What will happen to the web in 2012? Since the advent of HTML5 we’ve seen the semantic web growing. So I guess we’ve arrived at web 3.0, right? What’s next, then? Enter web 4.0… The concept has been around for ages now, much to the liking of web 2.0 and web 3.0 (web 2.0 started [...]
Ever since I started creating webpages I came across several issues regarding Portuguese special characters. For those who are unaware, Portuguese uses lots of á à é í ó õ ã â ê and so on. Initially the only way of solving this problem was with a bit of prayer and the correct character encoding. [...]
Working as a member of various Web teams for more than a decade now has taught me that the most effective approach is to work with other Web experts who sub-specialize in content strategy, visual design, information architecture and usability. Multidisciplinary teams seem to be the solution to large and even mid-size Web projects. I [...]
Due to several issues regarding my professional and personal life I have not been able to post regularly. Hopefully that will be fixed soon. Stay tuned!
Ever had the need to write vertical text? No? Someday, perhaps, you will. I had that need not long ago and as usual I did what everyone else does. Googled it. And so I found a couple of solutions. And now I’m putting it all together for your entertainment. Of course I will mention my [...]
This is an excerpt from a text by Mike Rohde from A List Apart that I strongly recommend to anyone who even considers developing any kind of work. [START EXCERPT] As a kid, I spent hours drawing and sketching ideas that popped into my head. I used drawing as a primary language for capturing thoughts, [...]
When working in an IT environment you get used to hear terms that you probably haven’t heard before. And if you’re curious enough you will eventually search for meanings, contexts and relations between what you hear and what you know. I have always been like that and one of the things that made me wonder [...]
So I’ve been at Codebits IV. Sadly I could only get there yesterday after dinner so I didn’t catch most of the talks. Mut I met old and new friends, talked to Josette from O’Reilly, who I had not met since last Codebits and went around taking lots of pictures and writing news for Bit’s [...]
Back to our series on bringing your ideas to the web. So far we have focused on planning, analysis and overall thinking about it. Basically you must think, think, think and then think a bit more. In this part we will try to shift to operational issues. By now you have done all the thinking. [...]
Since the early boom of the World Wide Web phenomenon, people all around the globe have brought their ideas online. A couple of examples come to mind… Google, Amazon, just to name a few… Then again, there are some others that did not have the same luck (CNET’s Top 10 dot.com flops). Nevertheless, there are [...]