I still consider myself a CSS newbie since just under a year ago I began focusing on tableless css designs. I decided to teach myself and relied on google as my mentor. After spending countless hours going in circles and beating my head against the desk I began to grasp the basics of css semantics. It wasn’t until a couple weeks ago I stumbled upon some awesome tools from Eric Meyers‘ website. » read more
Microsoft recently announced that on Feb. 12th IE7 will be included as a security update in WSUS (Windows server update service) regardless if it were requested or not. In the home environment IE7 is a recommended update through Microsoft’s automatic update service but most companies, both large and small, use WSUS to monitor their computer environment, keeping it up-to-date with the latest fixes. This is good news for web developers hoping to merge the 33% IE6 user base with the 22% IE7 users.
If you ever browse the Adobe Lab pages, you might have ran across a pretty cool new product code named Thermo. Thermo’s objective is to create better flow between designer and developer by increasing functionality within Photoshop and Illustrator.
The designer’s primary task is to provide a layout template for the developer to construct into a web page. Sometimes the layout is sliced and ready to go, other times the developer will tweak it for a more optimal solution.
The buzz is Buzzword. Did Google miss the boat? Just after releasing version 6 of their private beta, Virtual Ubiquity officially joined Adobe as the first REAL online word processing application. Rightfully so, Buzzword is developed around Adobe Flash and Flex framework and has a WYSIWYG+P (what you see is what you get and print) workspace that will put every thing else to shame (including Google Docs).
This year I decided to draw a hard line in the sand and make a couple new year resolutions. Project after project, I tried my best to satisfy each clients. Although it’s great for business relationships, I realized that I began to loose control over my work and was rarely satisified when all was said and done. I decided to make some resolutions in hopes of keeping my 2008 projects in line.
Besides the Browns, Cavaliers, and the Indians; I was excited to discover and participate in the Cleveland Web Standards Association MeetUp. It’s a relatively new group (less than a year old), but as one of the few members who’s profession isn’t web design or development I’m excited to collaborate with other Clevelanders through the 2008 year. Check them out; there are a lot of talented members!