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Now Available: The Better Blogger WordPress Theme

November 13th, 2008

Offered exclusively through ThemeForest, The Better Blogger is the very first WordPress theme I have released to the public. Definitely not the last.

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Understanding Progressive Enhancement (A List Apart)

October 10th, 2008

Steven Champeon turned web development upside down, and created an instant best practice of standards-based design, when he introduced the notion of designing for content and experience instead of browsers. In part one of a series, ALA’s Gustafson refreshes us on the principles of progressive enhancement. Upcoming installments will translate the philosophy into sophisticated, future-focused design and code.

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News: Test-Driven Progressive Enhancement

September 27th, 2008

Starting with semantic HTML, and layering enhancements using JavaScript and CSS, is supposed to create good experiences for all. Alas, enhancements still find their way to aging browsers and under-featured mobile devices that don’t parse them properly. What’s a developer to do? Scott Jehl makes the case for capabilities testing.

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News: Web Standards 2008: Three Circles of Hell

September 25th, 2008

Standards promised to keep the web from fragmenting. But as the web standards movement advances in several directions at once, and as communication between those seeking to advance the web grows fractious, are our standards losing their relevance, and their ability to foster an accessible, interoperable web for all?

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