News

Here are some news items I think are worth reading.

Speling is Kewl

HTML Tip: Top 10 Spelling Errors.

I didn't say that

Lying with video. Researchers at MIT have created videos of people uttering sentences they never said that consistently fool viewers and are accepted by them as real. Once upon a time, it was a lot harder to be false with film, but whether the medium will be in any way trustworthy going forward seems doubtful. What will it mean when you can't even believe your own eyes?

Time Killer

There goes the rest of the week.The 100 best online games. Ever.

Poorly

How do you design?. "I was wondering how other designers come up with the sites you do. I usually use photoshop and just start designing elements. I thought about sketches on a piece of paper first, but it seems to just take longer than. Any thoughts?"

Warning: satire ahead

Yale Law School: Top Ten New Copyright Crimes.

"Web designer builds home out of Flash"

It's been a while since I last went to this site. I forgot how funny it is. Read their other articles -- BTW, some of their links were screwy. Enjoy! http://www.bbspot.com/News/2002/04/flash.html

I wish I was this good.

An Interview with John Weir. The International Herald Tribune debuted several months ago with a little fanfare in the web design community, though it is one of the most innovative approaches yet for a traditional newspaper's online presence...

IHT is god-like in its advanced use of every high-end design trick. Way, way, cool. I think I talked about it in the book, but it got cut for space reasons, not importance reasons.