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Facebook is My New Boatcar : Blaine Cook, whose argument is similar to Ryan Singel’s article for Wired : Instead of offering a carefully constructed vehicle that offers amazing social experiences, [Facebook has] created a clumsy boat-car that can never truly compete with more focused sites…. While no one will ever be able to overcome Facebook’s advantage on Facebook’s terms, just as no one was able to defeat Microsoft on Microsoft’s terms, it’s downright easy to create better social experiences than Facebook’s. It’s easy to create better tools than Facebook’s. It’s also easy to imagine a better social environment than theirs. … Read the rest here

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Yesterday’s post was decidedly about companies vying for talented individuals. What about individuals vying for work opportunities? Check out this job hunt success story , as Gizmodo explains it: Alec Brownstein wanted a job in advertising, so he made pages that showed up as the first result when several big New York creative directors Googled themselves. He got interviews with nearly all of them. Yeah, it’s pretty brilliant. Bryan Veloso , a “guy who doesn’t do much client work anymore, but is willing to,” admits spending money before the check even arrives… Read the rest here

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Creating Stunning HTML Email, The Book : By whom? Campaign Monitor, of course. Two chapters are available for download at the link above and the full text for purchase at Sitepoint or Amazon . … Read the rest here

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The buzzer sounds. And the victorious have been chosen. Congratulations to the winners of last week’s rebound contest announced on Dribbble and Ethan’s blog . The entries were incredibly creative—thanks to all who entered. And we look forward to seeing you in Nashville next month… Read the rest here

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Facebook’s Gone Rogue; It’s Time for an Open Alternative : Ryan Singel, writing for Wired: It’s time for the best of the tech community to find a way to let people control what and how they’d like to share. Facebook’s basic functions can be turned into protocols, and a whole set of interoperating software and services can flourish. Think of being able to buy your own domain name and use simple software such as Posterous to build a profile page in the style of your liking. You’d get to control what unknown people get to see, while the people you befriend see a different, more intimate page. They could be using a free service that’s ad-supported, which could be offered by Yahoo, Google, Microsoft, a bevy of startups or web-hosting services like Dreamhost. While I’d love to see Facebook lose its AOL-in-the-90s grip on the web, Ryan’s vision of an open alternative is nothing more than a pipe dream, I’m afraid. … Read the rest here

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I had the pleasure of joining hosts Dan and Jeffrey for the second episode of The Big Web Show . We talked about Pete Townsend and cats that look like Hitler but mostly we talked about HTML5. Specifically, we talked about what’s between the covers of HTML5 For Web Designers . The audio is available for your huffduffing pleasure so go ahead and huffduff it if you fancy an hour’s worth of three-way markup action. The Big Web Show 2: HTML5 with Jeremy Keith on Huffduffer Tagged with bigwebshow html5 book audio huffduffer … Read the rest here

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I’m very pleased to present A Book Apart , a new publisher of brief books for people who make websites, founded by Jeffrey Zeldman , Mandy Brown , and myself. Our first book is HTML5 For Web Designers , by the indomitable Jeremy Keith . If you’re already getting your feet wet with HTML5, or just trying to figure out what the hell it’s all about, you’ll want this one. I’ve read it three times and love how approachable it is. You can read more from Jeffrey about how we chose our first title , or from Mandy on how A Book Apart works as a publisher . … Read the rest here

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HTML5 for Web Designers by Jeremy Keith : A Book Apart’s inaugural title. I have a preview copy and it’s worth every penny of the $18 USD you’ll pay for yours. Orders ship in June. … Read the rest here

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For the third time in my life, I have written a book. HTML5 For Web Designers is available for pre-order now from A Book Apart . That’s right—the same lovely people who brought you A List Apart are now delivering good ol’-fashioned dead tree publications. The quality and craftsmanship of the resultant book is, as you would expect, stratospherically high. How could it not be given the team of superheroes who put it together: Jason Santa Maria is the designer, Mandy Brown is the editor and Jeffrey Zeldman oversaw the whole process. Working with them has been an honour and a pleasure… Read the rest here

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Henge Dock for MacBook : If you use a MacBook or MacBook Pro as your dedicated machine, and if you disconnect it often throughout the day, hooking it up to a display and peripherals can be cumbersome. While Henge Dock may be reminiscent of the bulky PC/laptop docking stations we’ve all seen in the workplace, I could see myself springing for one. Canny name, too. … Read the rest here

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I Love Typography: The Vignelli Twelve : John Boardley, refuting Massimo Vignelli’s storied argument that designers should restrict themselves to just 12 typefaces: Surely a dozen designs of chair would suffice. And, while we’re at it, let’s make do with a dozen designs of houses, tables, books, bridges, teacups, salt-shakers … everything. Why, then, do we see such profligacy in design? Because that’s what we do, that’s who we are. Our restless minds are always striving for ‘better’, for more functional, more comfortable, stronger, more durable, more economical, more ornate, simpler, more complex, smaller, bigger, greener, healthier, clearer, more legible; even, more aesthetically pleasing. … Read the rest here

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iPad vs. Kindle: An E-Reader Showdown : Joelle Alcaidinho, Unplggd : While we love that the iPad is more than an e-reader, we do not like how difficult it is to read outside, the incredible amount of glare (even indoors, all too often all we could see was our reflection instead of the text), and the weight (one handed reading on the train is a serious no-go). Reading on the iPad also does not provide the same book-like experience as it does on the Kindle. Thanks to the e-Ink display on the Kindle we really are able to forget that we are reading on an electronic device. I don’t own a Kindle, so I can’t argue otherwise… Read the rest here

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This weekend I’ll randomly choose one lucky winner to receive an iPad 16GB Wi-Fi + 3G. Colosseo Contest #1 ends today, and you can enter to win by purchasing one of my posters. Also ending today is Colosseo Contest #2 . The box containing an extra iPad 16GB Wi-Fi that arrived April 3rd is already gathering dust—I’m excited to award it to one of you. Much like the Dribbble and martian poster contests, some amazing sites and posts have been published for the second contest. A few of these are shown below… Read the rest here

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Simplified ExpressionEngine Control Panel Theme : Jesse Bennett-Chamberlain: I’m currently working on a project that involves a lot of EE development, so I took a couple hours last night to tweak the default Control Panel theme. I’ve only tested it in Safari… so your milage may vary… but feel free to give it a try. … Read the rest here

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Moonbird Lamp by Yukio Hashimoto : This is absolutely gorgeous. But with a price tag nearly as steep as my 13” MacBook Pro, it’s unlikely I’ll have one of these sitting on my desk anytime soon. … Read the rest here

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What the iPad is Missing: Good Typography : Stephen Coles, FontShop’s self-described “Glyph Pusher” (and boy does he know glyphs): Apple has made some puzzling decisions over the last few years that leave one wondering if they really care about typography as much as they did in the 1980s when the Mac launched the desktop publishing revolution. As recently as 2005, Steve Jobs made typography a central theme of his commencement address to Stanford grads, but his actions as the almighty head of Apple haven’t followed suit. Sadly, I have to agree with Stephen’s thoughts. The Winnie the Pooh book that comes with iBooks is a shining (i.e. dull) example of illegible type. … Read the rest here

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Mobile Web Design (iPad Version) : I’m honored my self-published book was available within the iBookstore the day of iPad’s launch. However, the formatting is less than stellar, admittedly. This is because Lulu , who handles the printing and distribution of the book, informed me that I wouldn’t need to do anything—they or Apple or both would handle the re-formatting of the book. Whatever engine they funneled my PDF through didn’t spit things out as nice as I had hoped. … Read the rest here

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TwelveSouth’s BookArc for iPad : I absolutely love my BookArc for MacBook Pro . This iPad version is a guaranteed purchase once it’s in stock. … Read the rest here

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PixelPads: Sketchbooks for iPad : Shipping April 3rd: At the heart of PixelPads is the 10-pixel grid which allows you to sketch detailed, pixel-perfect interfaces yet it’s also light and unobtrusive enough that free-spirit designers and developers can freely color outside the lines for more organic interfaces. But that’s only half the story, on the back of each sheet you’ll find the 4- screen storyboard format, perfect for designing and developing horizontal and vertical sequences. Ordered. … Read the rest here

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I’m pleased to announce Ethan and I are bringing the Handcrafted CSS workshop to Nashville ! We’ll reprise of the one-day course we organized last September here in Salem, Massachusetts and again last November in London with Carsonified . As always, each attendee will get a copy of the book ( Handcrafted CSS: Video Edition including the DVD ) and we’ll spend the day walking through much of its content and more. This event was a great success in New England and Old England, and we’re thrilled to bring it south, to Tennessee. So join us on June 21st at the historic Hermitage Hotel right smack in downtown Nashville (steps away from the famed Ryman Auditorium and other sights). For more info on the event and to book a place (there’s a max of 100 spots), visit the Handcrafted CSS Workshop site . … Read the rest here