11 Best Foods You Aren’t Eating

Nutritionist and author Jonny Bowden has created several lists of
healthful foods people should be eating but aren’t. But some of his
favorites, like purslane, guava and goji berries, aren’t always
available at regular grocery stores. I asked Dr. Bowden, author of “The
150 Healthiest Foods on Earth,” to update his list with some favorite
foods that are easy to find but don’t always find their way into our
shopping carts. Here’s his advice.

Add comment July 4, 2008

You Call that Health Food?

Just because the label says it’s good for you doesn’t mean it is. Here’s how to read beyond the marketing hype.

Add comment November 25, 2007

How to Size Text in CSS

One of the most practical articles you’ll read in a while on CSS was published in A List Apart this week: How to Size Text in CSS. Alhamdulillah I’ve been struggling with trying to figure out which way to size CSS texts.

Add comment November 24, 2007

NYC Subway Compasses

NYC started a pilot program to place wayfinding “compasses” outside of Subway stations.

Design + Geography + NYC = I LOVE!

Add comment November 20, 2007

Being Kind to Widows and Orphans


No, this is not one of those charity posts.
It’s all about my favourite plugin. Imagine a plugin that could improve
the typography of your page with no complicated setup. Controlling type
online can at times be difficult. However, things have just gotten a
whole lot easier with the release of the Typogrify plugin.

Add comment November 19, 2007

Better Web Forms: Redesigning eBay’s Registration

Garret Dimon explains how to design Better Web Forms by slightly redesigning eBay’s Registration.

Too many designs fail the squint test that Mullet & Sano pushed over and over again in Designing Visual Interfaces. Dimon shows a quick and simple way to do it through Photoshop.

Add comment November 19, 2007

POSH - Plain Old Semantic HTML

A nice new acronym for a basic concept that should be deeply ingrained into every webdeveloper/frontend developer is making the rounds. POSH - Plain Old Semantic HTML.

To start writing semantic markup, you need to:

  • Validate your HTML
  • Stop using tables for layout
  • Use semantic elements and attributes for their intended purpose
  • Use semantic class names and id values
  • Use as little HTML as will get the job done

Add comment November 19, 2007

CSS Fix to Screen Readers Ignoring “display:none”

Add comment November 19, 2007

Greatest Copy Shot Ever Written

Nick Padmore breaks down the Greatest Copy Shot Ever Written.

I don’t necessarily agree with the conclusion but the article itself is an awesome reference tool for when you get stuck on writing a copy shot.

Add comment November 19, 2007

Rebranding of FOWA

Ryan Nichols gives an overview of their rebranding of FOWA (Future of Web Apps). The breathless result was not by accident, but was very process driven. Great work.

Add comment September 10, 2007

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