Using CSS for prototyping. Jeff Lash takes on the perennial question of what prototyping tool should IAs use. While not abandoning Visio or Omnigraffle, in Prototyping with Style Jeff suggests that Cascading Style Sheets have a lot to offer and should be looked at seriously as a prototyping medium. One advantage Jeff offers is that… Continue reading Using CSS for prototyping

First Test for Freshmen: Picking Roommates. Some colleges now let freshmen pick their own roommates in an online roommate-selection system that works on the same principles as computer dating. By Tamar Lewin. [New York Times: NYT HomePage]

Charitable Deductions. Are there too many charities? Trent Stamp thinks so. Find out how Charity Navigator dares to hold the nation's nonprofits accountable for their fund-raising. [Fast Company]

Chicken and egg. When I look at today's Web, I see precious little metadata. We mine the scraps we have — email addresses, URLs, HTML metatags — for all they're worth. We know intuitively that with more and richer metadata, we could build more and richer applications. People much smarter than me imagine what it… Continue reading Chicken and egg

Three things I would want next for Radio (I am independent from UserLand but I use Radio as my publishing platform): Wiki publishing (Paolo agrees). Photo album creation and publishing. Modular templates.  This would allow me to select a module from a list (a second blogroll, a subscription list, a photo of the day, IM… Continue reading Three things I would want next for Radio (I am independent from UserLand but I use Radio as my publishing platform):

1. Wiki publishing (Paolo
   

David Pollard over at Salonblogs has built some nice K-Logs demos.  Here is a large jpg (view full screen to read the labels) of the elements that go into the display of a K-Log.   Here is a mock-up of an employee K-Log.  [John Robb's Weblog]

Phil Wolff interviews RSSJobs creator Steve Rose.  Here is one of the frustrations that led him to scratch that itch and build the site: I had to go to Monster's web site to see all the results. Then there was Dice. It gave me up to 50 jobs for each agent every day. Most of… Continue reading Phil Wolff

The Price Is Right for Notebooks. Analysts say parents seeking affordable notebook computers are in luck this back-to-school shopping season. With cheaper computer parts available, $1,000 can now by a notebook that will satisfy the needs of most students. [Wired News]

Stay Home, Highland Laddie. Government agencies in Scotland rush to install broadband throughout the sparsely populated hinterlands. Without it, they fear, talented young people and businesses will flee. By Hector Mackenzie. [Wired News]