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Contributing to open source makes a better developer

I firmly believe that one of the best ways to become a better developer is contribute to open source. Whether that means picking an existing project and adding your ideas, or releasing… Read More

Why I am so cynical towards new browsers

The talk around town today was all over Google Chrome. It's a new browser from Google that does have a lot of very… Read More

That’s my property

Intellectual property is a bitch. It's an evil far worse than lawyers, lawsuits and contracts. It's the monster in the closet for creatives. Most people who actually create… Read More

Musings on iPhone design

I’ve been working on a bit of iPhone design as of late, and it’s started my brain working in overdrive again. iPhone design is whole a different breed of development. I… Read More

5 reasons I won’t be getting on the open id train

If you've ever talked to me about my opinion on OpenID, you'll know that I don't exactly believe in it. Now it's not that I think any part of the technical implementation… Read More

Ch-Ch-Ch-Changes

In a lot of ways, I've been writing this post in my head for the past four years. Starting in April, I'm leaving Web Associates. In doing… Read More

Manifesto of the UI

I've been thinking more and more lately about the state of user interface and it's evolution path -- it's something that I can't get out of my mind. Over the past few years (we're… Read More

HTML5 and CSS3 are doomed for disaster

Throw around phrases like Future of Web Design and you'll get lots of thoughts regarding conferences, HTML5, and CSS3. If you're a developer-developer, you probably believe… Read More

Technorati assaults design (again)

I was browsing some notes today and noticed that Technorati has redesigned.... again. I'm just about speechless.… Read More

Hot for iPhone

Cutting back about a week ago today, I was still in the mindset that I would not be purchasing this generation of JesusPhone. In fact, even after the 10am Apple event on Tuesday,… Read More

Absurdity of SXSW 2008 Panels

Today, I spent a while looking through the SXSW panel picker. First, I skimmed through the panels and pick out names I know. After that, I searched for specific technologies/techniques… Read More

Why I don’t use CSS Frameworks

CSS Frameworks seem like an awesome advancement at first glance: speed up your development, normalize your code base, and eliminate those nasty browser bugs! Hot damn, where do… Read More

On grid design

I've heard the term "grid design" more than I've seen the color blue around the web this year. Why such a resurgence of such an ancient technique? But more importantly -- why doesn't… Read More

Organix: Launch

It's been a long time coming, but version 5.0 of Warpspire has landed. This version code-named "Organix" -- inspired by the most excellent album by The Roots took far longer than… Read More