Links, December 2011

Cowbird ∞

Jonathan Harris:

Cowbird is a simple tool for telling stories, and a public library of human experience.

We are a small community of storytellers, interested in telling deeper, longer-lasting, more nourishing stories than you’re likely to find anywhere else on the Web.

His latest project — lovely, as always — and one I’m totally entranced by.

Update: I’m in! So thrilled. This is just the kind of storytelling I love most. I’d be honored if you followed along.

Dec. 8, 2011 • community journalism storytelling

Justin Williams on iPad Magazines ∞

A great critique. Catch his earlier takedown, on “the actual process of procuring issues of a magazine,” too.

Dec. 8, 2011 • apple ipad publishing

24 Ways ∞

It’s that time of year again:

24 ways is the advent calendar for web geeks. Each day throughout December we publish a daily dose of web design and development goodness to bring you all a little Christmas cheer.

Dec. 2, 2011 • design webdev

Getting Started with Sass ∞

A primer by David Demaree on Sass, “an extension of CSS3.” A great way to save time and your sanity when working with large stylesheets.

Dec. 1, 2011 • css webdev

The Holy Grail ∞

Roger Black on web advertising:

What we have now is the ugliest advertising in the history of the media. I used to say that web sites looked like the walls of a third-world futbol stadium, but that was unfair to the stadiums. Most content sites look so bad they actually repel readers rather than attract them.

Dec. 1, 2011 • advertising design journalism publishing webdev