I was asked by someone at work to come up with a non-technical definition of microformats for some glossary of web terms they’re putting together. Here’s what I came up with:\ bq. Using standards that exist today, microformats take the HTML used to build the web and turn it into powerful, semantic, machine-readable, web-service ready […]
Category: web standards
AIM Pages
We launched a metric ton of new stuff for AIM Pages yesterday morning (started at 2AM and finishing up around 10:30 with tweaks and mad dashes throughout and after). The changes are definitely noticable. If you go to aimcreate.com, you’ll no longer see the super sexy drag and drop editing interface, although it’s still available. […]
Levels of Knowledge
I’ve been having a lot of fun with the various levels of knowledge lists. I’m a: Level 6 CSS Dork Level 6 HTML Geek Level 5 Javascript Weenie Level 4 Accessibility Dork (coulnd’t think of another synonym of “dork” – it’s 2AM and I’m at work, forgive me) Level 7 Knowledge Sharing Nerd\ What level […]
Huge HTML News
This is huge. It’s going to change the future of the web for the better, and that’s a damn good thing. I have a lot more to say about this, but I’m still at work and it’s Friday night.
Unexpected Truths
I was in an interview today (update: not for a job for me, I was interviewing them to do a job for AOL), talking to a design and development shop (who will remain nameless) about their work and other assorted web-nerdery (flash vs. html, accessibility, localization, etc) when I asked them about the different DOCTYPES […]
Microformats Presentation at AJAX Experience
I gave a presentation on microformats this morning at “AJAX Experience”http://theajaxexperience.com. Thanks to Molly and Aaron, I didn’t run way under, and I think it went pretty well. The AIM Pages demos went pretty well, but the network hiccuped just when I was trying to publish my page. Oh well.\ You’re welcome to go check […]
Slow Recovery
I’m slowly getting better. I’m still congested, but at least I’m off the steroids. I’ve still got the awesome horse decongestants and I still sound pretty bad. But, at least I feel well enough to go to work and actually contribute.\ Today, I did a favor for my old manager and did training for some […]
Mashup University Videos Online
The videos from Mashup Camp are online now. Mine’s near the bottom of the page. You can hear me fly through the demo and hear my jet-lagged explanation of microformats. Good times.
On Modules and Widgets
I got a couple comments on yesterday’s post about ModuleT and widgets. I don’t post often (another vote against splitting my personal blog, I guess), but all the details about AIM Pages, our microformat or other thoughts on widgets will be over on the Alpha Blog. That’s where Joe, Shawn and I talk about module […]
Truly Semantic Classes and Ids
Just a little thought before leaving for work. How funny would it be if we used truly semantic classes and ids in our XHTML? Instead of pretending it’s a “container” or “event-holder” or whatever other text we use to try to fool ourselves into semantic meaning, what if we were truly honest about the role […]