The Web Standards Project (WaSP) recently announced the formation of the WaSP / Microsoft Corporation Task Force “to provide support as the company increases Web standards support in its products.” That’s great news for we developers who are befuddled by Internet Explorer’s implementation of standards. Though, according to Molly, we need to be patient. She’s…

The Simple Question So you want to change your default browser or email client for your Mac running OS X. Piece of cake, right? No. I recently attempted to change the default browser. I searched system preferences, asked coworkers, and then when that failed, I searched Google. Do you see the problem here? Someone who…

The Web Standards Project today announced the formation of a DOM Scripting Task Force to help increase the use of the technique and establish best practices. I’ve only tinkered in the world of DOM scripting, but it seems like something every front-end developer should know. “The skillset of a front end programmer is a three-legged…

Travel Management. Sound exciting, doesn’t it? Not really. But what is exciting is that I got this site off of my to-do list.

At my team meeting on Monday morning, I threw out the word “plogger” as a term to define a podcasting blogger. I think ploggers is a good term. “Podders” reminds me too much of toddlers, and “casters” makes me think of either Casper the friendly ghost or people who play D&D.

The right developer does not simply build. There needs to be a real understanding of the clients goals and ambitions.

Day 2 of Flash Bootcamp ended at 5 p.m., June 1. After it ended, I thanked Colin for his insightfulness, then hit the road to drive the 280 miles from Rochester, N.Y., back to Pittsburgh. Three cups of coffee kept me all too awake. And the days that followed left little time for me to…