Week in Web - 25th March
If the Base Creative water cooler wasn't in such an awkward place it would have been overwhelmed with web gossip this week!
This is what we've been discussing:
- Think Quarterly
A book by Google aimed at their corporate partners but available online for everyone to read. Issue one is on data. - Japan: how to respond?
A critical look at how the design community has responded to the disaster in Japan. Is selling posters and t-shirts with related imagery to raise money for charity appropriate, or a disrespectful opportunity for self promotion? - IE9’s Document Modes and JavaScript
How Internet Explorer 9 supports the different document modes from older versions of the browser. - Web O' Wonders
A collection of experimental websites showcasing the possibilities of HTML5 and other web standards in the new Firefox 4 (also viewable in Chrome and other modern browsers). - The Manifesto Manifesto
Designers like to poke fun at themselves sometimes. This piece sums up the cliche's of most artistic manifestos. - JavaScript Garden
A collection of documents highlighting the quirky parts of the language. - An introduction to meta viewport
A guide to how mobile devices interpret the viewport tag and render pages accordingly, from the Opera blog. - Vitaly Friedman - In:Focus
An interview with the Smashing Magazine editor. - Flickholdr
A resource for getting "placeholder" images from Flickr, very useful when developing websites without real content to use. - JavaScript: The Definitive Guide: Rough Cuts Version
The rough cut of this book (now 6th edition) is available, final release expected in May. - Videos from the State of the Browser conference
From the conference I attended last Saturday, watch the videos and read my review.
What a list!