“Alt Text is an exploration of text and imagery. It is meant to be a two way interaction between the reader and writer, or reader and artist. There are regular episodes that showcase writing and presentation specifically designed for the web. …Alt Text is about expression. It is produced for a multitude of purposes, not the least of which are self expression and the need for an outlet for the sites’ various contributors.”

“We often think of a good eye for color as something innate rather than something learned. But in fact, given the proper tools, and possibly a few electrical shocks along the way, even a person who’s colorblind can pick color schemes that are pleasing to the eye. So for all you colorblind readers out there, as well as those who quit Art 101 after learning there would be no nude models involved, we’d like to review how to select colors like a pro using the fundamentals of color.”

“Is your organization ready to cope with the challenge of real-time publishing? Probably not. Even media companies are having a tough time developing the competencies to master the new information metabolism. The problem isn’t just about keeping information current; there are new skills we all need to develop. We need to learn to think the way our customers think about our products and services and to encode all of our descriptive information so that it can be easily and dynamically sifted and sorted to help customers make decisions and solve problems.”

XMLSoftware’s list of content management systems.

“Most good ideas are easy to understand. They frequently are born out of a need, so conceptually they are easy to accept. The tricky part with many good ideas is getting from their conceptual acceptance to practical use. A Content Management System (CMS) is no exception: great idea, easy to understand, tough to do.”

“Banner blindness has been well documented, and recently people have been observing users ignore navigation elements as well (think amazon’s tabs). So basically you’re putting in lots of navigation features, and some of them are being plain ignored. Or are they? Since my boss gave me the funny look when I asked him about getting eyetracking devices, I came up with this method to find out what people actually see/look at on a webpage: I had them draw a picture of the site on a piece of paper after doing a standard usability test.”

“Authoring for the World Wide Web is quite a dynamic endeavor. Information regarding the various technologies and techniques is ever-increasing, ever-changing; as the field advances, more and more is being demanded of the serious Web author. Obtaining and absorbing this information can be a daunting task, at best. Printed materials are often months behind the current trends, and more often than not they, and the assortment of on-line resources, are full of misinformation.” This site hasn’t been updated in quite a while, though…

“XMLSoftware’s list of content management systems.”