This is my archive

If It Isn’t Broken, Why Fix It?

This is an outstanding article written by a former developer at Flickr (now at the Guardian) about the difficulties of building socially-based websites. He… Read More

My experience with a screen reader

As a web developer I spend a lot of time thinking about how to build things in ways that will be accessible for folks who… Read More

Dark Patterns.

Why didn’t anyone think of this before? A site dedicated to classifying and providing real-world examples of deceptive UI practices: Normally when you think of… Read More

Your Mileage May Vary

Let’s all wave at the pink elephant in the room we call “social media” and ask him to step out for a minute while we… Read More

Is The UN Is Going Social?

Well maybe not, but we can always hope. It was announced last Tuesday that the United Nations meeting this month in NYC will, in part,… Read More

A Quiet VOX.

Perusing the interwebs this afternoon, I stumbled across the news that VOX, a social-media/weblogging platform (no, not the makers of fine guitar amplifiers),… Read More

Yes We Can (Tweet)

Ok. So… Twitter. Some get it, some don’t. Some think it’s revolutionary, some think it’s a fad. Some think it’s a great social media tool,… Read More

Designing Obama

All politics aside, this new book, published by the team who developed the brand for Obama’s ’08 campaign, is a beautiful piece of work, and… Read More

Is Google Going After Vonage and Skype?

I don’t have a home phone number. Haven’t had one in five years. Haven’t really needed one… except when I am working from home and… Read More

Step away from the smart phone…

Pete Cashmore from Mashable is one of my favorite people to follow on Twitter. Most of the 106 people (for today) that I’m following are… Read More