Arranged Delirium

As students in web design work with CSS for basic formatting, this list of common fonts for Windows and Mac should come in handy. You are always best served by using fonts common to both platforms…

In web development I’ve been explaining the differences between HTML, XHTML, XML and CSS - along with what to use, etc. Of course the future question will be when to implement HTML 5. Here’s some super-basic information about it. The question of whether to use HTML 5 though is one these students will have to answer in a few years, once the specs are finalized and support is more broad-based…

I’ve been telling myself to leave Facebook for months now. I never have time to log one - maybe once a month - and I have these feelings of selfishness as a result: like I’m not giving anything back to my community of friends. You see, I might log in monthly to see what folks are doing; but I never really update my profile or offer anything in return. So, it feels like another thing I need to get to, and never really can (i.e. fail).

Sounds like a personal problem? I suppose, and it doesn’t really bother me, but I wonder if I need yet another online social responsibility? A simpler life is definitely what I’m after…

And I’m not the only one thinking such things. The Courier Post recently ran an article discussing the idea and the trend of leaving these online communities. Give it a read. What do you think?

PS: I can across Julian Smith’s 25 things I hate about Facebook again while reading, so I’m linking to it here:

I’ve been slow to the Google Chrome experience. Primarily, because I use web technology a lot which means that I need my primary browser to work very effectively and very reliably. Of course, I’m always testing out various flavors of browsers, but making a switch is typically a big deal for me.

I almost considered making the switch to Chrome, which is a fine browser, but in the end I decided to stick with Safari, because it simply works better for me. But I’m also a huge fan of Firefox - and typically, that is what I recommend to others. Flash and javascript issues have kept me with Safari.

But this post isn’t about that.

What I’m actually writing about are the privacy concerns that many have raised with the Chrome browser. In part because they are valid concerns that everyone should be thinking about as the cruise the web, but also because they tend to be issues that affect most browsers and not just Chrome. There’s a great article/thread at this blog, which lays out most of the basics (though the screen shots are out of date). Of course, if it is really a concern for you, there are always ways around it including running a version based on the open-source Chromium. But in the end, and given my recent frustration due to Google Buzz, I’ve decided to just avoid it. Without any compelling need for any specific feature, there’s really no reason to use it…

David Pogue has written a piece on Google Buzz. He refers to my earlier privacy concerns as “paranoia” which just clearly indicates that he doesn’t get it; but in his defense Google has already addressed most of the issues that infuriated me. (I’m still killing my Gmail account though.)

But Pogue does a very good job of articulating the myriad of problems regarding the service. Its worth reading…