May 21, 2004/Theory
DeathMatch :: Neo-Nazi takes on Neo-Hippie
The first installment of an experiment in Internet Audio. Two polarzing men take on five controversial topics and the result is compelling, sensational and extremely funny. ///

June 30, 2003/Form
The Jakob Nielsen Experience
Web usability guru Jakob Nielsen is the victim of my latest experiments with LiveMotion. The point of this project was to test LiveMotion as an alternative to Flash while exploiting the unusually odd appearance of a Web celebrity. My conclusion: Flash is superior to LiveMotion... at least for me. ///

June 12, 2003/theory
Pop Quiz with Mr. Popdex
Shanti Braford is a 23-year-old programmer, database geek, blogger and much, much more. He's the creator of Popdex, the wildly popular news and blog index, as well as the founder of MetaPop, a community Web log. He decided to take some time away from his busy schedule and chat with webraw about his projects, blogs, the Web and a bit more. ///

May 31, 2003/theory
Chatting with the "indefatigable" Howard Owens
I spent some online time chatting with journalist/blogger/Web developer Howard Owens about journalism, blogging and the Web (surprise). He has some really interesting perspectives and ideas about the Web. Watch this guy, he's going places. ///

May 22, 2003/function
Wireless Simplified
This highly informative article discusses the basics of wireless computing. Drawing from personal experience, Lannie Byrd explains ad-hoc networks, Bluetooth and the various WiFi standards. This is a must read whether you're newly untethered or a veteran WiFi junkie. ///

May 16, 2003/function
Digital Music Nirvana
We all know how to download and play our favorite digital music but do we know how to best organize the thousands of music files spread across those whirring hard drives? Matt Wood shares some tips on organizing and optimizing your digital music collection. ///

May 9, 2003/theory
Weblogs Will Save The World
“The fundamental principle behind the Web was that once someone somewhere made available a document, database, graphic, sound, video, or screen at some stage in an interactive dialogue, it should be accessible by anyone, with any type of computer, in any country. And it should be possible to make a reference – a link – to that thing, so that others could find it.” - Tim Berners-Lee: “Weaving the Web” - 1999 ///

April 29, 2003/Function
Recording Life in Real Time
Matt Wood examines how consistent blogging can improve the skills of aspiring writers. ///

April 9, 2003/Function
Welcome to the future Memphis!
Series featuring WiFi spots in Memphis and providing a brief write-up describing the location, some of the amenities and a few photographs. This is a place to catalog all the wireless locations in the area. ///

March 14, 2003/Function
My Experiment With Linux
In "My Experiment With Linux" Matt describes his experience with Red Hat Linux. It's an interesting perspective from someone who is not afraid to try a new Operating System. Is Linux a viable desktop alternative? Read and find out one man's opinion. ///

March 10, 2003/theory
Talking With The Homeless Guy
In January I traveled to Nashville to meet with Kevin Barbieux. He is author of "The Homeless Guy," a Weblog that has received international attention. His site details his years of being homeless and shares his struggles and successes. I spent a few hours with Kevin discussing homelessness, his job, the Web site and just getting to know the man behind the blog. ///

March 1, 2003/theory
31 Flavors of Blog Project
31 Flavors of Blog examines thirty-one distinctly different blogs and displays the diverse and innovative ways blogs are being used to communicate, educate and entertain. Each "flavor" provides a sampling of the incredible variety of blogs on the Web. ///

February 7, 2003/theory
The 'Songs You've Never Heard' Project
This project features a variety of obscure music for download in mp3 format. Each song will be accompanied by a brief description of the band or artist, any related album art and the ability to comment on that particular song. The project is inspired by Tim O'Reilly and is meant to "rescue" selected music from complete obscurity. Enjoy. ///

January 2, 2003/FORM
Organizing your writing for the Web (It ain't a term paper folks)
The rules for organizing Web writing are still being written and will probably continue to evolve as technology improves and people become more comfortable with new methods of arranging content. However, the fact that so many sites currently have poorly organized writing illustrates the need for some clear guidelines. ///

December 18, 2002/Form
webraw Lunch Menu
See the good things to eat from the webraw vending machine. Don't worry, the vending maching takes $5 bills as well as quarters, dimes, nickels and your soul. Lip smacking goodness. Delicious and nutricious.///

December 12, 2002/Theory
iQuestion: The new Apple interviewing technique on display
John Moltz is the editor of the wildly popular Crazy Apple Rumors Site. What separates this Apple Rumor site from the rest is the fact that CARS "is dedicated to the fabrication of Apple rumors that defy verifiability, grammatical convention or any basis in reality." That and the fact that the site is just so damn fun to read.///

December 5, 2002/Theory
20 Questions with Curt Cloninger
" Curt Cloninger is a writer, web designer, and net artist. His commercial design portfolio includes sites like the award-winning (and revenue-generating) integritymusic.com. He is also a popular speaker at industry-wide internet conferences, and a regular contributor to design zines like A List Apart. His net art has been archived at rhizome.org and featured in publications like On/Off and Neural. Curt lives at lab404.com, plays at playdamage.org, and continues to hold the heretical belief that beauty enhances usability" ///

November 8, 2002/FUnction
Planning for your Website
Developing a successful Website takes lots of planning. The initial concept must be developed. The content needs to be collected, categorized, edited and structured, etc. However, there is one aspect of the planning process that often gets overlooked: Planning for Maintenance. ///

October 24, 2002/FoRM
How to Fight the Home Page Creep
Scenario: You have worked many hours (weeks even) planning, designing and building a wonderful Website. However, one day the inevitable question is finally asked. "Why is my department not linked on the home page? I need a link!"

October 5, 2002/Theory
How good stats can improve your Site
The difference a good stat tool can make on your site can be enormous. My first host was OLM, a respected and cheap hosting company. For about $9 a month I got maybe 30 megs of space and my own domain (this one) and email. ///

September 14, 2002/Theory
What's Wrong with Online News (and how to fix it)
I've been thinking a lot about online news lately. The anniversary of Sept. 11 and also working on a newspaper Web site has recently inspired some deep analysis of the nature of online news. Is it better than a newspaper or television broadcast? ///

September 12, 2002/FUNCTION
Form Enhancement Primer
One of the least gratifying items to create in HTML are form elements, but don't let that stop you from making the best looking (and functioning) forms possible. Simple tips to improve your forms ///

August 27, 2002/FORM
My Relationship With CSS
My first <table> tag was coded back in the dark days of 1999. This was well into the Internet Revolution but it was still an innocent time when every company was scrambling to make millions on the WWW and I fell in love with HTML.

August 15, 2002/Form
Youthful Experimentation
Chinese takeout for the Web. To push the Web. Stretch the Web. Become the Web. And annoy ///

August 3, 2002/form
Movie Premier: The Big Ouch
I would like to take this opportunity to discuss the nature of copyright law in America today///

July 18, 2002/theory
This Four-letter word has me ANGRY!
Which four-letter word? Why DMCA of course! Ok, so it's an acronym, but you still would not believe how steamed I get whenever it is mentioned ///

July 9, 2002/theory
The RIAA is coming after YOU!
(And believe it or not, that's good news)

July 3, 2002/function
The trouble with Flash
Who remembers frames? In the early days frames were used quite a lot and usually very poorly. In fact browser support of frames was a bit spotty ///

June 29, 2002/function
Usability and the Web
The Web is many things but primarily it is a means to communicate. But communication is improbable if the device is unusable. Is the Web such a device? ///

June 19, 2002/theory
Web Page Standards
For all who have ever designed or created a Web page from idea to html knows the frustration of designing for various browser quirks and peculiarities. Not only is design for two browsers frustrating but they aren’t even the same in different versions or on different OSes. A page in Internet Explorer on a PC is very different on a Mac ///