Fri 24 Oct 2003
I borrowed from a colleague Jeff Zeldman’s Designing with Web Standards. Working on user interface isn’t something I relish and standards compliance can be a dull topic but his writing is very entertaining- unusual for a technical book- and the examples are excellent and concise. I’m about two thirds through it and picking up a whole collection of good ideas and techniques.
October 26th, 2003 at 1:11 am
That’s funny. I just ordered it the other day. Web standards aren’t my forte; as much as I’d like to adhere to them, I find they interfere with the hacky way that I get things looking right. I’m hoping Zeldman can manage to make things a little clearer for me. I’ve been reading his site and A List Apart for years, but it hasn’t stuck yet.
The reviews on Amazon are mixed, the negative ones claiming it’s long-winded and a little one-sided. The positive reviews label it “life changing” (that’s pretty sad!). Thanks for your input.
October 29th, 2003 at 1:24 pm
OK, I’m about 1/10 thorugh the book and it’s already feeling like a “life-changing” read. I think I should considering changing careers.
October 29th, 2003 at 8:21 pm
You’re kidding right? It’s not like you’ve been killing kittens to make good looking pages.
November 2nd, 2003 at 6:53 pm
The day I start feeling as though my life is changing by reading a book on web standards is the day I hang up my genitals for a pocket protector.
But, alas, I am kidding. No matter how much I try to get out, web design keeps pulling me back in.
I could consider a career killing kittens.