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Tufte's Grand Principles of Information Design Permanent link to this post

Carboniq's notes from the Edward Tufte seminar on information design: Tufte's Grand Principles of Information Design. Great stuff!!!

What your website looks like to the color blind Permanent link to this post

Ever wonder what your website would look like to a visitor who is colorblind? Vischeck provides an online utility that does a good job at displaying a website through their eyes.

Bjork, tableless web design, JavaScript friendly strings and IA deliverables Permanent link to this post

Into Bjork? Listen to her new album all you want - it's streaming on Heavy.

WebReference has published a case study detailing their approach to replacing a table-based web page design with one built entirely in CSS.

In a quandry trying to convert your HTML/DHTML text into JavaScript friendly strings? What you need is a JavaScript text parser.

Document, document, document. But what should you be focusing on when it comes to documenting Information Architecture? How about a little help defining which Information Architecture deliverables are important?

Blogger, XML and commenting Permanent link to this post

A fine Blogger-to-XML Microsoft-flavored tutorial with heaps of info on configuring Blogger to output your blog as XML and an example of how to implement a server-side XML/XSL transformation using ASP.

Not enough? How about an ASP/XML Blogger commenting engine? What about cross-platform XML Bloggering, you ask? Find out how to manage your site with Blogger, PHP, and XML.

Online style guides and design portfolios Permanent link to this post

You may want to look into using GreyMatter as a Blogger alternative for your blog - it lives "completely on your own server at all times, and is always under your full control". I'm using Blogger now, but I do like the fact that Greymatter has built-in discussion and search capabilities.

Working on your resume/portfolio? Cindy Alvarez's online portfolio sports a clean design, as does BiggerHand's resume. Both are well done. You already have an online portfolio? Do your clients? How about designing an online style guide for one (or all) of them?