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There are 19 posts in the Features archive.

• Stop complaining about App Store approval times

  I'm getting kind of tired of all these web developers complaining about the time it takes to get updates to their apps up on the iTunes App Store. The truth is this complaining… Read More

• Working Remote

  For about a year now, I've been working from my house -- working on stuff for entp and the occasional contract here and there. Overall, I think it's… Read More

• What I look for in a project manager

  I've worked with a lot of project managers in my time. Some have been complete wastes of my time. Some have had no impact whatsoever. Some have made me angry. Some have made… Read More

• Side project profitability

  Side projects are the small businesses of the web -- the little projects people put their blood, sweat & tears into. Many side projects downright fail, some succeed wildly,… Read More

• Give me large sums of money

  It seems the standard of practice around the States lately is to ignore all basic business principles (read: make more money than you spend) and just demand people give you large… Read More

• Contributing to open source makes a better developer

  I firmly believe that one of the best ways to become a better developer is contribute to open source. Whether that means picking an existing project and adding your ideas, or releasing… Read More

• Why I am so cynical towards new browsers

  The talk around town today was all over Google Chrome. It's a new browser from Google that does have a lot of very… Read More

• That’s my property

  Intellectual property is a bitch. It's an evil far worse than lawyers, lawsuits and contracts. It's the monster in the closet for creatives. Most people who actually create… Read More

• Musings on iPhone design

  I’ve been working on a bit of iPhone design as of late, and it’s started my brain working in overdrive again. iPhone design is whole a different breed of development. I… Read More

• 5 reasons I won’t be getting on the open id train

  If you've ever talked to me about my opinion on OpenID, you'll know that I don't exactly believe in it. Now it's not that I think any part of the technical implementation… Read More

• Ch-Ch-Ch-Changes

  In a lot of ways, I've been writing this post in my head for the past four years. Starting in April, I'm leaving Web Associates. In doing… Read More

• Manifesto of the UI

  I've been thinking more and more lately about the state of user interface and it's evolution path -- it's something that I can't get out of my mind. Over the past few years (we're… Read More

• HTML5 and CSS3 are doomed for disaster

  Throw around phrases like Future of Web Design and you'll get lots of thoughts regarding conferences, HTML5, and CSS3. If you're a developer-developer, you probably believe… Read More

• Technorati assaults design (again)

  I was browsing some notes today and noticed that Technorati has redesigned.... again. I'm just about speechless.… Read More

• Hot for iPhone

  Cutting back about a week ago today, I was still in the mindset that I would not be purchasing this generation of JesusPhone. In fact, even after the 10am Apple event on Tuesday,… Read More

• Absurdity of SXSW 2008 Panels

  Today, I spent a while looking through the SXSW panel picker. First, I skimmed through the panels and pick out names I know. After that, I searched for specific technologies/techniques… Read More

• Why I don’t use CSS Frameworks

  CSS Frameworks seem like an awesome advancement at first glance: speed up your development, normalize your code base, and eliminate those nasty browser bugs! Hot damn, where do… Read More

• On grid design

  I've heard the term "grid design" more than I've seen the color blue around the web this year. Why such a resurgence of such an ancient technique? But more importantly -- why doesn't… Read More

• Organix: Launch

  It's been a long time coming, but version 5.0 of Warpspire has landed. This version code-named "Organix" -- inspired by the most excellent album by The Roots took far longer than… Read More