UT COMM Group Presentation
Click on the following link to download the presentation. UofT.me URL Shortening service Launched Semi-Automated A-Z index In Development U of T Surveys Planning & Early Development Tri-Campus News Service Early Planning March_21-COMM
Events Calendar 2.0 Wireframe(s)
Hi All I’m going to start posting wireframes for the events calendar version 2. They may look polished, but they’re absolutely not and they’re VERY open for comment and critique. Home Index Beta (obviously missing a footer & some other components)
MyMedia Presentation
Here is a link to the MyMedia presentation from todays meeting. http://www.library.utoronto.ca/library/its/presentations/mymedia_sept_2010.ppt
AODA Presentation
AODA Presentation from Sept 22 Meeting Please feel free to ask any questions about this to chad.holden@utoronto.ca Some links from the meeting: www.aoda.ca (thanks Amanda) www.aodaalliance.org
BACK ON! : 2nd Meeting of 2010! Video Streaming & Accessibility
Place : Governing Council Chambers Time : September 22, 2010 – 10am – Noon Current Topics : MyMedia: UTL’s Rich Media Delivery and Storage Sian Meikle, Gordon Belray and Graham Stewart AODA : The Ontario Accessibility Act and what it means for us as designers & developers. Chad Holden If anyone else wants to contribute another [...]
Events Calendar Update
I’ve been frequently working on the U of T Events Calendar 2.0 build. I’m building it using PHP and MySQL, similar to the current one, this time however, I’m using the CodeIgniter PHP framework for faster updates and additions. One of the best new features is friendly URLs, something a lot of people have been [...]
Why Design-By-Commitee Should Die
No matter where you go in the known universe, there is design-by-committee. It has become a pecking order of disaster for the society that used to pride itself on being a mover and shaker and that allowed its mavericks and dreamers to innovate their way to success. In a business climate fueled by fear and [...]
7 Personality Types of Developers Today
Developers and programmers are meticulous individuals, and developers sometimes stand out even among themselves. We introduced you to 7 types of designers in our article 7 Personality Types of Designers Today. Developers have peculiar traits and habits of their own. This article looks at7 types of developers today and their defining characteristics. “The best programmers are [...]
Producing beautiful code.
HTML5 – HTML5 and it’s new elements make for the most beautiful HTML yet. DOCTYPE – HTML5 has the best DOCTYPE ever Indentation – Code is indented to show parent/child relationships and emphasize hierarchy. Charset – Declared as first thing in the head, before any content. Title – Title of the site is simple and [...]
How to meet the WGAC 2.0 Guidelines
Here is a page everyone should know about to help meet the WGAC guidelines: http://www.w3.org/WAI/WCAG20/quickref/Overview.php
