Category Archives: Web Design

“Use Browser X”? Spare Me This Mockery of Justice!

March 18, 2013 – 12:28 pm

Today, I experienced something that, as a web developer, really burns my blood. When I inquired about a specific web application’s flaws within a certain web browser, I was informed that I should be using “browser X” instead. As the doomed Transformer proclaimed when condemned to the Quintesson pit in Transformers: the Movie, “Spare me [...]

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What a Difference a Year Makes

September 21, 2012 – 9:57 am

What a difference a year makes. Next month will mark a full year since I succeeded my previous boss as leader of my work’s web team. If you had asked me two years ago whether I’d want to move ahead in my career as a manager/leader or stay in the trenches as a dyed-in-the-wool developer, [...]

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Some Helpful Advice from a Nitpicky Web Developer

June 2, 2011 – 1:21 pm

Ever heard the phrase “the devil’s in the details?” I’m here to tell you it’s true! For every clean, elegant, and professionally designed website or web application, there are droves of slipshod, sloppy, or just plain lazy pieces of code I encounter every week. What pains me most is that many of these quirks are [...]

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