Karl's Blog

Are you a javascript developer or a jQuery developer? Selling web development to Senior Management and early implementations of HTML 5…

• Hiring Front-End Engineers
• jQuery 1.5 Beta 1 Released
• Building websites for return on investment webcast
• W3C HTML5 Logo
• Don’t Forget About HTML5’s “Little Guys”

My comments on these links in audio format (4:47):

Copy writing for the web, the “Gran Torino effect”, google search in 2010 and screencasting. All of that in my first mini-poadcast.

• Words are the soul of UX
• How to write for the web: 23 useful rules
• Zeitgeist 2010: How the world searched
• Most Common Mistakes in Screencasting

My comments about these links in audio format (3:15):

PD: This is my first mini-poadcast, someone called me in the middle of it but I’m definitely not recording another one, it doesn’t need to be perfect. I also noticed that I make funny pauses when I speak english, specially with the “aaaannnnd” :). Hint: turn off skype or office communicator while recording audio.

• Strategic Content Management – Another great article from A List Apart.
• IE9′s CSS3 Support – Some new info about IE9.
• OAuth for PHP Twitter Apps, Part 1
• Google Instant, behind the scenes
  

• Nothing is more important than business objectives – Great post from Paul Boag arguing that there isn’t any aspect related to web desing more important then business objectives.
• 100 Free High Quality WordPress Themes: 2010 Edition – A collection created by Smashing Magazine.
• 11 Principles Of Interaction Design Explained – Some basic interaction design principles, worth reading it.
• A Complete Guide to Progressive Enhancement – Do you know the difference between graceful degradation and progressive enhancement? No? Than you definitely should read this article.

• Information overload is not the problem – Very good article, couldn’t agree more. If the design prioritize information it will never feel like information overload.
• CSS: A Little More on Less -An overview of LESS CSS, great tool for developing better css, I’ve been used for a month already and I loved it.
• Good Help is Hard to Find
• The Web Design Community Offers Advice To Beginners