Web Standards and the Shower Curtain
April 1st, 2009
Have you ever bought shower curtain rings and wondered if there were enough in the package to fit your shower curtain? Probably not. Why is that? Its because the shower curtain industry has standards, just like the standards we’re trying to implement on the Web. At some point in the process of creating shower curtains, [...]
SXSW Notes pt. 5 – Presenting Straight to the Brain
March 31st, 2009
the brain has lots of distractions peple have different learning styles that need to be looked at Research there’s no research that says using templates & bullet points are the best way to present Book: Multimedia Learning we have assumptions about communications that we can send info and someone will receive it without a problem [...]
SXSW Notes pt. 4 – Managing “Expert” Clients
March 23rd, 2009
Making your clients feel good they call this the honeymoon phase meeting the team making a good 1st impression spend time outside the office finding out how they like to work bonding with the client Refining you approach how do you like to work how do the like to work? staying flexible Setting the ground [...]
SXSW Notes pt. 3 – CSS3
March 20th, 2009
This panel had representitives from each vendor (not apple) and they each took turns showcasing the upcoming CSS3 support in their browser. MOZ nth-child selector color module [opacity, rbga] border-image border-radius box-shadow * word-wrap:break-word * font-adjust @font-face @media queries ( @media(width:22em){blah} -moz-transform: skewX(20deg); -webkit-transform: skewX(20deg); Future from MOZ width calculations new layout systems for user [...]
SXSW Notes pt. 2 – Web Typography
March 19th, 2009
sxswtypography.com Why do web designers complain about typography? web fonts are limiting SIFR Font stacks complexity consistency across platforms Where do you find inspiration? print design thebookcoverarchive.com the content itself Current implementation? Don’t pretend the Web is a book Cambria adoption is around 40% questionablecharacters.com Try to make the design work with the fonts you [...]
GMail If Statements
February 26th, 2009
Last night I went to the Celtics/Clippers game in LA. Boston lost, but it was a great game; right down to the wire. Anyway, that’s not the purpose of this write–up. When I got home, I uploaded the pictures and e–mailed them out to my family (as I do). I sent them out to dad, [...]
For a Beautiful Web
March 12th, 2009
Every so often as I meander around the internet I find little bits of geek-dome brilliance in the markup of a site. This morning, I was reading For A Beautiful Web, a site put out by Andy Clarke. This site, by itself is a great resource, but that’s not why I’m writing this. I left [...]
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