October 18th, 2006
Trinity of Web Standards: Paul Boag on Web Standards
I’m currently listening to a podcast done by Paul Boag of boagworld.com
His typical podcast is funny, informative, and overall really good. This last installation however, Paul focused on web standards and doing a non-technical presentation. Riddled with religious conotations (such as the trinity of web standards), I feel that Paul does a very good job of expalining what standards are, what css is, among other things. He also focuses on the business benefits, which not many web standards advocates really get into all that much. Being a business owner himself, I feel that his points are well worth a listen.
To listen and look at the slides, or to just listen to the audio, head over to www.boagworld/standards.
And tell your boss if they don’t already know about standards, because with a few changes to a business model (if there is a web team) one can become proactive, and less reactive to designing for usability in all facets of your organization.
So I’m almost empty in my car’s gas tank and I visit the Kwik Shop adjacent to Washburn’s north east corner of campus (not that it makes much of a difference). As I was filling the tank up at a reasonable $2.15 / gal. I noticed these instructions to the right of the keypad, apparently according to the directions is where payment choice is made. After glancing at them for a moment I thought to myself, “Is it really that obvious that you’re supposed to put gasoline in your car?” I decided it was, but for whoever is out there using a pump for the first time, don’t forget to squeeze the trigger on the pump handle after inserting the nozzle into the fuel intake of your vehicle so you may place fuel into the vehicle prior to follwing step number four.