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Dispatches from 2000
Posted on March 1
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Basic Online Style Guide
A simple online stylguide for XHTML-based sites.
Outside
Briefly Noted from March 1, 2000
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The world with the Times
Interesting article examining what might happen to the New York Times
Topics: Newspapers, Online Journalism
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Browser 10 bug
Like Y2K all over again, browser detection software may need an upgrade to support those, like Opera, now in version 10
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Sun Media cutting 600 jobs
Ten percent of its workforce will be gone by year's end
Topics: Newspapers, CANOE
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Adding the fourth dimension
Zoetrope concept demonstrates how to browse the past online in very rich ways
Topics: User Interface, Web Technology
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Stephanie Nolen: Out of Africa
One of Canada's, if not the world's, best foreign correspondents says farewell to the continent she covered for five years
Topics: Journalism, Newspapers
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CSS Text Wrapper
Tool for creating the markup needed to wrap text around an image
Topic: Web Design
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Digital Web seeks new direction
The online magazine that literally changed my life, is now seeking to change itself and wants your thoughts
Topics: Web Culture, Web Design
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WCAG 2.0 official
The contentious second version of the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines is now a recommendation
Topics: Accessibility, Web Standards
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Government 2.0 - really
Chnage.gov is becoming an example of how government's can easily appear more transparent
Topics: Politics, Social Media
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StatCan as Google
Great proposal on how Canada's statistic agency could reshape itself to literally be the Google of that country
Topics: Search Engines, Canada
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The beginning of it all
How you do what you are doing right this instant was inspired by a demo 40 years ago
Topics: Computers, User Interface
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Adrian Bromley, 1971-2008
He was one of the first people in the industry I worked with and made those night shifts something to enjoy - 30 -
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A Putlizer for online
The revered journalism prize is final going to be awarded in an online category (although it must be text-based)
Topics: Online Journalism, Journalism
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Online ads & Web design
Good overview of both the importance ads play in Web design and the current trends
Topics: Web Design, Advertising
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20 signs you don’t want that web design project
An scarily accurate list of warning signs
Topics: Web Design, Work
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Microlocal
EveryBlock replaces the buzzword "hyperlocal" with the more accurate "microlocal"
Topic: Web Culture
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* o GlobeAuto o Careers o Classifieds o Newspaper Ads o Personals o Real Estate Click here to find out more! Canadians react
Interactive showing how Canadian premiers and Globe and Mail readers feel about the crisis of confidence in the House of Commons
Topics: Politics, Interactive Journalism
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Green browsing
The new Web development trend: reduce your site's energy footprint
Topics: Web Technology, JavaScript
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The Grid System
A resource for everything related to using grids in design
Topic: Web Design
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Agile for design
How to apply Agile development concepts to Web design
Topic: Web Design
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Data cleaner
A great Web-based tool for those who hate regex and need to normalize data
Topic: Web Technology
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Pownce says goodbye
The potential Twitter-killer has been sold to Six Apart and will be going offline
Topic: Social Media
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Summarizing the poitical sentiment
Discussion about a change in Canadian government grew to 1,200 comments and Mathew Ingram read through them all to find the best ones
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Helvetireader
Brilliant skin to Google Reader (and love the article sampled, too)
Topics: Web Design, Search Engines
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New Google Map controls
Streetview on Google Maps introduces an terrific new interface for the map controls
Topics: User Interface, Search Engines
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The Souvenir Shop
Pseudo-souvenirs of Canada from some country's best emerging designers
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Discover related keywords
Chris Heilmann demonstrates how to use Yahoo's API to uncover related keywords
Topics: Search Engines, JavaScript
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All-in-one browser
One browser, three rendering engines (IE, Firefox, and Safari); great for testing
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Reason #80211 why I like Virgin America
In-flight Wi-Fi
Topic: Web Technology
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New ideas for newspapers
Seth Godin has some original ideas to help newspapers survive online.
Topics: Newspapers, Online Journalism
Inside
This Just In
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5 steps to CBC success
How to program a national public broadcasting corporation: Operate a…
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Just the facts (and more)
Open source can have a transformational effect for companies, and news organizations are starting to figure that out.
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Canadian election hangover
With the Canadian 2008 election producing no real change, but a lower participation level, it might be time to look into voting alternatives.
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Election blackout in Canada
Watching the election results not come in from the West coast of America is a surreal experience.
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Canadian political slander
Keeping track of the various ways Canadian politicians insult one another from the perspective of a Canadian watching his country's election while living through an American election.