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Two Big JavaScript Projects Debut

This last week saw two big JavaScript projects debut with releases and live code. John Resig has released Processing.js and Richard Herrera has introduced the Flow library.

Dueling Share Icons

Sometimes conventions adopted by many unrelated sites across the web help make sites more friendly and familiar for visitors. That is certainly the case with adoption of the orange feed icon across the web.

It is such a good idea to develop ‘standard’ icons that there are now multiple ‘standard’ share icons and behaviors.

  1. Share Icon Project
  2. Open Share Icon Project

The later project started in part due to licensing and ownership issues with ShareThis’s graphics, which is something I’m sympathetic to, however at what point do we have too many conventions that the behavior of these conventions remains a mystery to visitors?

Have You Seen Nicholas Francisco?

Have You Seen Nicholas Francisco?

Nicholas Francisco, an old acquaintance from web design circles and forums like Dreamless has been missing in the Seattle area since Wednesday. Have you seen him?

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Projects

Besides my ranting and raving or the occasional tutorial, Place Name Here houses a variety of projects both online and for download. From Textpattern and Microformat related plugins, to the infamous Daily CSS Fun its all here, somewhere.

About

Chris Casciano is an experienced freelance web expert, web standards advocate, markup freak and occasional photographer located in New Jersey. Place Name Here first launched in late 1998 and has served as portfolio, project site and journal ever since. Want to know more?