Monthly Archives: February 2007
Color
I enjoyed Dave Shea’s comments at 24 ways. These were some problems I was working through on my site last week. I originally had a light tan as a border, The darker color seems to both frame and focus the … Continue reading
Type An’at
This week the Clio Crew attempted to find ways to create a unified typographic theme reflecting the materials we plan to include in our final projects. Share This
Instant Karma
Pulling myself from the depths of typography (where I have been failing miserably in finding the correct font for my project), this seems like a good time to reflect on some of the thoughts that have been milling around my … Continue reading
Note to Loyal Readers
All two of you. There is a new RSS feed for my site, if you use that sort of thing. Share This
I’d love to take a public beating.
Manan Ahmed’s “Polyglot Manifesto” seems to be a popular reading for discussion this week—and rightfully so, as it brings to the fore a number of the important questions digital historians must (however painfully) pose to themselves . These are largely … Continue reading
Coding
Working on my portfolio was a fun exercise, and with a little work all my files are valid! Share This
On Footnotes
Footnotes present a frustrating problem of presentation on the web. A traditional, bottom–of–the–page footnote is not technically possible since a webpage has little similarity to the pages of a book which are of a specific, rather than interminable size. The … Continue reading