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Archive for May, 2008

Why Did You Hire Me?

Wednesday, May 21st, 2008

Keith Laferriere on A List Apart asks Why Did You Hire Me? and explains how to get what you’re really worth for your work.

Content-Delay Syndrome

Wednesday, May 21st, 2008

Pepi Ronalds on A List Apart No. 259 proposes a Cure for Content-Delay Syndrome which seems to drag out project timelines.

Making YouTube More Accessible

Wednesday, May 21st, 2008

Interesting simple interface for watching YouTube videos. Chris Heilmann’s play with the YouTube API inspired by Antonia Hyde’s presentation at this year’s Accessibility 2.0 conference in London titled Rich Media and web apps for peopel with learning disabilities.

Ornaments, Fleurons and Frilly Bits

Tuesday, May 20th, 2008

25 Resources for Ornaments, Fleurons and Frilly Bits from Cameron Moll’s graphic design design arsenal - well worth a bookmark.

Children & Proverbs

Tuesday, May 20th, 2008

Children & Proverbs - a case of a teacher supplying first graders with the first half of a proverb and getting back pearls of new found wisdom. Actually Jason Santa Maria posted this today and that’s how I found it.ww

JavaScript Dependant Initial Show Hide

Monday, May 19th, 2008

Robert Nyman’s How to hide and show initial content, depending on whether JavaScript support is available - very handy.

Firefox 3 Release Candidate 1

Monday, May 19th, 2008

Firefox 3 Release Candidate 1 is now available for download.

Turn Mistakes into a Positive

Monday, May 19th, 2008

Chris Heilmann’s post on why we should be viewing mistakes positively and sharing knowledge within project teams (instead of hiding and brushing over them) has some good sense behind it. This is about team achievement, after all. Mistakes ultimately make us better people.