Category Archives: Web Design
Dilbert on Coding
Dilbert is a comic that I check nearly everyday. This one was published on Dilbert.com on 10/10/10, and it’s one that I had to mark as a favorite on my iPhone app.
Also posted in Apps, iPhone, Miscellaneous
Tagged apps, code, comics, iPhone, mobile, web development
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Nested Lists – Web Development 101
Recently I was debugging a problem on a site I’m developing. As it turns out the issue dealt with a script I was using for the site navigation, which was an unordered list of links for the pages of the site. The list contained nested lists that were links for sub-sections of the site. Unable to come up with a quick fix on my own after going through my code, I turned to a web development technical forum for assistance. After the first response, I found myself wishing I had spent a little more time looking for the answer on my own.
Web Design Lessons Learned from Changing My Air Filter
Last week I finally got around to changing the air filter in my central A/C unit. It was way overdue for a new filter. Changing the filter is a task that I absolutely hate. It’s something that I have to prepare for both physically and mentally. Physically because I have to dress for the journey, wearing pants and an old shirt with long sleeves to protect myself from the unknown. Mentally because if I don’t put myself in Indiana Jones mode, I may not return from the Temple of Doom that is the crawlspace under my house.
Tagged design, Facebook, web development
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From MS Excel to HTML
Out in the real world, there are few people that have to work with a computer that have never used Excel. For most it’s function is to store long lists and basic record keeping. I wouldn’t be surprised if half of today’s Excel users don’t even know what an Excel function is. For me, learning how to use functions to manipulate the data I was working with started teaching me to think like a web developer.
The Computer Guy: Job Title of Doom
Not everyone requires a computer to work, but everyone uses one. And since you know more about them than many people you know, you’ve earned the title of “Computer Guy”.