Dispatches From The Internets

Advertisers look forward to buying your Web browsing history from ISPs

If the FCC rules are eliminated, ISPs would not have to get consumers’ explicit consent before selling or sharing Web browsing data and other private information with advertisers and other third parties. The FCC issued the rules when it was led by a Democratic majority last year.

Even HTTPS won’t be able to save us.





State of Responsive Images 2017

A useful update from Jason. In particular, this bit makes me happy but similarly sad as a lost opportunity:

The new responsive image standards makes it possible for us to experiment with different types of image formats without breaking the web. … Unfortunately, I haven’t seen much experimentation happening in this space.





HTML Prototyping 101 - Offline Mode

It’s so easy to get comfortable…

So it’s on the 07.12 London-bound train from Brighton that Rich, Jon and I find ourselves reviewing a prototype while deprived of the one office luxury we’ve grown so accustomed to: a stable and generous internet connection.


Checking the Reading Order of a PowerPoint Slide

I’m starting to do the occasional PowerPoint presentation. I still favor Keynote, but it’s always good to bone up on other tools. And when I do so, I want to make sure my decks are also accessible.