{"id":1871,"date":"2011-03-08T08:20:19","date_gmt":"2011-03-08T13:20:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fullstopinteractive.com\/blog\/?p=1871"},"modified":"2011-03-08T20:03:45","modified_gmt":"2011-03-09T01:03:45","slug":"old-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fullstopinteractive.com\/blog\/2011\/03\/old-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Old News."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"first-letter\">W<\/span>ithout belaboring the point, I want to note a few guidelines I&#8217;ve been implicitly following around here the past few months. Nothing is changing.This is merely a codification of the  pace and selectivity that has happened organically since the new year.<\/p>\n<p>While I could certainly imagine writing about web development full-time (a gaping hole in what&#8217;s left of the blog-o-sphere), that&#8217;s a job that requires several qualities I don&#8217;t possess, such as the time to react instantly to relevant news, the time to compose longer articles, and, most importantly, the expertise to sort the wheat from the chaff.<\/p>\n<p>Given that dearth of time and talent, the subjects of the few paragraphs I have been posting and will continue to post must meet the following criteria:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Not yet popular<\/strong>. If Cameron Moll, Dan Cederholm, Hacker News, and John Gruber have already brought <a href=\"http:\/\/opensourceampersands.com\/\">Open Source Ampersands<\/a> to your attention, there&#8217;s little reason for me to point it out. Similarly, it would be shocking if you had yet to hear about <a href=\"http:\/\/methodandcraft.com\/\">Method &amp; Craft<\/a>, the new website devoted to detailing the process behind great work, from Shawn Blanc, Chris Coyier, Brian Hoff, Noah Stokes, et al. If I happen to hear the news and write a post before it makes the rounds, so be it.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Too important to pass up<\/strong>. Sometimes a particular news item&#8217;s importance transcends my desire not to pile on. In that case, I hope that the redundancy in your feed reader emphasizes the story&#8217;s merit.<\/li>\n<li><strong>New perspective<\/strong>. In the event I feel confident I have something worthwhile to add that hasn&#8217;t been said yet, you can be sure I&#8217;ll seize the opportunity.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Relatively advanced<\/strong>. Plenty of places on the &#8216;net to have people hold your hand. These are links for front-end developers who know all the tricks. Separately in emergent areas or places I&#8217;m just getting my feet wet, you <em>may<\/em> see intro-level material. It all depends where I&#8217;m at.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>For a few fleeting moments, I thought I might be able to curate the world of front-end web design. Imagine <a href=\"http:\/\/alistapart.com\/\">A List Apart<\/a> meets <a href=\"http:\/\/daringfireball.net\/\">Daring Fireball<\/a>, that&#8217;s what I was hoping to see happen. It turns out that&#8217;s more than a part-time undertaking. In lieu of one canonical replacement, I can recommend the following blogs as most likely to pick up a story and provide a bit of perspective. ((I&#8217;m necessarily leaving out a few Twitter accounts that pass along more than their fair share of links, various general purpose link-aggregating websites, and content mills like Smashing Magazine. )) Subscribe to these, and you&#8217;ll get about 25 percent of what you need to know within a day of it making the rounds; for the other 75 percent, you&#8217;ll need to follow several hundred RSS feeds and half the Internet on Twitter. Otherwise, you can simply wait. If it matters, you&#8217;ll know eventually.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.quirksmode.org\/blog\/\">Quirksblog<\/a>. A regular round-up of some of the most important front-end links. The resource for mobile web development news.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/thinkvitamin.com\/\">Think Vitamin<\/a>. Mixture of original content and links. Usually a bit slow on the draw.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lukew.com\/ff\/\">Functioning Form<\/a>. Weekly statistical round-up of mobile data points.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/css-tricks.com\">CSS-Tricks<\/a>. Chris Coyier provides intermediate-to-advanced front-end development posts and has a good sense of which stories making the rounds deserve a little extra attention.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/ajaxian.com\/\">Ajaxian<\/a>. Used to be the best place for JavaScript news and analysis. Since Dion Almear and Ben Galbraith left, though, it&#8217;s slowed to a crawl.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cameronmoll.com\/\">Cameron Moll<\/a>. Leaning more toward design, Cameron&#8217;s tumblog has hit the high notes consistently since he most recently began freelancing again. If I could double or triple his volume and add a touch of analysis, it would be just about perfect.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>A meager list.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Without belaboring the point, I want to note a few guidelines I&#8217;ve been implicitly following around here the past few months. Nothing is changing.This is merely a codification of the pace and selectivity that has happened organically since the new year. 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