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Here you will find some useful organizational iPhone apps, others we thought might help inspire or motivate creativity, while others we have included simply because they will keep you connected with your team or your clients effectively while you are on the go.

I owe it all to Douglas Bowman's bad back. Doug and Brian Alvey and Adam Greenfield and I were working on a big client project when Doug's back went out. He was so sick, he couldn't work, and it was unclear when he would be able to work again. As a friend, ...

What better way to begin 2009 than by looking at the future of web design? In Issue No. 275 of A List Apart, for people who make websites, we study the promise and problems of HTML 5, and chart a path toward mobile CSS that works. Return of the Mobile Style ...

There's a new aneventapart.com in town, featuring a 2009 schedule and a reformulated design. I designed the new site and Eric Meyer coded. (Validation freaks, only validator.nu is up to the task of recognizing the HTML 5 DOCTYPE used and validating against it; the validator.w3.org and htmlhelp.com validators can't do ...

I have a full day's work to do, but I'm home watching my four-year-old. Thus, this morning, Noggin was on. "Daddy, what's that black?" my daughter asked, pointing to the TV. A black crawl eating 20% of the screen announced that Time Warner Cable, New York City's virtual monopoly cable provider, will ...

Now in the coveted 23 December spot at 24 ways: Recession Tips for Web Designers: Jeffrey Zeldman rounds off our 2008 season with some hard-earned advice for web designers and developers to take into 2009. As the economic climate gets tougher and budgets get cut, our skills need to extend ...

I have a confession. I don't send holiday cards. Or fruit baskets. Or, really, much of anything. I know. It's sad. But to try to make up for it, here's a nice little desktop from the zeldman.com design archives. Download the appropriate size, install in your Desktop preference pane, and ...

Now available on streaming video, Jeffrey Zeldman: Understanding Web Design — is a good quality 42:40 capture of my October 25, 2008 presentation at Gain: AIGA Business and Design Conference. Author and Happy Cog founder Jeffrey Zeldman answers the question: what does a web designer need most? Skills and knowledge ...

I'd like to give everyone reading this page a special holiday gift this year: free carbon neutrality for a day. As a bonus, after claiming your One Day gift, you can pass it on to your friends, family, and colleagues. To claim the gift, visit my One Day Carbon Neutral page, ...

George Oates is responsible for much of what is great about Flickr. George Oates is the last person a sane company would lay off. I don't know what to think about Yahoo after reading how they laid off George Oates. [tags]yahoo, stupid, flickr, georgeoates, layoff[/tags]

In Issue No. 274 of A List Apart, for people who make websites: a website without a content strategy is like a speeding vehicle without a driver. Learn why content matters and how to do it right. Content-tious Strategy by JEFFREY MACINTYRE Every website faces two key questions: 1. What content do we ...

Jason Santa Maria details his approach to building a modular system for laying out pages with CSS—“a handy way to predictably tame content without becoming predictable.” Deep tricks of the trade revealed! [tags]modular, layout, system, css, design, webdesign, jasonsantamaria[/tags]

Evolt.org, the amazing resource for web developers, turned 10 on Sunday, 14 December. Well done! Editor Erika Meyer and her staff want to know how they can better serve their community. To find out, they've created a survey. Reader responses will help shape the road map for Evolt's future development. ...

Almost everyone I know who is serious about the internet and has spent more than a few years working on web stuff has read John R. Sundman's novel, Acts of the Apostles, your everyday story of bioengineering, Gulf War Syndrome, Trojan Horses, and millennium cultists. (If you haven't yet read ...

"Jeffrey Zeldman: Inventing Something New on the Planet" is an interview at designinterviews.com. [tags]design, interviews, zeldman, Jeffrey Zeldman[/tags]

Tomorrow I board an Amtrak train bound for beautiful Back Bay Boston, where I'll have the honor and pleasure of delivering a keynote address for Web Design World. I have a long-standing fondness for this conference and especially for its content director, Jim Heid. I've learned a great deal over ...

Semantics in HTML 5. What does the future of HTML look like? Learn about the future in semantics in HTML 5.

Return of the Mobile Style Sheet. Provide a better experience to mobile users by using handheld style sheets and CSS media queries.

64 free. vector based arrow icons pointing in all four directions for your enjoyment.

Most clients are good clients, and some clients are great clients. But some jobs are just never going to work out well. Herewith, a few indicators that a project may be headed to the toilet. Guarantee: All incidents taken from life. Client asks who designed your website. Client shows you around the ...