Issue 216May 09, 2006
Calling All Designers: Learn to Write!
by Derek Powazek
”...when it comes to experience on the web, there’s no better way to create it than to write, and write well.”
Issue 215April 18, 2006
A More Accessible Map
by Seth Duffey
Is there a way to display text-based data on a map, keeping it accessible, useful and visually attractive?
Community Creators, Secure Your Code!
by Niklas Bivald
Don’t be like MySpace. Protect your community site from malicious cross-site scripting attacks. Part one of a two-part series.
Everyware: Always Crashing in the Same Car
by Adam Greenfield
”...my fundamental point is that the outcome does not have to be something that simply happens to us. To the degree that we, the users and consumers of ubiquitous computing, educate ourselves and take action correspondingly, we get to choose the outcome.”
Issue 214April 04, 2006
Everyware: The Dawning Age of Ubiquitous Computing
by Adam Greenfield
“In everyware, all the information we now look to our phones or Web browsers to provide becomes accessible from just about anywhere, at any time, and is delivered in a manner appropriate to our location and context.”
Anonymity and Online Community: Identity Matters
by John M. Grohol
“While anonymity may allow people to feel more free and disinhibited to discuss otherwise embarrassing or stigmatizing topics, it can also be a community’s biggest enemy.”
Issue 213March 07, 2006
Flywheels, Kinetic Energy, and Friction
by Nick Usborne
”...of the people who arrived at the subscription offer page, we increased the number who actually signed up by over 500%.”
Getting Started with Ajax
by Aaron Gustafson
“In a nutshell, it is the use of the nonstandard XMLHttpRequest() object to communicate with server-side scripts. It can send as well as receive information in a variety of formats, including XML, HTML, and even text files. Ajax’s most appealing characteristic, however, is its ‘asynchronous’ nature, which means it can do all of this without having to refresh the page.”
Issue 212February 14, 2006
Valentine's Day Massacre
by Our Gentle Readers
ALA’s gentle readers tell us what they bloody well hate about the web.
Valentines to the Web
by Our Gentle Readers
We asked ALA’s readers (and a few invited experts) what they love today about that repository of our mutual affection, the web.
