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Dispatches from 2007
Posted on May 3
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Mix07 wrap-up
Finally made it back to Toronto after a case of mistaken departure and a very bumpy takeoff.
Outside
Briefly Noted from May 3, 2007
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globeandmail.com homepage update
The news sites homepage catches up with the business redesign of a few weeks ago and offers far more content.
Topics: Work, Web Design
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Next step: companies on Facebook
Facebook may be opening up to allow companies to offer its services directly to Facebook users.
Topics: Web Culture, Web Technology
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When blogs move the market
A nice overview on "Applegate" and a comment on how we all need to adjust to idea of blogging as journalism.
Topic: Online Journalism
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Browsers and accessibility guidelines
Patrick H. Lauke offers some thoughts on how the Web browsers themselves handle accessibility.
Topics: Browsers, Accessibility
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Sue Gardner leaving CBC.ca
Head of the public broadcaster's Web operations "had achieved what [she] wanted"
Topics: Online Journalism, Canada
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Banner ads create good feelings
Though click-through rates may be declining, the ads are excellent at improving brand awareness.
Topic: Advertising
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Molly on online community
A honest and insightful essay about online community, and what the JPG fallout really indicates.
Topic: Web Culture
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Preview Firefox 3.0 with forms widgets
Developer release of what could be an official Firefox release with Mac OS X form controls.
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Microsoft eats Crow
David Crow joins the company's Canada arm as a Senior User Experience Advisor.
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Snook supercharges
Another redesign, and this time its Snook with a massive overhaul that is very impressive.
Topic: Web Design
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D. Keith Robinson Reboots
New look and direction all set on a nice grid.
Topic: Web Design
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webtechnology
Preview of My Telegraph
Topics: Online Journalism, Newspapers
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Plain Old Semantic HTML
It's all about POSH
Topics: HTML, Web Standards
Inside
This Just In
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A Safari adventure
With the exception of a few years when Internet Explorer was actually the more standard-compliant browser, I’ve always surfed the Web with a Netscape-originated browser. I supported Mozilla when it was still struggling to make something even approaching a usable browser. My name was one of thousands to be found in a New York Times ad announcing Firefox’s debut. I have friends that work with Mozilla.
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Schrödinger’s press
Working in the media during revolutionary times is an interesting experience. You’re at once aware of the changing landscape, and because of the need to report on it from a stable perspective, you’re unable to really participate.
Category: Journalism
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Let’s go Canada!
Not sure I really understood what being Canadian was until…
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Terminal City celebration
Were it my city, I’m not sure what I would…
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Slacking in the new normal
One of the biggest myths of the past twenty years went something like this: the generation following the baby boomers was an underachieving lot, destined not to realize the success of its parents.