Liverpool Street building site celebrating Christmas

Posted 12/08/2006 by jaimes

AJAX - dynamic web pages

Posted 05/08/2006 by jaimes

The folks at Adaptive Path are using the moniker AJAX for the use of javascript auto-updates on web pages that make interaction less of a chore since updates can be accomplished without reloading the page.

Audio Activism

Posted 05/08/2006 by jaimes

Some web based audio initiatives.

http://www.ultrared.org/
http://www.last.fm/tutorial.php?signup=1
http://www.jahsonic.com/MillePlateaux.html

Federated Identity: The Liberty Project

Posted 05/08/2006 by jaimes

Businesses and consumers want benefits of being connected anytime, anyplace - without compromising security or control of personal information.  The Liberty Alliance provides the technology, knowledge and certifications to build identity into the foundation of mobile and web-based communications and transactions.

Careful Consideration, Thoughtful Typography

Posted 05/08/2006 by jaimes

Following a recent heated debate about design changes on a magazine which *gnva has been working on, I have been collecting some discussions and examples of magazine design. Enter the grid.

eye magazine features a critique of recent redesigns by two London art magazines. Eye concludes that the designs are successful, yet illustrate the conservatism of the art magazine design project, perhaps necessitated by the need to display visual work primarily, and page design second.

An interview with Karel Martens on his work with OASE magazine in Holland reveals a more free flowing approach, in which the grid provides a platform for the magazine to be fluidly redesigned around, every issue.

Ultimate Drop Down Menu 4.3

Posted 05/08/2006 by jaimes

UDM is a fully-featured and accessible website menu, that provides useable content to all browsers - including screenreaders, search-engines and text-only browsers.

GPMG - Connecting people through incremental simplicity

Posted 05/08/2006 by jaimes

The GMPG can be explained as an experiment in Metamemetics. The first aim of Metamemetics is to create a structure of principles that foster the construction and propagation of elemental ideas. The GMPG attempts to stimulate simplification of virtual substructures and bring people to question established structures and their relationships. Because people are not used to seeing elemental technologies or concepts which are powerful and immediately usable, frequent and novel encounters with GMPG efforts provoke optimism and empowerment, nevertheless reawakening criticism of complexity and a desire for simplicity.

CSS selectors

Posted 05/08/2006 by jaimes

Just for reference, this is the W3C CSS2 selector page.

Airport X-rays and film

Posted 05/08/2006 by jaimes

A useful discussion on PDN about airport X-ray machines.

The consensus appears to be:

a) Process your film on location if possible (most major cities have professional labs, sometimes costing far less as well, try to contact a professional organisation for a recommendation)
b) Carry unprocessed canisters 30 rolls at a time, outside of their plastic containers, in clear Ziploc bags
c) European and American airlines are aware of the problem and should handcheck if you demonstrate you are a travelling professional. Try your luck with other countries.
d) Be professional, courteous and insistent, it will help with the above. Be aware of regulations. Showing 5x4 equipment can help. Say you are doing ‘specialist landscape photography’.

Full discussion, including airline aided testing at PDN Online

Free Intellectual Property Events

Posted 05/08/2006 by jaimes

Intellectual property is one of those odd issues which seem incredibly boring, yet touch so many aspects of our lives that we don’t seem able to ignore them.

In this age of file-sharing and open source, you’d be forgiven for thinking that everything was swinging towards an open model along the lines of the creative commons. Yet the barrage of assaults by the corporate sector on IP law threatens to stifle the very innovation which it claims to be seeking protection for.

Beyond simple rejections of corporatist agendas, many small companies are forced to face the realities of IP law in their day to day business, either as users of IP regulated commodities, or as producers themselves.

As a collaboration between Creative London and the London College of Communication, Own It is a IP advice service offering free IP related events in the London area.