Tumbling for Life

Drew Goodmanson

Thu, 08 May 2008 09:02:59 -0400

Drew Goodmanson: I recently had the chance to catch up with Drew Goodmanson, a man of many ventures, talents and responsibilities. Drew is a pastor at Kaleo Church in San Diego, California and is also the…

15 Great Examples of Web Typography

Wed, 07 May 2008 21:29:22 -0400

15 Great Examples of Web Typography:

Shared by Natalie
great list of web sites with good typography

Quarter 2, 2008

Welcome to iLT’s second quarter roundup of sites that use type well. It may be that not all the sites listed here…

"The only—I repeat only—reason the labels allow competing stores to have DRM-free tracks is that it’s..."

Wed, 07 May 2008 20:04:00 -0400

“The only—I repeat only—reason the labels allow competing stores to have DRM-free tracks is that it’s the only way to get music onto an iPod. Think about that for a moment: Apple’s dominance of the music player business is the actual reason you can buy a DRM-free track from Amazon. If anybody else had a substantial chunk of the player market, the labels would be busy trying to make the other player’s DRM the standard.”

- Why Apple is More Expensive than Amazon

The Joy of Creating Handmade Cards

Tue, 06 May 2008 15:59:59 -0400

The Joy of Creating Handmade Cards:

Today in my Flickr account I came across a photo from my trip to Belize in 2007:

This photo reminded me how much joy I get creating handmade cards and giving them to family and…

Design Artefacts Part 2: Content Inventory

Mon, 05 May 2008 19:58:52 -0400

Design Artefacts Part 2: Content Inventory: If you’re redesigning an existing site, and especially if the site is a traditional content driven site, then one of the best ways to start is by performing a content audit. The process involves…

Image Replacement + Google

Mon, 05 May 2008 19:58:52 -0400

Image Replacement + Google:

At An Event Apart in New Orleans a few weeks back, something that Aaron Walter said on stage caught my attention.

During the portion of his talk where he discussed image replacement and its…

Designing for the Social Web

Mon, 05 May 2008 12:38:51 -0400

Designing for the Social Web: Josh Porter wrote a book about “social design” and it’s out and available now from New Riders. If you’ve ever heard Josh speak or read his blog, you know this will be a great one. Congrats to Mr….

Bring Back the Coffee Break

Mon, 05 May 2008 09:30:11 -0400

Bring Back the Coffee Break:

Posted by Regan

Why is the coffee served in offices so bad? If not weak and watery, it manages to be overly strong yet characterless. And who knows if that giant urn ever gets a good cleaning?…

Grand Theft Auto hates Web 2.0 too!

Mon, 05 May 2008 08:27:27 -0400

Grand Theft Auto hates Web 2.0 too!:

“Officials have said that if they hear ‘Web 2.0’ one more time, they will smash someone in the face!” – Weasel News, K100 Radio, GTA IV

I spent a decent amount of time playing GTA IV over…

Override Inline Styles from the Stylesheet

Sat, 03 May 2008 21:19:26 -0400

Just quick-posting this for my own reference to tumblr because I haven’t tested on any other browsers but firefox, BUT… this works:

span[style^=""]{
    color: inherit !important;
    font-size: inherit !important;
}

Add any other properties you like. This essentially tells the browser that if it finds any spans with a style applied, to ignore and inherit from the stylesheet (pretty much).

It’s tough to account for every possible element you could put an inline style on, but with CMS’ particularly Wordpress, the standards is to wrap it in a span.

Why? - because it’s annoying when I see a nice pretty design of mine get torn to shreds by florescent colors in an inline style. I only do this on very rare occasions when I have a client who I know is likely to mark up their content in weird ways and I also know the integrity of their site is important and I want to make sure things stay clean and classy.

It’s also not a bad idea for working with a social network site where you’re allowed to add to the existing stylesheet but can’t actually alter it. And worse, when they put inline styles in, either because they don’t want you messing with that part of your profile, or more common, they just don’t know about web standards. :)

Are Freelance Developers a Recipe for Poor Software?

Sat, 03 May 2008 12:25:59 -0400

Are Freelance Developers a Recipe for Poor Software?:

I recently read the Fast Company article, They Write the Right Stuff, and instantly began thinking of my situation as a freelance developer and what that ultimately means to my clients.

The…

The Amazon Kindle is Back In Stock

Sat, 03 May 2008 12:25:59 -0400

The Amazon Kindle is Back In Stock:
Just in case you were aching for an Amazon Kindle, I got word today they’re back in stock at Amazon. If you buy a Kindle through my Amazon Associates link, Amazon pays me a referral…

Crazy Video

Fri, 02 May 2008 10:05:39 -0400

Crazy Video: This is crazy! Who is creative enough to come up with this!?

Have JavaScript, Will Travel

Fri, 02 May 2008 00:40:29 -0400

Have JavaScript, Will Travel: The technology of the web is maturing. However slowly and clumsily, it is maturing. The web of today looks nothing like the web of ten years ago. Most notable are the advent and widespread adoption…

"To see her at work in that little wooden high chair of hers, legs dangling, jaw pulsing, is like..."

Wed, 30 Apr 2008 23:34:27 -0400

“To see her at work in that little wooden high chair of hers, legs dangling, jaw pulsing, is like watching a woodsman fell an oak with a plastic butter knife.”

- Mom-101: Oh Irony, How You Taunt My Youngest Child With Your Cruel Literary Device Ways

Starting with CSS and bug fixing tips

Wed, 30 Apr 2008 18:15:48 -0400

Starting with CSS and bug fixing tips: I receive a lot of e-mail per day and some of them are from people who want my help on CSS or if I know why certain things don’t work or show up in IE 6 or 7 etc. If I could help fix their…

Word Game Wednesday

Wed, 30 Apr 2008 10:59:00 -0400

Christa’s word game this week:

PARACHUTE

I couldn’t get 15 and only got half of these by using a dictionary. As always, it’s a tough one!

PERCH
CHUTE
CHART
HATER
HAUTE
THECA

5 letters but proper nouns

PERTH
PRUTH
THERA

other words

PATH
CHAT
HAT
RHEA

Strip Paragraph Tags

Wed, 30 Apr 2008 08:11:00 -0400

Strip Paragraph Tags: add_filter('the_excerpt', 'mdwp_strip_p'); - this function should be able to be used anywhere but I’ve only ever needed to do this when markdown is involved, so markdown.php and change this line…

Regarding Backups

Tue, 29 Apr 2008 21:20:41 -0400

Regarding Backups: Now that I have a baby, I’m taking a lot more pictures and recording a lot more video than I ever have before. And as you can imagine, I’d hate to lose any of it. So I spent some time over the last…

WordPress 2.5.1

Fri, 25 Apr 2008 13:13:34 -0400

WordPress 2.5.1: Version 2.5.1 of WordPress is now available. It includes a number of bug fixes, performance enhancements, and one very important security fix. We recommend everyone update immediately, particularly…