Not sure why I have this new trend on posting videos but I keep finding them. I was priviledged to work here back in the day when Ted still ran things and it has never quite been the same since he left.
Having him come home (he had an apartment in the building) late at night and walking through the atrium always made you feel like he was a part of this place.
I was lucky to get him to sign his Apple poster before he left and it still hangs in my office.
TechCrunch already has a story this morning on our numbers from yesterday. I have now participated in 4 Election cycles with CNN.com, each time breaking records. Of course today will likely upset the numbers from yesterday but it is still great to see us do so well.
It is wild to think back on how far we have advanced in covering this event. From the 1996 Election where our results system was a Webmaster huddled over his computer and Election terminal to now where a full team of developers has built and supported a system feeding both TV and the web.
I have the benefit of leading an outstanding team that made this look easy. Kudos to all of them for the hard work and preparation for last night.
Record Traffic Day At CNN.com: 27 Million Uniques, 276 Million Page Views
Here they make use of their own Election Magic Map.
So will we really still be waiting for HTML 5 to get ratified in 2022? Of course the browsers will be supporting the new version before then and we are starting to see the advancements creep into browsers already. They likely will fully support the spec ahead of its official launch but this means that interpretations and more critically implementations can be slightly different and those left building the websites are stuck doing what we do now, accommodate all the variations in how browsers handle the code.
Ian Hickson, the editor of the HTML 5 specification, recently outlined the time table for HTML 5 and, even assuming browser manufacturers embrace HTML 5 when it reaches the final draft stage, that puts HTML 5’s widespread adoption at 2012. Worse, the final proposed recommendation won’t be released until 2022.
HTML 5 Won’t Be Ready Until 2022. Yes, 2022. – monkey_bites
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