2011 is turning out to be the tipping point for accessible, adaptive, bio degradable web design and development. All best practices and theories are coming together bringing forth the best of what the web always was intended to be.
To get you started in this brave new world I decided to just quickly write down the basic readings and resources I would recommend. Enjoy!
For some time now I am pretty uneasy about a phenomenon that I would like to call “techno positivism”.
People seem to have a naif believe that digital technology (from now on technology) will solve all our problems. Of course there are numerous examples of where technology acutally helped us a big deal. Bad at spelling? Automatic spell check to the rescue. Too much accidents on the road? Just install an auto pilot for cars. A certain amount of people don’t pay for there public transport ticket? Set up digitally controlled perimeters around all public transport entries and have people check in with a chipcard. Need more overall control of the masses? Invent Cyberdine…