Skuzzy Standards
Steve Smith
Some of the backup equipment at my office had to get replaced and upgraded recently. This should normally be a very quick and easy fix. But it took over 4 weeks. The problem: Incompatible SCSI cables/devices/drivers/etc.
Archives for June 2004
Simple List
Dan Cederholm over at Simple Bits has had an excellent contest to win a copy of his book Web Standards Solutions: The Markup and Style Handbook. He had people link to an article on Web Standards, and here they are all nice and ordered.
Anger Management
Few times in my professional career have I ever been offended. It happened this week. I’ve always found it a difficult balance between showing your human side to the client, while at the same time being impervious to criticism. And I can take criticism. It makes me a better person. But the circumstances surrounding this particular situation pushed me over the edge.
A Practical Start to Web Standards
It’s been expressed to me in a number of ways that making the switch to web standards is a very difficult process, and difficult for many reasons. Let me outline a few of the views I have picked up on.
Irony and Progress
OK, I realize the irony of my last post, and the fact that it has taken me this long to post again. But I promise that it is not without reason.
The Familiar Chirping of Crickets
I’m pretty convinced that the internet economy must be on the upswing. How can I make this unresearched opinion? Well, two reasons, really. In a very local sense, I’m probably busier than I have ever been at work. It just seems that everybody and their brother wants a new website these days. But even more of a clue that this economic swell is not just a Northern Indiana phenomenon is the fact that my principle blog reads are posting on a semi-weekly basis.