Monthly Archives: August 2006

Ongoing Conversation about the W3C

Look what happened while I wasn’t paying attention: Several highly-respected web developers and web standards evangelists got into a blog-debate about the state of the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C). Unfortunately I’ve only seen one of them actually defending the … Continue reading

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Ezzy Videos Posted at YouTube

I’ve uploaded several short videos of Ezmerelda to YouTube. Enjoy – it’s free!

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Two Great Training Opportunities

I just found out that Steve Krug and Lou Rosenfeld are teaching day-long training sessions in various cities on subsequent days. Steve is an expert in web usability and wrote the wonderful book Don’t Make Me Think. Lou is an … Continue reading

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Bad Experience with CompUSA Tech Support

A couple of weeks ago I discovered that every time I restarted or awoke my Dell Inspiron, the screen would go black. I could tell it was still running, though. I called around and most computer repair shops charged an … Continue reading

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Ezzy Update

Our new kitten now has a name – Ezzy, short for Ezmerelda. I cannot believe how quickly she is acclimating to our house and to the other two cats! She spent a little over 24 hours confined to our bedroom, … Continue reading

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Web 2.0

I just read a great article by Tim O’Reilly of O’Reilly book publishing fame. He talked about a lot of things that I have been mulling over lately. As a web developer I get asked what Web 2.0 is, and … Continue reading

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They Saw Me Coming

On Saturday I took Cali and Pearl to the Vet for the annual shots and check ups. The technician behind the desk brought out this tiny little tabby kitten, and of course I was holding her within seconds. She is … Continue reading

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