TIPS, TRICKS & BOOKMARKS on WEB DEVELOPMENTUser Generated Content in a Classy World
Chris Coyier recently wrote of his issues with using classes in content and I agree with his main point entirely: Content, like this very article you’re reading, might sit in a database and thus be spat out into a template. The content is unlikely to change but the template can go through many revisions. Knowing how many classes you have and where they are used throughout your content ...
Reinvention
We humans like to categorize things and we make no exception with other humans. We typecast them, stereotype them, and place them into boxes. A Gemini, Type A personality, Alpha, INFP. As if any of these can accurately sum up the totality of a person. You’re a designer or a developer or a researcher or a content strategist. Or maybe you’re a bit of everything. How long have you known ...
You got your CSS in my JavaScript
Separation of concerns. You have your HTML over there, your CSS over there, and your JavaScript over there. Each should be as separated and independent as possible. Or so we’re told. While CSS Zen Garden gave us a glimpse of a possible world where CSS could change and HTML never would, the reality—at least, in my experience—has been much different. Design changes often require both HTML ...
Applying Product Management to Your Life
After having done product management for a time, I was asked whether the principles of product management could be applied to ones own life. It’s an interesting question and one I’m finally making some time to explore. First, we have to define what a product manager does. In a company, they’re often wearing many hats as they work with various teams to get something shipped. In the co...
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