Recent News
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A List Apart No. 266
September 7, 2008
CSS Sprites, the next generation. Cartography, the next metaphor for webmaking. Dave Shea and Aaron Rester aim high and score in Issue No. 266 of A List Apart, for people who make websites.
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So long, San Francisco. Hello, Chicago.
August 25, 2008
An Event Apart San Francisco 2008 was our best conference event ever. (Check the Flickr photo pool for evidence of good times had.) If you missed this show, join us for the final event of the year. An Event Apart Chicago features Andy Clarke (Transcending CSS), Curt Cloninger (Hot-Wiring Your Creative Process), Jason Fried (37signals), Robert Hoekman Jr. (Designing the Obvious), Cameron Moll (Mobile Web Design), Sarah Nelson (Adaptive Path), Bronwyn Jones (Apple.com), Jeff Veen (Art & Science of Web Design), Rob Weychert (Web Standards Creativity), Jason Santa Maria (Happy Cog), Eric Meyer (CSS: The Definitive Guide) and Jeffrey Zeldman (Happy Cog, Designing With Web Standards).
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A new chapter for Books-A-Million
August 20, 2008
The third-largest bookseller in the US came to us needing more than just an overhaul. Happy Cog created a rich, interactive, “single-page” experience that merged the solitary pleasures of reading and book-buying with the joys of community—all while never losing site of the user’s ability to find related products quickly and easily. Introducing the new Books-A-Million.
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ALA 265: listen!
August 12, 2008
In Issue No. 256 of A List Apart, for people who make websites: The web is a conversation, but not always a productive one. In “Putting Our Hot Heads Together,” Carolyn Wood shares ways to transform discussion forums and comment sections from shooting ranges into arenas of collaboration. Plus: Because of limited awareness around Deafness and accessibility in the web community, it seems plausible to many of us that good captioning will fix it all. It won’t. In “Deafness and the User Experience,” Lisa Herrod explains how to enhance the user experience for all deaf people.
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The Survey, 2008
July 29, 2008
It’s back, it’s improved, and it’s hungry for your data. Calling all designers, developers, information architects, project managers, writers, editors, marketers, and everyone else who makes websites. It is time once again to pool our information so as to begin sketching a true picture of the way our profession is practiced worldwide. Please take the survey and encourage your friends and colleagues who make websites to do likewise. The world is watching.