Don’t think about the walls before the foundation is complete. That was the main theme of my Web Standards Training for 30+ Web developers over 4 days in Chennai, India. All along, I was billing these full day sessions of classroom instruction as Web Standards Training. But for one reason or another, people still wanted [...]
In approximately 45 minutes I will begin the longest journey I’ve ever embarked upon. For the first time in my life I will leave North America and about 36 hours later I will touch down in Chennai, India. My mission? Straight from the syllabus, it is… Through lecture, guided discussion, and demonstration, provide the experienced [...]
New host, new publishing system. What the hell. Dreamhost has the one-click WordPress install and I wasn’t particularly enamored of MovableType anyway. So I did a bit of research and found that everyone’s doing it. But in the end, I think it’s the focus on semantics and the fact it’s open source that did it [...]
Dustin Diaz is launching the first annual CSS Naked Day on April 05, 2006. In an effort to promote semantic markup and proper document structure, Dustin invites all to join him in turning off the CSS and expose what’s going on underneath the covers.
Live from Mix06, Eric Meyer announces the arrival the Internet Explorer 7 Beta 2 Preview: Eric has always been the voice of reason during the release cycle of IE7 and encouraged people not to panic about any changes until the the IE team released a true release candidate. The time is now, folks. As Eric [...]
It’s been a remarkable week and my head is still spinning. Probably as much from the endless stream of free drinks as from the stimulating input from SxSW. The panels were great, the presentations were great, the people were great and the parties were great. I got to meet legends and heroes , some rising [...]
Wow, what a day. Saturday was the first full day of panels and presentations and it was definitely fulfilling. Jason Fried and Jim Coudal were inspiring in their keynote address. Jason sure hit the nail on the head with his assertion that if you have a lot of time and a lot of money, you’ll [...]
And so it begins. My first day at SxSW was fantastic. Registration went smooth. Hooked up with Tom , Graham, and Nick. Went to the Porter Novelli party and got initimate with the local brew Shiner Bock. We ended up at the very chill Side Bar and had the chance to hang out with some [...]
Here I sit in Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport eagerly awaiting my flight to Austin for SxSW. I had a great week here in the Valley of the Sun and I can’t wait to come back next year. I can definitely see myself spending 3 months out of every year here. I’m not sure there is [...]
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