Quality is the New Quantity
“Omit needless words.” – E.B. White, “The Elements of Style“ Answer these three questions: What determines the difficulty of a school writing assignment? What kinds of books are you likely to brag about reading? What is the basis on which a writer should charge for his or her work? If any of your answers involve [...]
The Big Problem of “Little Things”
Most of us have been there. You’ve got a busy week ahead of you, full to the brim with big projects. Inevitably, though, someone asks if you can, “Do this one little thing real quick.” You take a few minutes to do so. After all, what’s the harm? Then another “little thing” pops up. And [...]
CSS Menus Made Simple
CSS is wonderful stuff. Really. If you know what you’re doing, you can twist standard, boring HTML elements into almost any display state you like, all while maintaining the sort of semantic accessibility that’s so important for things like SEO and section 508 compliance. One of my favorite examples is turning a standard HTML list [...]