Poll Results: What You Prefer RSS Feeds to Display

Person holding coffee cup in one hand while navigating their smartphone with the other hand.

When I read Farai Gandiya’s Working with Web Feeds: It’s More Than RSS, this month, I discovered there was a lot I didn’t know about RSS (Really Simple Syndication).

Who knew there was an RSS Club?

Not me!

Working with Web Feeds: It’s More Than RSS

Gandiya did an excellent job explaining the difference between the three common types of syndicated web feeds: Atom, RSS, and JSON (JavaScript Object Notation).

In addition, Gandiya explained what makes a good feed and the importance of knowing your feed readers and how they render content.

What surprised me from the article were two things:

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Advent Calendars for Web Professionals: 2021 Edition

Colorful red, green, yellow, and pink grid calendar with numbered boxes for each day in December.

It’s the first day of December. For me and many other people who design and work on websites/web applications, that means Advent calendars for web professionals. While not as popular (or numerous) as in the past, the calendars a fun way to enjoy December when you’re working on finishing your projects for the year. Each… Continue reading Advent Calendars for Web Professionals: 2021 Edition

Blue Beanie Day: Celebrate Web Standards on November 30

A blue beanie sits on a dark wood bookshelf filled with books about usability, information architecture, accessibility, and web design.

Hard to believe it’s been 15 years since Blue Beanie Day launched on November 30, 2006.

Named after the blue beanie worn by Jeffrey Zeldman on the cover of his Designing with Web Standards book, Blue Beanie Day is when designers, developers, content strategists, accessibility advocates, programmers, anyone involved with creating content on the web celebrate the importance of web standards. Continue reading Blue Beanie Day: Celebrate Web Standards on November 30