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Briefly Noted from October 2008

• CS Monitor replacing print with Web

  The 100-year-old news organization will cease publication of its printed newspaper in April 2009

  Oct 28 2008 at 3:44 PM EDT

  Topics: Newspapers, Online Journalism

• Delaying JavaScript execution

  A simple script to delay the execution of JavaScript when event's fire

  Oct 28 2008 at 11:33 AM EDT

  Topic: JavaScript

• NYTimes.com visualization lab

  Equating it with reader comments, The New York Times invites readers to create their own visualizations of its data

  Oct 28 2008 at 11:26 AM EDT

  Topics: Online Journalism, Web Technology

• Cameras for guns

  The Toronto police are running an amnesty that offers Nikon Coolpix cameras for illegal handguns

  Oct 23 2008 at 9:00 PM EDT

  Topic: Toronto

• Multi-touch Firefox

  The gestures don't sound intuitive, but its a nice start to browsing the Web with your fingers

  Oct 22 2008 at 1:57 PM EDT

  Topics: Browsers, Usability

• Typocalypse

  A series of images revealing what a typeface really says

  Oct 22 2008 at 1:27 PM EDT

  Topic: Web Design

• CSS3 via JavaScript

  Eric Meyer sees JavaScript as a way to boot-strap CSS3 support in browsers

  Oct 22 2008 at 10:27 AM EDT

  Topics: CSS, JavaScript

• TimesTags

  Millions of folksonomists rejoice at the availability of tagged NYTimes.com content

  Oct 21 2008 at 9:37 PM EDT

  Topics: Online Journalism, Web Technology

• Progressive Enhancement with CSS

  Excellent documenting a lot of the CSS tricks used to serve up style to browsers

  Oct 21 2008 at 12:35 PM EDT

  Topic: CSS

• 100E2R

  Terrific case for having big, onscreen text

  Oct 20 2008 at 6:27 PM EDT

  Topics: Web Design, Usability

• 3D cube in JavaScript

  The simple approach could be a foundation for an impressive parallax effect

  Oct 20 2008 at 6:27 PM EDT

  Topic: JavaScript

• Experience Design Manifesto

  Manifesto that uses the phrase "happiness" always concern me, but there are some kernels of potential in this

  Oct 13 2008 at 11:54 AM EDT

  Topic: Web Design

• Why newspapers endorse political parties

  J-Source looks into this more and more contentious concept

  Oct 13 2008 at 11:23 AM EDT

  Topics: Journalism, Politics

• Is that an endorsement?

  The Globe and Mail sort of, kind of, backs Stephen Harper for prime minister

  Oct 10 2008 at 6:24 PM EDT

  Topics: Politics, Canada

• Sans Seriffee

  Map of the tiny archipelago discovered by English years ago

  Oct 8 2008 at 4:42 PM EDT

  Topics: Language, Style & Usage

• Culture in Danger

  The extended, English-subtitled, of a political video that is, truly, laugh-out-loud, funny

  Oct 8 2008 at 12:03 PM EDT

  Topics: Politics, Canada

• ALA@10

  A List Apart is a decade old, and the proprietor looks back on the institution

  Oct 7 2008 at 11:30 AM EDT

  Topic: Web Design

• Canadian Oxford Dictionary: RIP

  The entire staff has been laid-off putting the dictionary's future in grave doubt

  Oct 3 2008 at 8:28 PM EDT

  Topics: Language, Canada

• Twittering rumours

  Mathew Ingram has a honest, introspective piece on the responsibility of journalists on Twitter

  Oct 3 2008 at 5:45 PM EDT

  Topics: Online Journalism, Social Media

• Poitical sound bites

  Jumping to key words in the U.S. debate (like Wall St.) videos exposes how prepped candidates are

  Oct 3 2008 at 11:45 AM EDT

  Topics: Politics, Work

• The Canadian political view

  "Capitalist free marketers, but believe in collective action, largely through governments, to achieve social, economic, environmental and other aims."

  Oct 3 2008 at 11:22 AM EDT

  Topics: Politics, Canada

• Homezilla

  Awkward name for a good service designed to let home buyers discover the amenities in a neighbourhood

  Oct 1 2008 at 11:14 AM EDT

  Topic: Search Engines

• 10 tips to solidify your business

  Advice for start-ups is also good for any company/business to consider

  Oct 1 2008 at 11:14 AM EDT

  Topics: Web Culture, Work

• The case for designing differently

  Andy Clarke argues that progressive enhancement is what we should be doing with CSS to move designs beyond IE6

  Oct 1 2008 at 11:06 AM EDT

  Topics: CSS, Web Design