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Its graduation time again. The Web is getting ready to take the next step forward. It's going to be a big party, and everyone's invited! The luminaries of web and tech are preaching the way of HTML5. The next major revision of HTML promises great things for promoters of web standards and those who long for a more open, accessible approach to web design. But why care now? Why should every web designer take notice at this point? HTML5 is far from being ratified, all browsers are not fully compatible, and there are still frustrating but

You've just launched your latest flagship website. You're so proud of your artistic and technical masterpiece, that you invite the whole design team out to celebrate. You're almost out the door when you get 'the call'. You know the call. Its your client, and he's not happy. He says "the website is all messed up! ...the logo isn't showing up and the navigation doesn't work!" You assure him its fine. You even bring it up, and sure enough, it looks fine to you. But he says "No... its all out of whack!" And then you ask the $1,000,000 question: "Excuse

In 2003 Apple introduced the iTunes Store to millions of Mac users. Later they introduced the Windows version to many millions more. On the eve of their '10 Billion Song Download' celebration, all signs indicate Apple is preparing to bring the iTunes Store to a browser near you. There's been talk going around that Safari (or at least the WebKit

You can make your own jokes about the name, or laugh at comedy skits like the recently resurrected MADtv (Google it). You can debate with the likes of New York Times' columnist David Pogue on whether Apple's latest creation will be a great success and "change an industry or two". You can express your disdain for the announcement that AT&T, yes the same call-dropping, data-hog hating AT&T will be the 3G provider. But you can not

Sometimes even 'Breaking News' needs a redesign, and in the case of the mega news site CNN.com, its a welcome change. With so many sources for news online, its hard to crown CNN.com as the king of online news. However, if you look at the raw numbers, its hard to deny they're in the royal family. CNN.com has over 120 Billion page views since its launch in 1996, and according to Nicholas Felton's

Like a puppy passing his favorite tree, the impulse is too hard to pass up. So it is, at times, with Marketing and service branding. The need to mark one's territory is just part of their DNA. And sometimes they just don't know when to say "when". I'm sure that when the designers of the new Network Solutions website set out to redesign that mammoth service platform they didn't plan on making navigating more difficult. As a matter of fact, I'm sure that they fought tooth and nail to make it clean and simple. That's what good designers