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Briefly Noted from February 2005

• Jef Raskin dies

  The man how developed the Mac interface has died.

  Feb 28 2005 at 10:27 AM EST

  Topic: Computers

• Newspaper runs embedded text ads

  The New York Post IntelliTXT ads test go public.

  Feb 28 2005 at 9:24 AM EST

  Topics: Advertising, Newspapers

• WSJ faces irrelevance, too

  Adam Penenberg (weakly) argues Wall Street Journal needs drop subscription.

  Feb 28 2005 at 9:17 AM EST

  Topics: Subscriptions & Registration, Newspapers

• Number portability coming to Canada

  Finally mobile customers will be able to dump their carriers but keep their numbers

  Feb 25 2005 at 1:01 PM EST

  Topics: Technology, Canada

• $9/hour for Wifi!?

  Second Cup and Rogers will charge 15¢ a minute in great this infobahn robbery.

  Feb 23 2005 at 11:45 AM EST

  Topic: Web Technology

• Canada blocks Firefox users?

  Good news: Canada wants its citizens to connect with federal departments online in a secure and a consistent manner. Bad news: only Internet Explorer on Windows seems to be supported.

  Feb 21 2005 at 11:57 AM EST

  Topics: Browsers, Canada

• Thomson offers $1.5B for Bell Globemedia

  This is either a low-ball offer for Bell Globemedia, or a rich offer for The Globe and Mail.

  Feb 21 2005 at 10:58 AM EST

  Topic: Newspapers

• XForms vs. Web Forms

  A in-depth explanation of the fight to find the best way to mark-up forms.

  Feb 21 2005 at 9:32 AM EST

  Topic: HTML

• Codename: Ajax

  JJG describes the new Web application interface model.

  Feb 21 2005 at 9:31 AM EST

  Topic: Web Technology

• The Doctor is dead

  Hunter S. Thompson has ended his gonzo life.

  Feb 21 2005 at 9:06 AM EST

  Topic: Journalism

• Wikinews design contest

  Could be worth watching to see what the collective consciousness of the Web comes up with.

  Feb 18 2005 at 3:50 PM EST

  Topics: Web Design, Online Journalism

• New Washintonpost.com homepage

  Clean look, and notably, the left navigation is gone in place of the top nav.

  Feb 15 2005 at 3:20 PM EST

  Topic: Online Journalism

• Interview with Salon’s new editor

  Founding editor David Talbot has stepped-down, and Joan Walsh explains what she’ll bring the magazine.

  Feb 15 2005 at 1:08 PM EST

  Topic: Online Journalism

• No nostalgia for us, we’re Gen-X

  Nice little piece from The New York Times on eighties “nostalgia”

  Feb 15 2005 at 1:07 PM EST

  Topic: Music

• We are the bunny-earred

  Over-the-air TV is the new cool.

  Feb 15 2005 at 1:07 PM EST

  Topic: TV

• XMLHttpRequest tutorial

  The basics on building very dynamic Web interfaces.

  Feb 15 2005 at 1:06 PM EST

  Topic: JavaScript

• RSS big driver for NYTimes.com

  The NYTimes.com site got more than 4.5 million page views in Janaury from RSS.

  Feb 9 2005 at 12:51 PM EST

  Topic: Online Journalism

• Google maps

  Consider this the first wave. Mix this, keyhole, and local (or news) and you got one fine mapping tool. (U.S. only.)

  Feb 8 2005 at 2:24 PM EST

  Topic: Search Engines

• Watch Chrétien testify

  Canada’s ousted PM defends his role in the sponsorship inquiry.

  Feb 8 2005 at 9:58 AM EST

  Topic: Canada

• The New York Times: “Smaller Than a Pushpin, More Powerful Than a PC”

  Crazy-small 64-bit processor could reshape the home computing landscape.

  Feb 7 2005 at 3:18 PM EST

  Topic: Computers

• CTV wins Olympic broadcast rights

  CBC loses big: the Vancouver Olympic broadcast rights go to CTV-Rogers

  Feb 7 2005 at 2:25 PM EST

  Topic: TV

• Standards-based phishing exploit

  This one is nasty, and affects standard-compliant browsers but leaves IE unaffected.

  Feb 7 2005 at 2:04 PM EST

  Topic: Browsers

• O’Reilly’s Web design books online

  The full-text of early classics on HTML, CSS, and IA.

  Feb 5 2005 at 3:35 PM EST

  Topic: Web Resources

• SXSW’s 2005 Web Awards Finalists

  Finalists include Digital Web Magazine, a redesign I worked on.

  Feb 4 2005 at 3:19 PM EST

  Topic: Web Design

• Picking a pope

  A old, yet timely Slate article on the process involved in selecting the next Catholic pope.di

  Feb 1 2005 at 10:40 PM EST

  Topic: World

• The Esquire covers

  Watch the magazine go from cutesy to classy to trashy.

  Feb 1 2005 at 4:25 PM EST

  Topic: Magazine

• Creating a custom DTD

  A List Apart reveals how to create and validate a custom DTD.

  Feb 1 2005 at 4:12 PM EST

  Topic: HTML

• Rosen questions Akin

  David Akin reveals how blogging has changed his journalism.

  Feb 1 2005 at 4:06 PM EST

  Topic: Journalism

• MSN picks the “worst browser”

  Guess which browser Microsoft thinks is the worst?

  Feb 1 2005 at 3:41 PM EST

  Topics: Browsers, Search Engines

• Interview with the other Craig

  Craigslist founder ponders citizen journalism and more.

  Feb 1 2005 at 11:38 AM EST

  Topics: Web Culture, Online Journalism