Weekly Round-up ~ Nov 8, 09 Edition

Every weekend, we recap our articles and round up other useful articles we read during the week on web design, development and Gov2.0. We hope you find them helpful. If you have article links you’d like to share, please post in the comment section.

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• Learn Online, Connect Offline

  Attending to web conferences is a great way to connect with our peers. Not only do we get to exchange ideas and the latest practices with our peers, we also get to expand our personal network. There are planned national/international events, as well as the informal ones held locally. Take advantage of them.

From Elsewhere

• New Drop Caps

  Mark Boulton commissioned his sister-in-law to create a set of custom drop caps for his blog and they provide a potent reminder of the power of typography.

• 40 years of the internet

  The internet just turned 40 years old! This article gives a great overview of how it began.

• A Roundup Of 25 Advanced CSS Tips And Tutorials

  A great list of CSS techniques.

• Mockingbird

  Mockingbird is a web based wire framing tool.

• Steve Smith on HTML5 and CSS3

  Another great speakers’ series from Carsonified.

• Javascript Objects 101

  Good explanation of OOP in Javascript.

• Mobile Frameworks and Development Tools for Creating iPhone Apps

  If you’re thinking about developing an Iphone version of your site, you may find this list helpful.

• Get started with Closure, Google’s Javascript Library

  A good overview of the new JS library from Google.

• Department of Justice

  Check out the newly redesigned website of DOJ! Nicely done.

• TED TALK: Stefana Broadbent: How the Internet Enables Intimacy