Jon Hartmann - Web Trends

Getting Started with Cufon

Fri, 09 Apr 2010 23:02:00 -0500

I've been curious for a while about techniques for font replacement on the web. We've probably all heard about the idea of embedding fonts, but looking around at the standards right now, it doesn't sound like any one browser has things right, so I decided to explore a third-party option. Read more to learn about the basics of Cufon, an easy to use font "embedding" system. [More]

WebGL Musical Solar System with HTML5 & WebGL

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 08:28:00 -0500

Ajaxian.com has a good post today about an example program for HTML5 + WebGL, that really shows what we're going to be able to do with the web in the future. The video above is a recording of the actual program that runs in the browser. There is no flash, just stuff that HTML5 + WebGL can accomplish, when we finally get to have them in our browsers. Plus I really just love the music. Read more at Nihilogic Blog

Make the Logo Bigger

Tue, 13 Oct 2009 13:18:00 -0500

Found a very funny song about web design while looking for good articles today. Perhaps it will give you a laugh too, since I found it so sadly familiar. Click here for 'Make the Logo Bigger' (warning, it autoplays).

Ruby on Rails is a Dead Language

Mon, 18 May 2009 11:14:00 -0500

Matt Gifford, (aka ColdFuMonkeh) twittered an article that has lead me to a startling conclusion: Ruby on Rails is a dead language! Read more to find out why. [More]

Web Analytics on the Brain

Mon, 09 Feb 2009 13:43:00 -0500

So, is it bad that I've become so interested in analytics that when I first saw this graphic from an article on Web Design Tuts about form design, I immediately wanted to know what caused the dip on the left and the spike near the middle? I blame Click! for making me want to know what caused these simultaneous dips and spikes in interest.

How much Social is too much Social?

Tue, 30 Dec 2008 08:26:00 -0500

I just counted over 20 social links off of a single site. My apocalyptic forecast for next year: the social bubble will pop.
Me on Twitter – December 30, 2008

How much social networking is too much social networking? I've been wondering about this for a few months now, as I look at trying to identify which, if any, social links I should have on my site. Are the standard BlogCFC array of Digg, Del.icio.us, and Technorati enough? Are they too many? Are they the right ones for my blog? I'm beginning to think that there are just too many social sites; everyone knows the "social" buzzword now, so these kind of services are a dime a dozen. Are there too many? If not, which ones should you join? This article on mashable.com says you can be in four, but I'm only on three (linkedIn, Facebook, and Twitter), and I don't even check all of those in a month (and the mashable.com interviewee doesn't check her four either). In the end, I think that dedicated social networking and social referral sites are going to need to consolidate and thin out in order to make themselves more useful. Social elements like reviews and ratings on sites are here to stay, but how many social book marking sites can the web really sustain?