<p>Let me first apologize for being a terrible blogger. Two weeks without a word from me. I have been very busy at work, doing a bunch of freelance, and working on the redesign for this site.</p>

<p>I also took a two day trip to New York for work to attend a gala for the <a href="http://www.nationalparks.org/">National Park Foundation</a>. So basically, this is two weeks worth of links in one blog article.</p>

<p>I’m hoping to launch the redesign before I head to <a href="http://aneventapart.com/events/2008/chicago/">An Event Apart</a> on the 11th. So here it is, some interesting stuff from the past 2 weeks:</p>

<ul><li><a href="http://www.markboulton.co.uk/journal/comments/design_by_community/">Design By Community</a>
<p>I agree that design by committee doesn’t work, but Mark discusses design by <strong>community</strong>, and it looks like it has some promise.</p>
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<li><a href="http://www.airbagindustries.com/archives/airbag/hire.php">Hire.</a>
<p>Airbag created an awesome <a href="http://rfp.airbagindustries.com/">RFP</a> form to improve the communication at the beginning of projects.</p>
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<li><a href="http://mezzoblue.com/archives/2008/09/17/anchor_butto/">Anchor Buttons</a>
<p>Dave Shea plays with the button element. While the buttons look basically the same in all browsers, I know that <a href="//trevor-davis.com/blog/tutorial/input-vs-button/">there are some programmatic issues using the button element</a>. We have also found that some version of Windows Mobile don’t support it.</p>
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</ul><ul><li><a href="http://www.zeldman.com/2008/09/18/a-list-apart-is-changing/">A List Apart is changing</a>
<p>There are only so many ground-breaking CSS tricks that can be come up with. Expanding the topics of A List Apart’s articles to cater to <strong>all</strong> people who build websites seems like a great move.</p>
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<li><a href="http://forabeautifulweb.com/blog/about/time_to_stop_showing_clients_static_design_visuals/">Time to stop showing clients static design visuals</a>
<p>While I think Andy Clarke has a good idea here, I don’t think it is very realistic. It is just a very risky move to basically create the sliced template before the design has even been signed off on. You would really need to have some trusting clients.</p>
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<li><a href="http://www.alistapart.com/issues/268">A List Apart: Issue 268</a>
<p>So A List Apart starts off with the new direction in fine fashion with <a href="http://www.alistapart.com/articles/webstandards2008">Web Standards 2008: Three Circles of Hell</a> and <a href="http://www.alistapart.com/articles/testdriven">Test-Driven Progressive Enhancement</a>. Molly’s article gives a great insider’s perspective on some of the groups that are working to continue the advancement of web standards.</p>
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<li><a href="http://forabeautifulweb.com/blog/about/five_css_design_browser_differences_i_can_live_with/">Five CSS design browser differences I can live with</a>
<p>I agree totally with Andy here. I think as long as what you are doing with advanced CSS selectors is not essential to being able to read the content, I say we go for it. There is only one problem: clients. I guess we will just have to work hard trying to educate our clients.</p>
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<li><a href="http://ajaxian.com/archives/jquery-finds-its-way-into-microsoft-and-nokia-stacks">jQuery finds its way into Microsoft and Nokia stacks</a>
<p>It’s great to see jQuery getting usage from some big names; it can only do good things for the library.</p>
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<li><a href="http://jeffcroft.com/blog/2008/sep/30/when-can-we-stop-talking-about-supporting-browsers/">When can we stop talking about “supporting” certain browsers?</a>
<p>I think Jeff makes a great point here: if you know what you are doing with web development, your sites should be “supported” in <strong>all</strong> browsers.</p>
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<li><a href="http://www.thinkvitamin.com/features/webapps/the-future-of-web-apps-in-an-integrated-world">The Future Of Web Apps In An Integrated World</a>
<p>This is an awesome article discussing what our world could be like if our phones could control everything. I want to live in that world.</p>
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