Brief History on Photography

The Wonderful World of Early Photography“:

The development of photography was quite fast: since Niépce took the world’s first photograph in 1826, it took only about 30 years for photograph became a product for mass consumption with the introduction of carte-de-visite. Before long, the world’s first concealed cameras were introduced to help detectives document the dalliances of cheating spouses!

Email Standards Project

It’s about time ESP launched:

The Email Standards Project is about working with email client developers and the design community to improve web standards support and accessibility in email. The project was formed out of frustration with the inconsistent rendering of HTML emails in major email clients.

The Bandleader (Part 2)

The final piece of Duke Ellington’s jazz profile:

Throughout the entire five decades of its existence, the quality of the signature Ellington sound was a constant. The Duke Ellington Orchestra remained an ensemble of consummate musicians, with extraordinary individual talents, right up until its great pianist and leader died in 1974.

Listen to the program here.