The Reader won't ship until sometime next year. NuvoMedia has announced eRocket , a software emulator of their electronic book reader. Everything provides a nicely readable, informal introduction to SMIL and competing proposals for describing temporal properties of Web pages. In an editorial for Web Page Design for Designers , Joe Gillespie discusses why breaking rules is important. Lance Arthur talks about ways of rediscovering creative spirit in Creative Notions , appearing in A List Apart.
Mistakes are good, admire advertising, and other heresies.
Peter Meerholz takes on the accepted wisdom that fast downloads are the essence of good Web design in Wait for It . Much discussion in Web design circles about peaceful coexistence of style sheets and tables. Eric Meyer looks at practical solutions in Web Review . Jon Katz explores the ecology of electronic communities in Electric Media part 2 . Foragers, lurkers, defenders, and anonymous cowards.