Monthly Archives / May 2008

Web content arms race

The superpowers of the web are constantly coming up with new formats for online content. Over the past year we have seen Air from Adobe and Silverlight – the touted “Flash-killer” – from Microsoft.

In addition, widgets, mashups, RSS feeds, AJAX, podcasts, wikis and more continue to gain ground.

But, just cause they are new and cool – does that mean you need them?

When should you say YES and – more importantly – when should you say NO to a new format?

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Designing for mobility & context

photo of me using my mobile to reply to basecamp message

37 Signals added a new feature to Basecamp a couple of weeks ago – you can now respond to project messages directly from email. It sounds simple, but under the hood I’m sure it was tough. But this simple addition has made a huge difference.

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