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Cameron Moll Go to the source

On Hiring Front-end Engineers : Speaking of freelance gigs and jobs, Chris Zacharias, former YouTube engineer (I believe), authors some thoughts on what to look for in front-end engineers. On scripting: Bad front-end engineers are dependent on jQuery and other libraries. Good front-end engineers make use of libraries like jQuery to empower themselves, but are not beholden to them. On art: Nearly every first rate web developer I have worked with had some kind of extracurricular, no matter how casual, that focused around some form of art. … Read the rest here

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Two good things have happened. WHATWG Firstly, as I hoped , the WHATWG have updated the name of their work to simply be HTML . This is something they tried to do a year ago , and I kicked up a stink. I was wrong. Having a version number attached to an always-evolving standard just doesn’t make sense… Read the rest here

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Why Can’t We Walk Straight? : Narrated by NPR’s Robert Krulwich, animated by Benjamin Arthur. Fascinating, in large part due to Benjamin’s wonderful style. /via Swissmiss … Read the rest here

Cameron Moll Go to the source

Why Can’t We Walk Straight? : Narrated by NPR’s Robert Krulwich, animated by Benjamin Arthur. Fascinating, in large part due to Benjamin’s wonderful style. /via Swissmiss … Read the rest here

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One year ago, I objected strenuously when the WHAT WG temporarily changed the name of their spec from “HTML5” to plain ol’ “HTML”: Accurate as that designation may be, I became very concerned about the potential confusion it would cause. I understand why the WHATWG need to transition from using the term HTML5 to simply using the term HTML to describe their all-encompassing ongoing work, but flipping that switch too soon could cause a lot pain and confusion. Now that term the “HTML5” has become completely meaningless— even according to the WC3 —I think it’s time to rip off the bandaid and flip that switch. I was wrong. Hixie was right. The spec should be called HTML … Read the rest here

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One year ago, I objected strenuously when the WHAT WG temporarily changed the name of their spec from “HTML5” to plain ol’ “HTML”: Accurate as that designation may be, I became very concerned about the potential confusion it would cause. I understand why the WHATWG need to transition from using the term HTML5 to simply using the term HTML to describe their all-encompassing ongoing work, but flipping that switch too soon could cause a lot pain and confusion. Now that term the “HTML5” has become completely meaningless— even according to the WC3 —I think it’s time to rip off the bandaid and flip that switch. I was wrong. Hixie was right. The spec should be called HTML … Read the rest here

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The W3C unveiled a new logo and branding strategy today. (You might have heard.) It brings all the deliciousness of a Soviet-era Transformers logo to the yummy conflation of several related technologies! Did you get your WOFF in my HTML, or did I get my CSS all over your HTML? As per usual, a lot of people have said a lot of things about this. For my part, I figure, hey, given that CSS3 is now a branded part of your nutritious HTML5 breakfast, why not go with the flow? … Read the rest here

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:toggle : A lovely toggle button demo by simurai using only HTML5 and CSS3. All it needs now is a badge. /via CSS3 Watch … Read the rest here

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Frank Chimero on the 13” MacBook Air : Frank gave up his 27” iMac in favor of the 13” Air and no external display. Here’s his reasoning: A person only flails around in regards to their rig when they don’t have a clear idea of what constitutes their work. Suitability and fit is paramount, and one is never going to find what they’re looking for if they don’t know what they need. So, I looked at my work, I watched how I used my computer for a day, and found out all I do is draw vector shapes, surf the web, listen to music, and bash words out in plain text. That’s hardly the type of activity that requires computational brute force, though I understand there are some of you out there that require just that. Not me though. … Read the rest here

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W3C Introduces HTML5 Logo : Wait, is it April 1? Is this for real? Apparently so. Here’s the official word from W3C and the design notes from Ocupop . … Read the rest here

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On Not Hiring : As the owner of a job board, it might seem a little wonky linking to an article that argues against hiring. On the contrary, Gabriel Weinberg’s article doesn’t advocate a no-hire strategy, but instead suggests hiring for the right reasons and at the right time: One approach I like that some of my portfolio companies are taking is to tie hiring decision points to traction milestones, e.g. once we hit $xK/month in revenue we’ll do our next hire. The nice things about this approach are that it allows you to a) manage the burn rate issue and b) take a long time to plan your hire. … Read the rest here

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Interview with The Satorialist’s Scott Schuman : Scott Schuman ( The Satorialist ) really shines in this piece, coming across as a really down-to-earth guy who stumbled onto fame. It’s a promotional video for Intel, but thankfully it’s light on marketing noise. And no details about the equipment used are listed, but I would be willing to bet it was shot with a 5D or 7D . Update: Close. It was 1D Mark IV in the hands of Joe Aguirre (thanks Fabian Sasson ). /via Jon Heslop … Read the rest here

Eric Meyer Go to the source

Hey, any interest in spending a few days in a luxury lodge in the Great Smoky Mountains this coming spring with me and Aaron Gustafson, learning about and working with HTML5 and CSS3? Then you might want to sign up for Retreats 4 Geeks: HTML5 & CSS3 in the very near future, because it was announced late yesterday and as of now there are only six spots still available. It’ll be a very focused two days of training and a day of hands-on project work with a very small group of people, and it’ll be a ton of fun! Personally I’m looking forward to this for many reasons, but two stand out: this sort of very-small-group training and team project work setup is a new thing for me, and it’s the sort of thing I’ve thought about doing on and off for more than a decade but never quite found the time to do. Aaron, thankfully, did find the time and I’m honored that he asked me to take part. I hope I’ll see some of you this April in Tennessee! … Read the rest here

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Backyard Office by Deeds Design : Earlier today a former colleague tweeted he’s beginning the build for a backyard office. I’ve contemplated doing the same before, and I finally have a home with a enough yard to make it a possibility. Coincidentally, I just stumbled on the above-linked slideshow showing the backyard office of architect Sarah Deeds. It’s absolutely stunning. I’m convinced to give a serious look at building my own. … Read the rest here

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Backyard Office by Deeds Design : Earlier today a former colleague tweeted he’s beginning the build for a backyard office. I’ve contemplated doing the same before, and I finally have a home with a enough yard to make it a possibility. Coincidentally, I just stumbled on the above-linked slideshow showing the backyard office of architect Sarah Deeds. It’s absolutely stunning. … Read the rest here

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HTML5 Mania : A gallery of sites using HTML5. … Read the rest here

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HTML5 Mania : A gallery of sites using HTML5. … Read the rest here

Eric Meyer Go to the source

In the reset revision draft I posted Monday , I got tripped up by some last-minute changes and I’m going to think out loud (so to speak, as it were) about possible solutions. The problem is that the presence of a in the first rule means that focus outlines on hyperlinks are removed. Thus in commenting out the :focus rule I restored default focus styles to form elements, but not hyperlinks. This wasn’t a problem up until roughly a day before I published, but last-minute tinkering brought it back. I’d say that’ll teach me not to tinker, but I hate to lie. I’ve come up with the following solutions. … Read the rest here

Eric Meyer Go to the source

It was close to four years ago now that I first floated (ha!), publicly refined , and then published at its own home what’s become known as the “Eric Meyer Reset”. At the time, I expected it would be of interest to a small portion of the standards community, provoke some thought among fellow craftspeople, and get used occasionally when it seemed handy. Instead, it’s ended up almost everywhere. (This occasionally backfires on me when people use it in the CSS of e-mail campaigns, it’s exposed by older mail clients, and people then mail me to demand that I unsubscribe them from the mailing list. But that’s not the worst backfire—I’ll get to that in just a minute.) Four years is long enough for a revisit, I’d say… Read the rest here

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So with this renewed enthusiasm for cycling, I’ve been looking for a new bike. I currently ride a cheap mountain bike (very cheap – it was free with a dishwasher) which gets me to work and back just fine, but isn’t ideal. I don’t think I’ll ever be a mountain biker, or need a fast road-only bike, so a hybrid was what I needed. I also wanted something that looked more retro than sporty, something a Chap might ride. After some research, I soon found a dream bike that epitomised everything I wanted aesthetically in a bicycle, the Pashley Guvnor : Handmade in Stratford Upon Avon, these classic bikes have so much character and it was the Guvnor I particularly lusted after. At £865 though, it’s something I’ll have to work towards… Read the rest here