20 Things To Do When You’re Not Coding
There has been so much going on with my freelance for the past month that I’ve had little time to breathe. The lines between my work and personal life have blurred even more as I’ve been reading several great business books and listening to business podcasts on my downtime, as well as working on a...
Read more…The Importance of Patterns in Semantic CSS & HTML
You often hear developers talk about the importance of semantics, but do you know what “semantic” means? I’ve noticed that it tends to be an arbitrary word that’s thrown around the web by people trying to sound smart (I’m guilty of that too). You often hear that semantics are good for SEO and essential for proper and...
Read more…Useful (and free!) Code Snippets
I reviewed Coda a few months ago and have been using it ever since. It’s an awesome all-in-one IDE with Transmit for FTP and great plugin support. My favorite feature of Coda is Coda Clips, a similar feature was also introduced in Dreamweaver CS4. Coda Clips allows you to store snippets of code you use...
Read more…Contribute Friday: Web Development Recommendations
I get a lot of requests for web development book recommendations, but up until a few months ago, I’ve never read one! I always thought they were a bit bland and preferred to learn by doing. Most of the ones I’m reading now are for advanced developers so it’s tough for me to recommend any...
Read more…Are “The Experts” Really Experts?
There’s been a lot of backlash lately against the terms “guru” and “expert”, especially when dealing with SEO and social media. Frankly, these terms have irked me for some time, but I’m glad to see this is finally catching on. What makes these people experts? And why are we so quick to jump and follow...
Read more…In Depth CSS Part 4: New CSS3 Styles
In the first part of In Depth CSS we talked about margins, padding and the box model. Our second post was on the difference between floats and positions and our third post was all about text. In the fourth, and last, part of our In Depth CSS series, we’ll talk about several new CSS3 features – from fancy...
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