HTML as a single source format
In this essay I will take what may be an unpopular position: Using HTML with XML syntax (XHTML) is currently the best format to put your content in because it is easier to convert from XHTML/CSS to...
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Flex Boxes and the Holy Grail
There is an updated post New in the CSS horizon: flexbox to be published shortly with updated code and better explanations. I refer you to that article for an update on how Flexbox works and better...
Invisible Visualization
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Getting better at Javascript
I first came accross this deck while browsing Rebecca's blog a few months ago. It made me think a lot about how can I write more Javascript and how can I build projects around my code writing. Being...
Creating the right kind of wow
I had to see this presentation multiple times yesterday and today before I realized what she actually meant. I've been guilty of wanting the WOW! the immediate surprise at the latest and greatest...
Graceful Degradation of Progressive Enhancement?
Why does it matter? # As a designer I've been around the block long enough to have suffered the nightmare of having to code deffensively for multiple browsers. Back when Javascript was new and we were...
OOCSS: What it is and how do you apply it to CSS creation
Looking at my own CSS over the years I've come to realize how messy it is and how much (extra) work you have to do when it comes time to clean it up. It has come to light again when trying to work on...
Why XHTML is still the best answer for web publishing
Brad Neuberg wrote an article about making ePub3 "play nice" with HTML5. I read it and initially agreed with it but, upon second reading and some thought I disagree with the essence of his...
WebGL: The New Frontier (for some)
Not too long ago there was a demo of the Epic Citadel OpenGL demo translated to JavaScript and played inside a web browser. The code was ported from C++ to ASM, a subset of JavaScript optimized for...
Pushing our publishing boundaries: 3d
One of the things that attracted me to 3d was the expressive possibilities of the medium and how we can incorporate these possibilities into a traditional publishing paradigm without having to resort...