Yesterday Detroit welcomed Molly Holzschlag (opens new window) as the inaugural of Rise + Design Detroit (opens new window) in the morning and to give a full talk at Refresh Detroit (opens new window) in the evening. Molly is considered one of the godfathers godmother of the Web. Her talks centered around "From Documents to Apps: Evolving an Open Web". As an advocate for open standards, she outlined how the open web allows for the empowerment of all individuals via global access. The archive should be up soon on the Refresh Detroit website.

She started her talk with a quote from Hillman Curtis (opens new window) that I am very fond of and wanted to share:

"Be prepared to reinvent yourself. Be prepared to go out on a limb occasionally, and be prepared to do the things that you feel strongly about" - Hillman Curtis (opens new window)

• What Web Users Need to Know About SPDY (opens new window)
• Gmail Meter Uncovers the Statistical Truths About How You Use Your Email (opens new window)
• Reading List (opens new window)
• TED: Laura Carstensen: Older people are happier - Laura Carstensen (2011) (opens new window)
• Why College Presidents Aren’t More Social (opens new window)
• Broomstick Organizes and Hides Menu Bar Apps [Mac Downloads] (opens new window)
• CollabFinder Helps You Find Collaborators For Your Creative Project [Webapps] (opens new window)
• UX London: Design with an Opinion (opens new window)
• UX London: From Print to iPad (opens new window)
• New: JSONP knowledge base API. (opens new window)
• Free Base WordPress Theme (opens new window)
• Steve & Allan's Session from Barcamp Orlando (opens new window)
• The importance of mobile optimized landing pages (opens new window)
• Designing Applications With Web Standards – or, HTML is the API (opens new window)
• Customer Success Story: Wayne State University « Acrobat Blog (opens new window)
• Erik Proulx (opens new window)
• Making shit work is everyone's job (opens new window)
• Poor Website Loading Times Irritate People, Matter to Search Engines, Plus Can Cost you Money (opens new window)
• Grad School Marketer - How social media hasn't changed #highered PR (opens new window)
• Tips to Help You Plan and Design for Collaboration (opens new window)
• Mike McCready - Social Media and Marketing - Benefits of an Internal Social Media Marketing Team (opens new window)
• Media query download tests (opens new window)
• [Results] The State of Outsourcing in Higher Ed, 2012 (opens new window)
• What Does it Mean to be Simple? (opens new window)