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Something a little unusual in my weekly copy of the Economist: An article on the Semantic Web. While it’s probably too early to brand the Semantic Web as “Web 3.0”, it was heartening to read about how things are starting...continue reading »
It has been quiet around here, but no more! Allow me to interest you in a few fabulous links:continue reading »
We’re having a casual meetup next week, so if you can make it, leave a comment below! Date: Thursday, 6th March 2008 Time: 7:30pm Place: New York, New York, Citylink Mall (City Hall MRT Station)...continue reading »
Roger Johansson has yet again written an excellent article on how accessibility techniques are misused. And I just realised how pertinent that article is with regards to my note on accessibility in singapore websites. Of course, the PDF by Patrick...continue reading »
Anyone who knows me knows how much I love Digg. I read Digg semi-religiously, watch Diggnation, bought the T-shirt…you get the idea. I must, however question their decision to include intrusive ads on the homepage. Their flashing, fit-inducing gifs are...continue reading »
The recently-launched Email Standards Project endeavours to ‘to improve web standards support and accessibility in email’. As with the Web Standards Project, there is an Acid Test… for email clients which confirms my suspicions that Lotus Notes, even in its...continue reading »
The preliminary schedule for next year’s SXSW interactive festival (7-11 March) is out. Check out the listings. Can’t wait… Incidentally, anyone wants to join me for ETech (3-6 March) right before this?...continue reading »
NUS is hiring for its Second Life community. Wish they’d pay me well to play WoW....continue reading »
Accessibility has been in the news lately - with Target’s accessiblity lawsuit being given the class-action status. Now, lets take a look at what was missing in Target’s website that caused the complaint in the first place (summarized from the...continue reading »
Since the beginning of time, embedding Googlemaps or Yahoo! Maps has always been a royal pain the behind. Since Yahoo! doesn’t offer any maps of Singapore, we’ll only cover how to embed a Googlemap on to your website or blog....continue reading »
“Thanks to youtube, camera phones, podcasts and blogs - any ordinary person can report the news. Technology has empowered millions of citizen journalists to file scoops, fact check and expose mistakes. But it’s also harder to know who and what...continue reading »
Our neighbours have adopted the Open Document Format. Can Singapore move towards becoming vendor-agnostic and more user-centric? My personal opinion is that the Singapore government’s IT plans are often too vendor dependent. Don’t even get me started on our efforts...continue reading »
Good news: SXSW 2008 is now open for registration. Not so good news: The price has gone up a bit. See the rates. I’d say it’s about US$100 more expensive for the Interactive badge now. And I was hoping for...continue reading »
We just started a Facebook group. If you’re on Facebook, do join us :) Thanks to Coleman for taking the initiative....continue reading »
Dan Cederholm reports that the second edition of his book, Bulletproof Web Design, is out. To quote: This isn’t a giant update nor a new book entirely. Rather, it brings the examples in line with Internet Explorer 7 (which wasn’t...continue reading »
Hail to the chief. Web Standards hits mainstream media big time with a BusinessWeek interview with Jeffrey Zeldman. Sometimes, a worthy movement takes time to gain momentum. Then it reaches the tipping point. Hopefully, this type of publicity will bring...continue reading »
...is now a breeze thanks to [Syncotype](http://robgoodlatte.com/2007/07/31/syncotype-your-baselines/). Works on Opera 8+, IE 7, Ffox 1.5+, Safari 2-3. continue reading »
I came across an article on [negative margins](http://www.search-this.com/2007/08/01/the-positive-side-of-negative-margins/) this week and immediately realised how much potential they have which not many people use for. continue reading »
[Another tool to help you with web development](http://westciv.com/xray/). You would prefer this rather than [firebug](http://www.getfirebug.com/) to exactly see the Box Model of the element you click on. Firebug does not display right away the height, width of the element (only the specified height/width is displayed).continue reading »
Yahoo Developer Network has been going great guns giving us YUI and what not. Now they have unveiled a new tool for measuring and fixing your site's performance called [Yslow](http://developer.yahoo.com/yslow/).continue reading »