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	<title>Mastodon Labs &#124; Website Design, Accessibility, Usability &#124; Seattle WA</title>
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	<description>passionate about people and the web</description>
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		<title>Transform Your Javascript Form Validation</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Think about how you currently do form validation. It's a lot of work isn't? What if you could do it differently? That's exactly what I discuss in this post. It'll reduce the code you have to write. This is the first of 2 articles.]]></description>
		<link>http://mastodonlabs.com/blog/2010/transform-your-javascript-validation/</link>
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		<title>CafeWorkr</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Working from various cafes is common among freelancers, students, and entrepreneurs. It&#8217;s not always easy to find a good cafe. Not all cafes have wi-fi or outlets. Not all places with wi-fi have good coffee. Every person has their favorite cafe though. Who doesn&#8217;t? I wanted a way to share mine without the bloat of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://mastodonlabs.com/blog/2010/cafeworkr/</link>
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		<title>Consider Your Website Design</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Having a website isn&#8217;t enough. We need to be aware of how customers interact with our business. What is the user&#8217;s context? What are they trying to achieve? How do they discover us? Can your website meet their needs?  The answers to these questions will shape the way they interact with your site. The answers [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://mastodonlabs.com/blog/2010/consider-your-website-design/</link>
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		<title>Sins of Restaurant Websites</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Flash is often misused on restaurant websites. Learn the sins that restaurant websites commit, and how to avoid them.  "Think of flash as a spice and not an entree." ]]></description>
		<link>http://mastodonlabs.com/blog/2010/sins-of-restaurant-websites/</link>
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		<title>Password Masking Usability</title>
		<description><![CDATA[
Usability Consultant Jakob Nielsen published a proposal to  stop password masking, as he believes it causes reduced usability. Password masking is the automatic process of displaying asterisks or bullets instead of your typed characters. Nielsen supports his arguments by offering research from his mobile usability study.  

The venerable publication A List Apart, published [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://mastodonlabs.com/blog/2010/password-masking-usability/</link>
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		<title>What Is A11Y?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Learn the meaning of a11y? and where it comes from.]]></description>
		<link>http://mastodonlabs.com/blog/2010/what-is-a11y/</link>
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		<title>The Color And The Shape</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Color has multiple uses in the world.  However, when the context changes, the meaning can be lost or altered. Learn how you can increase accessibility for color blind users.]]></description>
		<link>http://mastodonlabs.com/blog/2010/the-color-and-the-shape/</link>
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