 there has been a lot of discussion arguments recently about ie8s rumored version targeting i have been a little in between on which side to take but i think a few articles from this week really helped me to make my decision they shoot browsers dont they jeremy keith has a great discussion about why the default version targeting is incorrect he does not think you should have to add extra code ok just one line in order to enable new browser features version targeting threat or menace jeffrey zeldman takes a different approach and discusses how huge ies market share is and that a majority of people are not developing their websites with web standards and their sites would break display differently in ie8 if by default it would act like ie8 imagine all of those large and powerful companies having their sites broken microsoft couldnt take it this is what i think really sold me while i dont think its necessarily correct it is probably the right thing for microsoft to do to protect themselves common bonds eric meyer brings up a fantastic point here regarding the two different views of version targeting we all want to advance web standards we all want browsers to improve their support we all want better and more advanced specifications we all want to reduce inconsistencies we all want a better web here is the rest of this stuff that i found interesting this week scrutinizing the xo olpc user experience very interesting review of the affordable xo laptop idea a new typography term while i am not a print type designer i found this amusing start your own business i want to start my own sometime in the future great guide about what you need to do it right balancing work family nice list of 5 important things to remember before working so many hours awesome up your design with a b simple tutorial about how to spruce up your design with an auroral background 500 million downloads of firefox almost damn thats awesome still not enough though a conversation with matt mullenweg wow matt just turned 24 im turning 24 soon amazing what he has accomplished i am anxiously awaiting the new version of wordpress to see what the admin section looks like 