and moving forward — rather than just about how we can all fall in line and *be compliant all the damn time. Visit site »
WHOOPS DID I DO THAT IN PUBLIC?!
This list is awesome. I added my own in the comments. Visit site »
OFFF hoyboy.
Ohh, look at the @sushimonster‘s new avatar. Cute!
Say “fuck standards” and most people agree with you. Say “CSS frameworks are cool!” and people fly off the handle. Baffling.
My former co-worker James ahres his insights on some of the stuff we’ve been discussing here at JeffCroft.com. Gotta say, I sort of hate how James always manages to come off as such a level-headed dude in his blog posts. If only you guys could see what he’s like in real life…
Just teasing, James. :)
Kind of. Visit site »