Archives for “CSS”

Third Annual CSS Naked Day

Posted by Scott on Wednesday, April 9, 2008 at 12:00 am. 1 Comment.

Happy CSS Naked Day! Dustin Diaz started this in 2006 as a way to promote web standards. "In the spirit of promoting Web Standards along with ...

Filed under CSS, dustindiaz, holidays, markup, naked, Standards, web.

The Email Standards Project

Posted by Scott on Monday, December 3, 2007 at 8:43 am. 0 Comments.

In 1998, Jeffrey Zeldman co-founded the Web Standards Project to fight for better support of web standards from the browser manufacturers and web developers. It ...

Filed under CSS, design, email, jeffreyzeldman, microsoft, outlook, Standards, web, Web Development.

Pop Art is Hiring

Posted by Scott on Wednesday, November 28, 2007 at 10:19 am. 0 Comments.

Pop Art, the interactive marketing agency where I work, is currently hiring for several positions, including an account director, a .NET web developer, and most ...

Filed under careers, CSS, hiring, jobs, pop-art, production, Web Development, XHTML.

Duplicate Work is a Bug

Posted by Scott on Wednesday, November 28, 2007 at 8:40 am. 0 Comments.

"You’ll sometimes hear people joke that good programmers are 'lazy', and what this means is simply that good programmers tend to see duplicated work as ...

Filed under coding, CSS, jamesbennett, programmers, Quotes, Standards, Web Development, XHTML.

41 Useful CSS Links

Posted by Scott on Tuesday, October 23, 2007 at 4:38 pm. 0 Comments.

I was clearing out my bookmarks recently, and noticed that I had a pretty large collection of web development and CSS-related bookmarks that I never ...

Filed under alistapart, browsers, code, CSS, design, development, links, Standards, Web Development, webdev, XHTML.

Recent Links

The death of a taboo
"One of the most enduring taboos in American politics, the airing of graphic images from the September 11 attacks in a partisan context, died today. It was nearly seven years old."
Becoming an old (blogging) man
"It’s tough because I love blogs and I love comments in blogs, but I’m starting to think there’s this 'new generation' that has grown up online only knowing blogs as having snarky comment areas and never realizing it used to be a personal, intimate space where you’d never say anything in a comment that you wouldn’t say to a friend’s face."
A few words about writing.
Alice nails it. Don't stress about quality or whether you're doing it right. Just do it. "This is how the mind works to stop you from writing. Creating is scary, and your brain wants you to run from scary things. For some reason it forgets about the rewards that come from risk." I need to take this advice myself.
Maneuvering
"Which one is cooler? The 'Picard Maneuver' or the 'Adama Maneuver?'"
Google Chrome comic by Scott McCloud
Awesome. The Google team explains why their new Chrome browser is worthwhile, and Scott McCloud illustrates it.
McCain's Voice Mail to Palin Leaked to Press
"Um, hi, Sandra, Sandra Palin, it's John McCain calling... is it Sandra or Sarah? Senator Sarah Palin.... Governor? Governmor Palin!"
Don Lafontaine, 1940-2008
Awesome video of the man himself telling how he got into the voiceover business.
Ugly Bags of Mostly Water
Greatest redirect on wikipedia. (via Jeremy Keith)
iTunes Store - Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog
W00t! The complete soundtrack is available on iTunes!
Russia's Putin saves TV crew from Siberian tiger
Not a joke: "Just as Putin was arriving with a group of wildlife specialists to see a trapped Amur tiger, it escaped and ran towards a nearby camera crew... Putin quickly shot the beast and sedated it with a tranquilizer gun."