HTML5 – Let’s Have an Understanding

Never has a W3C specification had such a rousing impact on the technology world as HTML5.  So rousing in fact that not everyone could agree when creating the specification.  So now we have the WHATWG version of the HTML5 specification.  Then you throw in all the technical religious battles about what technology HTML5 will kill, the HTML5 as a mobile strategy discussions, and you get a lot of hype and misunderstandings.  So let’s try and clarify three misunderstandings I have heard and read.

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CSS Tip – Show Some Class

As a front end engineer I spend a lot of time creating user interfaces, I also spend a great deal of time helping non-front end developers debug and fix issues within the UI layer.  It is because of this work that I have to shout from the roof tops, “show some class!”  Let me explain in a little more detail. Continue reading

Just Getting Started

I guess it was finally time for me to start a blog and why not, all the other kids are doing it.  I decided to share my grammatically incorrect and opinionated views on web development and user interface design with all those folks I can sucker into reading this blog.  If this works out I can quit my job and write this blog while selling popsicle sticks on a beach, as long as they have free wireless on the beach.

If you haven’t figured it out by now I don’t take myself too seriously, but I do have a few skills and ideas that I have honed over the past 10+ years of creating websites and web applications.  So enjoy and don’t be shy to let me know what you are thinking.