The Archives / Web Production

There are 34 posts in the Web Production archive.

• Your mom’s not accessible

  A few days ago, Arron Cannon over at North Temple threw up a post titled: Is Adobe Flex Really Accessible... which was full of inaccuracies… Read More

• Refining your estimation skills

  One of the most important traits that separates junior level developers from senior level developers is the ability to accurately estimate projects. Every junior level developer… Read More

• You know you wanna (work with me)

  It looks like it's just about that time again. Well actually -- it's just about always that time. We're hiring. Specifically we're looking… Read More

• Resume Tips

  Here's a few resume tips from me to you. I end up reading a lot of resumes, and I happen to have a pretty different view on what a resume should be. Remember, the creative industry… Read More

• Using TextMate’s TODO bundle

  If you use TextMate, you should really think about using the TODO bundle more often. It's a pretty simple, low-maintenance bundle that adds tremendous value to your code.

• Point of view

  It's funny, for the first time in a long time WWDC didn't generate a strong vote of positive or negative. It kind of sparked both. We have the comings and goings of Safari, the… Read More

• Hi, my name is Kyle Neath, and I’m a spammer

  ... At least, Campaign Monitor tells me I am. This is a story about a legitimate webmaster trying to use the power of newsletters to promote his site. And how Campaign Monitor… Read More

• Adobe open sources Flex, Joyent eats words

  In case you haven't heard yet, Adobe is announcing tonight that Flex will be open-sourced. This is some of the… Read More

• Apple needs force Microsoft to recall Outlook 2007

  Apple is in a unique position right now. Last year, at WWDC, Steve Jobs gave a sneak peak of the upcoming update to OSX, Leopard.… Read More

• On scaling, performance, and realism

  By nature I'm a front-end developer first. Programming is a hobby that I think I'm pretty good at -- but the stuff I have most experience with is front-end development. Think… Read More

• Revisiting Flex

  A while ago I hinted that I was taking a second-glance at this whole web-publishing business and trying out Read More

• 7 Flash Myths

  7 Flash Myths

• Standards Nazi, Transforming

  For the past three years I have been engrossing myself in the mastery of HTML, CSS and JavaScript. I have labored countless hours over it, and come to a point where I think I can… Read More

• Common web myths: Optimizing CSS & Javascript

  Many people give a big to-do about optimizing CSS & Javascript. Everything from removing line-breaks, to removing all comments & whitespace, to obfuscating compressors like… Read More

• Most amazing CSS tip you’ll ever read in your life

  You want to know how to become a css-ninja? Build more websites.

• A little rant on Safari

  It seems many web professionals around the blogsphere praise and worship Safari for it's temporary status as superior type-renderer. While that's all well and fine, I'd be willing… Read More

• I just don’t get this whole Microformats thing

  I know this isn't going to be a popular opinion, but I just don't get this whole Microformats thing. No, seriously. I've tried and tried but I just don't get it.… Read More

• The deception of job-hunting in the web business

  It seems that every day there's a new job posting site popping up on the web. It makes sense -- business is booming, and everyone who is anyone is hiring right now. It means a great… Read More

• CSS & Email: The dirty little secret

  Quite some time ago, Mark Wyner published a piece at A List Apart title "CSS & Email, Kissing in a Tree" alluding to… Read More

• Better living through DOM builders

  I've been working pretty heavily with JavaScript these past few weeks -- specifically parsing XML & JSON. I found out pretty early on that while modifying the DOM with… Read More

• Testing HTML Emailers

  Recently I had a need to send out HTML Emails for testing without the aid of a email management app (as I've done in the past). As I stared at Outlook for far too long, I found… Read More

• Closet developers

  I get a fair number of people asking me "how do I do that?" -- referring to web design, of course. Many of them are envious (usually after they find out my salary), but don't realize… Read More

• Rails Day is coming, Rails Day is coming!

  If there's one time of year that I get really excited about programming, it's Rails Day. Last year's Rails Day was my first immersion into… Read More

• Launching a site successfully

  For those of you keeping track, I launched Total Spore 5 days ago, and it's been a resounding success. So far, I've received more than 2,500… Read More

• AJAX Tamed: Where HTML and the DOM meet

  AJAX is a powerful technology and frameworks like Prototype and Dojo have made it frighteningly easy… Read More

• Setting up Subversion with Dreamhost and Windows

  Subversion is an immensely useful tool, especially for the practicing web developer. Think of it as the backups you never created: after setting up your project in Subversion, you… Read More

• Resolution dependent layouts are not the future

  There's been a bit of a scuffle lately around resolution dependent layouts. I've heard such phrases… Read More

• The last 10%

  Many people take the last 10% of a redesign for granted. They underestimate the details, and figure it's better to get out 90% today than 100% tomorrow. Wrong.

  The… Read More

• When programmers attack: Giving the wrong people control of the UI

  There has been much discussion in the rails community about script.aculo.us and whether the full library of effects should be included into the… Read More

• Settling In

  I changed around K2 a bit to fit my needs a bit more. I took a little of what I had from a previous design comp and… Read More

• Developers, Meet XHTML. XHTML, Meet Developers.

  Now that we're all introduced, hopefully we can become friends. Maybe it's me, but I've noticed that web developers seem to have this aversion towards XHTML and using web standards.… Read More

• Why Affiliate Programs Will Save The World

  If you've seen one, you've seen 'em all. You know what I'm talking about - those dreaded AWS sites that keep popping up. Register… Read More

• Critiquing web design

  I've got an opinion and I'm nitpicky. If you want a review, you better really want it.

• The finer points of design

  Wow. What a week. Only three short days at a design firm and I feel as though I've learned so much, yet have so much more to learn. You know, I used to pride myself in thinking… Read More