The Journal

Written Observations

Explorations into theology, technology, leadership, and culture.

Effects Of Drugs And Alcohol On Web Building

Effects Of Drugs And Alcohol On Web Building.

January 23, 2007

isnoop.net CSS Superdouche

Crude title, but, isnoop.net CSS Superdouche can significantly reduce the size and complexity of your CSS by programmatically stripping unneeded content, stripping redundant calls, and intelligently grouping the remaining element names.

January 20, 2007

Link Post

14-year-old Adobe Edge developer

Adobe Edge interview with 14-year-old developer Max Zimet. Man… they keep getting younger…

January 17, 2007

Link Post

Heuristics for Modern Web Application Development

Andy Budd has created a brilliant set of Heuristics for Modern Web Application Development His 9 heuristics are meant to be a starting point for fleshing out a more comprehensive list. It’s a good start. 1. Design for User Expectations 2. Clarity 3. Minimize Unnecessary Complexity and Cognitive Load 4. Efficiency and Task Completion 5. […]

January 17, 2007

Commentary

Mixed DSL Signals from Qwest

I have Qwest DSL as my home Internet service. I recently moved, and so while ordering the transfer of my service decided to ask what the best connection speed available to me was. I was told I could get 7 megabit, and was immediately excited. I ordered it and started to wait expectantly for the […]

January 17, 2007

Book Review

HTML Mastery – Semantics, Standards and Styling by Paul Haine

The Internet is awash with great Web design books these days. The one I’ve become aware of most recently is HTML Mastery – Semantics, Standards and Styling by Paul Haine, the follow up to CSS Mastery. > it’s aimed at web designers and developers who have already mastered the basics of HTML and web design, […]

January 17, 2007

Link Post