The Elements Of Typographic Style Applied to the Web
Worth a read… a classic applied to the Web. Richard describes it as follows:
Robert Bringhurst’s book The Elements of Typographic Style is on many a designer’s bookshelf and is considered to be a classic in the field. Indeed the renowned typographer Hermann Zapf proclaims the book to be
a must for everybody in the graphic arts, and especially for our new friends entering the field.In order to allay some of the myths surrounding typography on the web, I have structured this website to step through Bringhurst’s working principles, explaining how to accomplish each using techniques available in HTML and CSS. The future is considered with coverage of CSS3, and practicality is ever present with workarounds, alternatives and compromises for less able browsers.
Got Puggle…
Thanks to Stowe for The top ten “buzz words” to be added to the T9 dictionary (a predictive text input dictionary for users to tap into when texting on their mobile phones):
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Lifehack – a tool or technique that makes some aspect of one’s life easier or more efficient
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Mashup – new information created by combining data from two different sources
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Placeshift – to redirect a TV signal so the viewer can watch a show on a device other than his or her television
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Playlistism – judging a person based on what songs are on the playlist of his or her digital music player
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Podjack – to plug the cord of one’s digital music player into the jack of another person’s player to hear what the person is listening to
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Puggle – a dog bred from a pug and a beagle
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Sideload – to transfer music or other content to a cell phone using the cell phone provider’s network
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Vlog – a blog that contains mostly video content
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Vodcast – a video podcast
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Ubersexual – a heterosexual man who is masculine, confident, compassionate and stylish
Blog Tools | Week 2
A week or so ago I wrote about my journey into the world of Blog tools for Windows. Here is where I am at:
- Uninstalled Newsgator. Just too complex, too slow and too hard to figure out. While none of the blog clients really fulfill the way I live in the blogosphere – or its hyperconnected nature, Newzcrawler is working well for me. I’m also using Firefox more to grab and read the top ten blogs I follow.
- Uninstalled Qumana. I’m loving Zoundry. Nice application and does everything I could want it to and more. Misses on a few fronts – like being able to specify a font size and easily manage cut and paste formatting. And no spellchecker. But it is still good.
Blog Content Theft Answers
Blog content theft was always going to be a big issue. The utility of deploying search advertising only amplifies the problem by enabling plagerists and thieves to remarket content within their own commercial framework. I’m not talking about inserting the odd paragraph or extrapolating content in a different context – I’m talking about making off with a bloggers content in its entirety. So what to do?
I’m not sure but here are some thoughts that need qualifying and more discussion:
- Make all content available under Creative Commons and then work to enforce it.
- Collectively we lobby Google and Yahoo to protect IP by taking action against those who abuse it. Based on Google’s intent to do pretty much the same with books this would appear to be unlikely to work.
- Support the evolution new tools like Copyscape into IP-address blocking tools that enable you to start to protect content by stopping those addresses from coming to your site. I know this won’t really work now, but we need to spur and encourage technology innovation here.
- Collectively harrass the thieves. Lets create a black-list and make people aware of their infringements on our IP.
Part of me also says that the ecosystem depends on sharing – and sharing of content implies a certain amount of recycling of content. But it is wrong when that occurs without any new contextual framing, linking or value add to the orginal content creator. It’s worse than plagerism – it is theft.
What these companies are missing is the opportunity to grow the ecosystem and participate. They are parasites. And that’s the shame of it. If they had engaged guys like Steve and established a working commercial relationship, they’d probably be able to build wildly successful businesses. Instead they add no value and alienate the marketplace. Reflecting that, probably the best thing we could do is ignore them and let them rot.
Looking For A New Job…?
Well, we’re hiring at LogLogic. You’ll be joining an awesome marketing team and a really hot start-up that is on a near vertical growth curve. You’ll be responsible for all marketing communications, campaign communications support, media relations, analyst relations, LogLogic.com and events – and, of course you will be blogging like crazy! The position is based here in the Valley – but if you are in
And, if you refer me someone we hire, there is some really good wine in it for you. Drop me an email if you would like to chat!
