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So Long, Farewell, Amen

Anonymous commented: With all due respect, the problem is that we are disagreeing with the premise that this quarter’s version of the guidelines is what’s best for the University. We are now being asked to make a third round of usability, accessibility and design sacrifices in favor of visual identity. (You yourself communicated the motivation [...]

I’m very happy to announce that the new versions of the Cornell Templates for web developers were re-launched yesterday afternoon. These templates, developed by IWS at CIT and the Office of Web Communications, are intended as a tool for campus web developers who wish to bring their sites into the Cornell look and feel. Though [...]

Always Take the Weather With You

The last time I was in Dublin, I found myself sitting in a bookstore, pawing through The Xenophobe’s Guide to Americans. There is a great chapter on the weather and how we, as a country are obsessed with it to the point of manufacturing weather conditions like heat index and wind chill. I was laughing [...]