Monthly Archives: September 2007

18 Sep

Type in the Toronto Subway

An amazing article about the history of, and degradation of, type in the Toronto Subway system by the indomitable Joe Clark. Anyone who loves design, typography, and information design would do well to read this (admittedly, you’ll need an hour or two to get through it all). It also features quotes and ideas from Massimo [...]

13 Sep

if(date==”09/13/2007″)Engadget.Write(”Happy Programmer’s Day”);

“Programmer’s Day is celebrated annually on the 256th day of the year, which happens to be today — so reach over and give that special computer scientist in your life a big bear hug, flowers, chocolates, or a simple “thanks” for making Engadget (and pretty much everything else we care about) possible.”
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11 Sep

Neiman Marcus Builds Brand Via … YouTube?

NEW YORK (Adage.com) — Neiman Marcus is taking over the YouTube home page today to promote its 100th anniversary via a video showing off the store’s style savvy. If YouTube and the upscale department store best known for catering to the …
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11 Sep

What your favourite Web sites say about you

C|NET.co.uk has managed to enrage slashdot users by calling them spoddy geeks. The article doesn’t mention some of my favourite sites (including digg!) but it does go after some of the easier targets online like twitter and Facebook.
If you have a sense of humour, it’s enjoyable enough to read and well worth a [...]

11 Sep

What ever happened to Web engineering?

Web pages have become a major functional component of the daily lives of millions of people; you, the Web developer, are in a position to make that part of everyone’s lives better. Why not try using traditional computer programming and best practices of software engineering.
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