TIME Magazine has listed the 50 Coolest Websites of 2005. The categories are Arts & Entertainment; Blogs; Lifestyle, Health & Hobbies; News & Information; and Shopping.
Konfabulator: Widget Bliss
Are you Windows people jealous of all those Mac users and their shiny new widgets in their fancy schmancy OS X Tiger Dashboard? Well, look no further. Konfabulator is a cross platform widget solution for everyone. In fact, Konfabulator existed long before Mac widgets, and even the name “widgets” was coined prior to the OS […]
Imp Head Studio
Take a look at Brian Despain’s illustrations. They have such a whimsical storybook quality, yet manage to keep that dark edgy feel. These paintings are beautiful!
Firefox Hits 80,000,000 Downloads
The Mozilla Firefox browser hit 80,000,000 downloads! Check out the stats at Spread Firefox.
The 10 Best Resources for CSS
SiteProNews has posted The 10 Best Resources for CSS on their website. Rightfully so, css Zen Garden is at the number one spot. I would have added A List Apart to their top ten, which offers great workarounds that you won’t find anywhere else.
Google’s Master Plan
Someone at Google had way too much coffee and way too much time on their hands. Accept it, one day Google will take over the world.
Craig’s Rule #1
If one shows one’s client a design that one hates, the client will always choose it. Make sure you are comfortable with every design you show your client, because, without fail, he or she will pick that one, and then you’ll have to live with it forever.
The Present Future
There’s an interesting discussion going on at kottke.org about the future of technology and the user experience on the web. He asks that no one uses any of the buzz words that are so often used to describe Web 2.0 (another buzz word). Check it out.
Yahoo! Publisher Network
Yahoo! has opened their Publisher Network to the broader publisher community. Another attempt by Yahoo! to take over the internet. Some of the benefits will be a seamless integration with other Yahoo! technologies, like Yahoo! Ads and My Yahoo! RSS feeds. I wonder how this will tie into their beta Yahoo! 360 program?
Top 10 Dot-com Flops
CNET has posted the all-time top 10 dot-com flops. That Pets.com sock puppet has become an icon for the dot-com crash. Let’s hope that we’ve learned from our past mistakes.