May 2008

Microsoft has been quite busy trying to figure out what to do with the Yahoo situation, so there has been little in the way of news from Redmond. So, I’m taking this opportunity to point out some... Read More
The topic of design contests is a polarizing one. In this article Richard Scott, a designer who makes the majority of his living from design contests, reveals why he chooses to ignore the pleas of... Read More
There were a couple of big news items in the blogosphere this week, but making the most noise was the cf.Objective() conference. I’m not going to link to those blog posts here – I’m... Read More
A few Australian conferences that are on in the next couple of weeks (and of which SitePoint is a media partner). The Web Directions crew have taken their traditional web conference model (which has... Read More
 
One common request we receive from our customers is for more information about where each of our books fits with regard to every other book. When we first started out, we only had a handful of... Read More
Today we published the article What Is Your Web Site Worth? on SitePoint, written by our own Georgina Laidlaw. While it’s targeted at site owners who may be looking to sell their web sites,... Read More
Many factors affect a web site's value. Do you know what they are? In this article, Georgina interviews a panel of industry experts who break through the sales hype to explain how to place a... Read More
One of the great things about working from your own home is freedom. Freedom to start work when you want, wear what you want and work the hours that you want. Right? Well actually, probably not. In... Read More
 
Frameworks are a favorite topic of mine. Just to get everyone on the same page, Wikipedia says a framework is “a basic conceptual structure used to solve or address complex issues”. Put... Read More
We’ve had a number of requests to extend the deadline for this competition, so we’re doing just that. The amount of effort required to write an article for publication is substantial, so... Read More
Since April 30, when the WCAG 2.0 Candidate Recommendation (CR) was released, there has been a ton of posts across the web telling us the WCAG 2 is almost, almost complete. I’m not here to do... Read More
I recently became aware of a new initiative in the data portability arena – Open Data Definition (ODD). I applaud any effort to increase data portability between social networks and your data.... Read More
We’ve just started a 60 day trial period with offering two of our categories completely free of charge. The Trade Your Services and Want to Buy categories can now be listed in at no cost,... Read More
Well, today brought some interesting announcements about Expression, but that’s officially news for next week. Here’s what happened this past week. The one piece of news that will affect most of... Read More