“2017” Archive (2)
Principles of Web Development
Web development, at more than 20 years of age, is becoming an increasingly mature profession. Web development is yet also subject to constant change, and the field produces more of that change, out of itself. More technological standards…
#11 · misc
HTML Statistics: 5 Take-Aways
A few quick comments on Catalin Rosu’s interesting follow-up analysis of his sampling of eight million websites. Some practices are wonderful to note, others have been commented on, yet one or the other point drowned.
#10 · development
10 Photos IV
Continuing the x-monthly series, here are yet again ten of my photographic favorites.
#9 · design
A Digital Charta
When we think about it, although we live in a time of rights violations we don’t lack good intent, nor good law. That leads us to a particular initiative, the Digital Charta.
#8 · misc
The Great Neglect
What is most important for us to learn in our lives? Are we learning it? Teaching it? On “one of the greatest motive powers in the world,” and “the noblest of possessions.”
#7 · misc
Highlights From Atkinson’s “Thoughts Are Things”
“Thoughts strive to take form in action. Thoughts strive ever to materialize themselves in objective material form.”
#6 · philosophy
Highlights From Emerson’s “Nature”
“Each creature is only a modification of the other; the likeness in them is more than the difference, and their radical law is one and the same.”
#5 · philosophy
Highlights From Smiles’s “Character”
“The very sight of a great and good man is often an inspiration to the young, who cannot help admiring and loving the gentle, the brave, the truthful, the magnanimous.”
#4 · misc
The Constructivist Preference
When we are presented with conflicting beliefs and ideas, which ones are we to support or assume? That question, in our age of scientism, is usually answered with “those that are true,” or “those that are more realistic”…
#3 · philosophy
On Quality and Logistics
Clearly, quality requires quality thinking. But then it requires a lot more, like definitions, criteria, tools, planning, enforcement, &c. pp. And it relies on some organizational foundation.
#2 · development
Apocryphal Apostrophes
Oh, typography. How have you been.
#1 · · design, development