Ma.gnolia: jeffrey zeldman's Bookmarks

CakePHP on IIS6 with FastCGI, SQL Server 2005, and ISAPI_Rewrite (Articles) | The Bakery, Everything CakePHP

2008-07-25T07:29:32-07:00

A detailed walkthrough on how to set up and configure a fast, stable PHP 5.x environment on Windows Server 2003 for CakePHP.

Between Two Oceans | Across America

2008-07-25T05:58:41-07:00

Andy Clarke's beautifully designed site for a father-and-son trip across the USA.

New in Basecamp: Improved color customizer

2008-07-24T06:41:45-07:00

No longer needing to know "weird, obscure" hexadecimal codes doesn't matter to web designers, but the live color picker is a genuine improvement. Live UI changes always beat "enter value, hit save, hit reload."

Legislative Action Center: Fight the Orphan Works Bills

2008-07-23T06:15:04-07:00

The Orphan Works Bills will remove copyright from our works and works we've done on behalf of clients. For U.S. artists and writers, this site makes it easy to communicate with members of Congress. There is also help for international artists and colleagues oversea.

Dangerbird Records Site Prototype

2008-07-22T09:52:21-07:00

Flash-based beta site prototyping platform.

The Most Public Index | The News is NowPublic.com

2008-07-22T07:23:02-07:00

"This is The MostPublic Index, a detailed barometer of the most public news influencers of today’s digital world. It illustrates how a new breed of influencer is shaping the media environment and what’s heard by the general population." Hat tip: Mike Browne.

Jeffrey Zeldman | The News is NowPublic.com

2008-07-22T06:19:37-07:00

This account has been set up for Jeffrey Zeldman by NowPublic because he is a member of the Most Public Index for New York City. The feed is a combination of information from his feeds and photos and videos others have posted of Jeffrey.

InfoQ: Internet Explorer 6 on its way out (or not)?

2008-07-21T11:50:05-07:00

Like it says.

Refacing Facebook | Creativity Online

2008-07-21T08:17:32-07:00

"As we went to press on the June issue, the social network was readying a redesign. Industry leaders told (and showed) us how they'd like to see it, but now we've got a look at the new deal."

WordPress 2.6

2008-07-21T06:31:05-07:00

Cool new features and smart incremental improvements.

Jumpchart: No more wireframes, sitemaps, or HTML mockups

2008-07-19T17:35:03-07:00

This actually looks pretty cool. Product replaces wireframes with interactive pages.

Uncomfortable Answers to Questions on the Economy - NYTimes.com

2008-07-19T17:23:45-07:00

Something has clearly gone wrong with the economy. But how bad are things, really? And how bad might they get before better days return?

Op-Ed Columnist - Yes We Can - Op-Ed - NYTimes.com

2008-07-19T15:39:32-07:00

When exactly was it that the U.S. became a can’t-do society?

Opera Web Standards Curriculum

2008-07-17T14:08:17-07:00

Learning Web Standards just got easier. Opera's new Web Standards Curriculum, released in association with the Yahoo! Developer Network, is a complete course to teach you standards-based web development, including HTML, CSS, design principles and background theory, and JavaScript basics. It already has support from many organizations (including Yahoo! and the Web Standards Project) and universities. The first 23 articles are currently available, with about 30 more to be published between now and late September.

These things I believe. « Not The User’s Fault

2008-07-17T12:20:35-07:00

"Open-source software needs better user-interface design in order to take over the world."

Building the Web, One Spec at a Time | arunerblog

2008-07-17T04:20:29-07:00

Anyone that thinks the web is standing still while proprietary models out-maneuver us ought to be disabused of that notion.

Field-Tested Books Live in NYC

2008-07-16T14:16:34-07:00

Meet me Monday, July 28 at 7pm on the rooftop of The Delancey on the Lower East Side, with Michael Beirut, Steven Heller, Jason Santa Maria, John Gruber, Jim Coudal, and more.

Computing Community Consortium

2008-07-14T09:20:15-07:00

The Computing Community Consortium supports the computing research community in creating compelling research visions and the mechanisms to realize these visions. And steals layouts from A List Apart.

Apple - MobileMe - Setup - iPhone/iPod touch (Mac)

2008-07-14T04:21:41-07:00

How to set up MobileMe on an iPhone.

Summarized Cinema: Science Movies Explained in a Sentence

2008-07-13T08:13:50-07:00

2001: A Space Odyssey - A slab of onyx and a singing computer get two astronauts in hot water.

WestCiv CSS Wiki - Browsers

2008-07-07T19:11:41-07:00

Browser bugs driving you mad? Then, hopefully, we have the cure. At this browser guide, you can find (and contribute) detailed information about browser bugs in CSS, HTML and the DOM from Internet Explorer, Netscape 4 and up!

Dior in Paris

2008-07-03T07:49:52-07:00

Photo: Jean-Luce Huré for The New York Times.

superbiate.com

2008-07-01T10:43:00-07:00

Portrait photography of George Del Barrio, an extraordinary talent.

First photo of Happy Cog's new New York studio

2008-07-01T04:25:00-07:00

First photo of new home of New York office of Happy Cog Studios, high atop Fifth Avenue, overlooking Gramercy Park, Kip's Bay, and Murray Hill, NYC.

Amid Policy Disputes, Qaeda Grows in Pakistan - NYTimes

2008-06-30T04:37:25-07:00

Just as it had on the day before 9/11, Al Qaeda now has a band of terrorist camps from which to plan and train for attacks against Western targets, including the United States.

Next: Innovation Tools & Trends An Event Apart Boston: Moving Towards a Web Design Curriculum - BusinessWeek

2008-06-28T21:00:52-07:00

A lot of what I heard at AEA this time around seemed to speak to the still nascent but growing maturity of web design as a discipline. One major concern? Education. Jeffrey Zeldman hit on this in his conference opener, pointing out how most institutions lack an effective web design curriculum, inviting comparison with other fields by noting, “Teaching Excel is not the same as teaching business.” You can see where this juxtaposition is headed. You’d simply never dream of getting your MBA that way. Yet that’s exactly how most schools handle web design. From an application-driven perspective, focused on tools rather than principles.

Op-Ed Columnist - The Fight for Turkey - Op-Ed - NYTimes.com

2008-06-27T09:31:04-07:00

"Let’s talk Turkey. A war is on for the country’s soul and everyone should be watching because the little matter of Islam and democracy depends in large measure on its outcome."

Functioning Form - An Event Apart: Good Design Ain’t Easy

2008-06-25T05:53:44-07:00

Luke W: "Jason Santa Maria’s Good Design Ain’t Easy talk at An Event Apart 2008 argued for deeper graphic resonance in the presentation of content online."

Functioning Form - An Event Apart: The Lessons of CSS Frameworks

2008-06-25T05:52:39-07:00

LukeW: "At An Event Apart Boston 2008, Eric Meyer walked through common characteristics of several Cascading Style Sheet (CSS) frameworks and outlined lessons that can be learned from their structure."

Functioning Form - An Event Apart: Understanding Web Design

2008-06-25T05:51:38-07:00

LukeW: "Jeffrey Zeldman’s Understanding Web Design talk at An Event Apart Boston 2008 highlighted factors that made it challenging to explain the value and perspective of Web designers but still managed to offer a way to describe the field."