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Article Excerpts

The full versions of these articles were originally published on CNET's Builder.com, which has gone through enough re-organizations and re-designs to make your head spin. At any rate, I don't think these articles are still available on CNET, and I'm sure I'd have to go through some legal junk to put the full versions up here, so you'll have to live with the tease.

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Secrets of Web Color
originally published on CNET Builder.com, June 19, 2001
Did you know that Socrates believed that fire originating from the eye combined with an object's intrinsic whiteness to produce color? What a nut. Get the real scoop on the science of color, the power of color psychology, and the secrets behind harmonious color schemes.

Top Flight Web Strategy
originally published on CNET Builder.com, February 13, 2001
Looking for flight instructions for putting together a first-class Web strategy? Yeah, we've got that.



Books

Well, technically right now it's only one book, ranked no. 267,960 at Amazon! Yay!

Master Visually Web Design
Hungry Minds Books, October 2001
Master VISUALLY Web Design I co-wrote this technical book with Michael Toot. Here's what the blurby-blurb says:

"Master VISUALLY Web Design offers you a complete visual reference covering Web design strategy, and HTML and JavaScript basics. It also equips you with Web design principles, usability, graphics, multimedia, and servers, all of which will make you a master of Web Design. Learn from real-world design examples and hundreds of screenshots all in a wonderfully illustrated two-color layout."