I read the news today, oh boy! I've got bad mefi withdrawal, so I went trolling and as a result, the news&commentary section is back, full of news that ranges from relevant to not-quite-so-very. Eh!
To combat withdrawal, I decided to try out plastic, which turned out to be AGS (another gray site). Dang, pretty soon the entire web will be grayscale.
my collection of gray sites includes (in order of gray-ness)
http://www.peterme.com (recently gone gray)
http://a.wholelottanothing.org/
http://www.carboniq.com(of course)
http://www.biggerhand.com (though lightened up with photos)
http://www.heyotwell.com/heyblog/
http://www.davezilla.com/and http://www.designiskinky.net/ are semigrays
http://www.dithered.com/index.html
http://www.blackbeltjones.com/index.html is nearly white
add another, or explain to me why gray is the epitome of elegance.
Rather nice sitemap-design.
a typeface foundrie that reminds me how tasty serifs can be
Inspiration for the worst designers:
I feel pretty good when I realize this elegant site
was preceded by this
yesterday's opening thang said server logs couldn't tell you what your users bandwidth is. it seems I was mistaken. useful stuff!
John tells of his pain with microsoft's listbot; not an interface tale but a customer relations story....
the chi-web list has had some interesting threads lately. if you aren't subscribed, you may wish to check these out
Usability contributed to my layoff
Unemployed and selling usability
The Usability of Usability (over three weeks)
A growing number of online companies are ambushing competitors through software that puts ads where marketers want them most--in front of customers visiting rival Web sites.
Salon not only lives, they are heading toward profitability. whew.
Salon's Newfound Financing Has a 14-Person Price TagNew Money Keeps Lights On At Salon
The online retailer lays off nearly half of its staff, leaving a 'skeleton crew' to maintain the site for parent Kmart.
Dutch Firms Struggle as Labor Gets Scarce
Offering hope that a rapid rise in diabetes in the United States can be reversed, a large clinical study has found that even modest lifestyle changes cut the incidence of the disease by more than half among those most at risk.
Dog translator barks up the right tree
A new gadget released in Japan is trying to reduce the lingual divide between dog and its owner.
World-Wise Web Teeming With Traveler's Sites
Thanks for the honest comments about html mail.
I'll keep looking for a plain-text solution. meanwhile, if any coders want to take Lane's suggestion.... Also the redesign creaks along as I find time and a few more comps are here
on either these topics, please post!