Update 2011 Conference Recap
I spent last week in beautiful England attending the Update 2011 Conference, thanks to all of your awesome donations last month. I wanted to make sure that I jotted as many notes and photos as possible for those of you who were unable to make the conference. The conference, put on by Aral Balkan, was...
Read more…Contemplating Important Decisions
Hey guys! I’m in the UK this week, so you won’t get a regular blog post from me. While this trip is about the Update conference and meeting industry friends and family, it’s also about making some important decisions this week about where I want to take this business and my own personal life. I...
Read more…The Logo: To H1 Or Not To H1?
Even though I’ve been working in HTML for over 12 years now, I still have a few philosophical conflicts about certain practice. I call them philosophical, because in the end, it really doesn’t “matter” which way I choose, but because I’m a big proponent of web standards and semantics, it makes a big difference to me. Using...
Read more…Thought Lessons When Creating HTML Mobile Websites
Working for almost a year now on Audible’s mobile website has taught me a thing or two about mobile development. It was my first mobile web development experience and I was eager to get started. It was also my first real experience with creating an adaptive site using percentages instead of fixed pixels. In many ways,...
Read more…The Secret to Apple’s Success
Just saw a commercial for the HP Touchpad today. It’s interesting that it’s already been a year and a half since the iPad is out and is on it’s second version and companies are just now getting their tablets out and marketed. Why is Apple so successful? Because while other companies are busy trying to...
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