Wednesday, May 02, 2007
Web Designers Survey
For all web designers out there, you should take this survey. From A List Apart's website:
Designers, developers, project managers. Writers and editors. Information architects and usability specialists. People who make websites have been at it for more than a dozen years, yet almost nothing is known, statistically, about our profession. Who are we? Where do we live? What are our titles, our skills, our educational backgrounds? Where and with whom do we work? What do we earn? What do we value?
The survey can be found at: http://alistapart.com/articles/webdesignsurvey.
Tuesday, May 01, 2007
A Digital Revolution
Wow! I just went to digg.com to check out the latest news, and I have stumbled across a new digital revolution. The 16 hexadecimal digits (as of this post, the HD-DVD key was posted to this article at the bottom) that are used to unlock the HD-DVD from their content protection system have been cracked and posted around the internet. And digg made an attempt to keep the numbers off their user generated content site. Whoops!
In reply, the AACS has sent cease and desist letters to Google and many bloggers commanding them to take down the key. One such place was digg.com, and the founders at digg agreed to remove the stories. This set of a whirlwind of protest, where hundreds of digg users have started creating sites mentioning the 16 hexadecimal digits in creative ways. UPDATE: After witnessing the uproar by the digg community, Kevin Rose has changed his mind. Apparently, digg will no longer attempt to remove these stories.
It is fascinating to see all the resistance by the digg community. At one point, every story on the front page made reference to the number!
This just goes to show, in today's modern world the users control your site.
photo from downloadsquad.com