Make accessibility job one
Jeffrey Zeldman: One small thing designers and developers can do is to make accessibility and usability Job 1 on every project. I need to heed this advice. Thanks for the reminder Jeffrey.
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Google’s AMP is a gilded cage
Terence Eden: If, like me, you made the mistake of trying out AMP on your website – you're in a tricky position if you try to remove it. Google doesn't like anything leaving its clutches. I appreciate nothing about AMP. In fact, I don't click any links that use it in protest. /via Jeremy Keith.
Fix the internet
Vicky Boykis: We are a LONG, long ways away from the destruction of the internet as a giant billboard. It takes time to turn a huge skyscraper into an gutted shell of a building, and it will take just as much time to turn our current internet from a loud, obnoxious, toxic mall, back into a public forum.
First snow of fall 2016 – November 20 2016
First snow of fall 2016 – November 20 2016
Learning Commons, Marywood University, Scranton, PA – November 2016
Learning Commons, Marywood University, Scranton, PA – November 2016
Aerial, Lackawanna State Park – July 2016
Aerial, Lackawanna State Park – July 2016
Lough Caragh, Ireland – October 2011
Lough Caragh, Ireland – October 2011
Cows in pond – July 2016
Cows in pond – July 2016
What I saw this week #21: November 25, 2016
Light week as I spent most of my week away from the computer. curlbuilder – A simple tool to create curl commands. Bowie by Nick Runge – A small plug for my other site. On being verified – Maria Langer writes about being verified on Twitter. Instagram updates – A few new ways to share from Instagram. Dan…
Aerial – July 2016
Aerial – July 2016
The colors of fall, Lackawanna State Park – October 2016
The colors of fall, Lackawanna State Park – October 2016
Manton Reece on AMP
Manton Reece on AMP: I want the web to be faster. Breaking links should not be part of the solution. AMP is terrible. As is any solution that changes the URL. When wap.* or m.* was "a thing" I hated that too. Now, more than ever, there is less reasons to change the URL to load a web…
E14: Windows 10 keyboard shortcuts, streaming video solutions, Nintendo
On Sunday Danny and I discussed learning Windows 10 keyboard shortcuts, a bit about video streaming services and the value they bring, and also a bit about Nintendo. Here are some links from this episode. https://cdevroe.com/media/audio/e14.mp3 Links: Video Windows 10 keyboard shortcuts another Windows 10 keyboard shortcut video Download MP3
Public Square, Wilkes-Barre, PA – November 2016
Public Square, Wilkes-Barre, PA – November 2016
Attending Cropped! a rebranding competition
Last night I attended an event created by AAF NEPA to help a non-profit organization rebrand. The idea was simple; create a few teams of branding professionals from local agencies and have them compete to create the best ideas and solutions to rebranding a local non-profit company. I'll leave the details of the competition to the event page…
What I saw this week #20: November 19, 2016
I've been sick most of the week and terribly busy so this week's links are coming a day late. Inside Apple Design – Nice video showing some of the people and the workshop behind Apple's iconic products. Wilderness – A gorgeous, chill video from Alastair Humphreys – someone on my follow list. PhotoScan by Google – Excellent video…
Fall leaves on the forest floor, Lackawanna State Park – October 2016
Fall leaves on the forest floor, Lackawanna State Park – October 2016
Sunlit ferns, Lackawanna State Park – October 2016
Sunlit ferns, Lackawanna State Park – October 2016
Removing the pro from Apple
John Gruber regarding Sal Soghoian being axed from Apple: If they had simply fired him, that’d be one thing, but the fact that they’ve eliminated his position is another. This is shitty news. I find this to be a profoundly worrisome turn of events for the future of the Mac. I hope I’m wrong. I noted this on…
Fall sunset on a dusty road – October 2016
Fall sunset on a dusty road – October 2016
The Twitter grabbag
When I signed up to Twitter over 10 years ago the site was remarkably simple and easy to use. Back then using Twitter on mobile meant crafting SMS messages using particular syntaxes like "follow username" or "d username message". It was a fantastically simple experience with huge implications on how we all communicate. Today, there is no such…
Lobby, TekRidge, Jessup, PA – November 2016
Lobby, TekRidge, Jessup, PA – November 2016
VR is not ready in 2016
Danny Nicolas: I hope someone is hard at work making an ubiquitous snow-crash-esq VR experience that compels everyone to rush to the stores to buy VR rigs, but 2016 was not the year where VR became the big thing. It might be the next big thing, but not this year. I've tested a bunch of VR kits this year…
Piano man, SAGE Awards, Scranton, PA – November 2016
Piano man, SAGE Awards, Scranton, PA – November 2016