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Jul 30
Video Notes from the Field
Advice from smart people: “So you’re thinking about becoming a designer? If I could tell you only one thing about going into the field, my advice would be…”
Jul 21
A List Apart: Issue 288
A List Apart: Issue 288, How to integrate accessibility with front-end development instead of treating it as an afterthought—an item on a checklist. And why not every form of writing can be expressed in semantic HTML. Articles by Joe Clark and Margit Link-Rodrigue.
Jul 14
Paul Constant Reviews Twitter
The best analysis of Twitter I’ve seen.
Some thoughts on the anthology
Some thoughts on the anthology, a great post on where the notion of reading is headed. We are better off if we expand our definition of reading instead of stubbornly diminishing it.
Jul 07
A List Apart: Issue 287
A List Apart: Issue 287, How to use content templates to smooth workflow and create consistent, effective web copy. Plus: the final installment in our two-part series on RDFa. Articles by Erin Kissane and Mark Birbeck.

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