Monthly Archives: June 2006

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Stunning visualization of world health data

One of the most beautiful interactive charts I have ever seen is Gapminder World 2006, which merges impressive data visualization technology with human development statistics. This chart allows you to compare worldwide statistics such as population, % of women in the workforce, and poverty. The…


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Dreamweaver and Subversion

I recently started using Tortoise SVN (Subversion) to get a handle on version control in a multi-programmer project. Subversion is a Good Thing—you know, subvert the dominant paradigm, just like we learned in college. However, I was having trouble getting Subversion and Dreamweaver to play…


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Designing a “pick your top three” ranking question

Recently I had the task of designing an online data collection form that included a “top three” question. This question requires the user to choose three favorites, ranked in order of preference, from a long list of options. The user can only choose one item…


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Fix yellow form fields in Firefox

If a visitor to your website has downloaded the Google Toolbar and uses Firefox to view your site, form fields with common names (First Name, Email, etc) will display in yellow. To circumvent this design snafu, place the following in your CSS: input[type="text"] /* To…


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