Tim Bray offers his response to Clay Shirky’s recent polemic against the semantic web.
Month: November 2003
My little girl…
Just had to show off my little girl, who turns three next month. Perhaps I’m blinded by being her dad, but I doubt there’s a prettier girl on the planet. Here are a few more pictures…
Are They Really Separated?
Doug Bowman asks whether content and presentation are really separated. Eric Meyer offers an informed answer.
The art of usability benchmarking
UIWeb.com talks about usability benchmarking (via DigitalWeb).
More newsgroup changes
A couple of changes to my support newsgroups on news.bradsoft.com to announce:
First, the topstyle.support.css group has moved to topstyle.user.web.authoring. This user-supported group is for discussing anything related to style sheets and Web authoring in general.
Second, the topstyle.off_topic group has moved to anything.offtopic. This is basically a free-for-all group for any messages unrelated to TopStyle or FeedDemon.
Note that if you’re already subscribed to my newsgroups, you may need to reset your list of newsgroups for these changes to appear.
Clay Shirky on the Semantic Web
Clay Shirky is back with a denouncement of the semantic web. Not sure that I agree with his logic, but as with previous articles by Shirky, this one is a must-read.
A Fairy, a Low-Fat Bagel, and a Sack of Hammers
The new A List Apart is out, this time with an entertaining item about the importance of words on the Web.
What is RSS, and why should you care?
Amy Gahran provides a basic overview of RSS, and why you need it.
Keep CSS Simple
Peter-Paul Koch encourages us to keep CSS simple and avoid CSS hacks.
All I can say is, “I agree.” Using CSS should simplify Web site maintenance, not complicate it. If CSS isn’t simplifying your work, then you need to simplify how you’re using CSS.
CSS smorgasbord
Zeldman practically overdoses on links to CSS resources.