E Fitz Smith is a Communications Designer - Hearst Connecticut / CTPost.com News Designer - Print & Web Graphics - Special Sections - Editorial Illustration - Electronic Publications e.fitz.smith@gmail.com

7/23/11

Gotta have my fun!

Who's gonna be the next one to raise your transport fares?
Nobody's safe from the coming rate hikes...

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Some girls...


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1/21/11

header... footer... nav... what?... HTML: Up and Running by Mark Pilgrim from OReilly.com Publications

HTML: Up and Running by Mark Pilgrim from OReilly.com Publications

If only a few words were the key to opening up immediate production in HTML5. “HTML5: Up and Running” is one of few books that comes close to explaining that path in the least amount of words.

Some people don’t care about HTML, no less HTML5. Some people are wearing the new badge of HTML5 code right out on their sleeves. Like the W3C.

They are so excited - they commissioned a slick, sexy HTML5 logo website while waiting for the final HTML5 tablets to come down from the mount… on the way to us... some eon from now.

The ease of this new markup is exemplified in the comfort that the binders of books, as well as the web authorities, feel in allowing us all to dip our hands in while the batter is still being stirred on HTML5.

‘HTML5: Up and Running’ from O’Reilly.com is not afraid to dish it out in economical slices. In the speedy evolution of technical web publications, ‘Up and Running’ is a mid-step to larger, more verbose books that are just hitting the market. Released early enough to be modest in page quantity but dense enough to explain all the essential aspects, a cheeky dash of humor is included inside for free.

Myself, as a communications designer, I am very happy with the way charts and diagrams are designed consistently through the book. I love the horizontal comparison charts that measure browser compatibility. The design helps to distinguish this information from the stacks of code throughout the text. As an illustrator, I’m dying to get HTML5 Canvas carved into my brain cells. This is a good introduction to forming images via markup but I need more visuals to really know how that happens outside of the flattened page. I’m reading the book in bound and PDF formats. Great advantages to the copious hyperlinks in the PDF format. Bound version is small and easy to slip into the bag for educating yourself on the fly.

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