http://joelcory.com Design, Develop, Illustrate, Photograph Mon, 01 Mar 2010 06:04:19 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I don't know about anyone else but I'm so excited about CSS 3 and web standards that I'm not even waiting for Microsoft to catch up. Heck four out of five of the most popular browsers on the market support CSS 3 so why wouldn't I? The time it saves ... http://joelcory.com/blog/2010/03/01/css-3-and-web-standards/ I was talking to a co-worker today and had a realization. HTML5 can never replace flash. One of the primary goals of HTML and JavaScript is transparency, the accessibility to the code that drives the page. Exposing code so that others can learn from it. In fact this attribute is ... http://joelcory.com/blog/2010/02/11/html5-cant-replace-flash/ I have started working with a new client for some web design work and they were reviewing my site to see my skills... When whammo, my menus are broken and they can't get into my portfolio. I immediately open IE8 to see what is wrong and I don't see anything ... http://joelcory.com/blog/2010/02/03/ie8-compatability-mode-strikes-my-blog/ It's out. I had to read about it in another blog to find out about it. It seems that version 2 isn't an update to version 1.x... Because I wasn't alerted that there was a new version. So far so good. It's UI has been reworked for better access to ... http://joelcory.com/blog/2009/11/01/wordpress-2-0-iphone-app/ Today I did a presentation on web design and design process to my daughters' gate classes. It was an exciting opportunity to offer their classes some insight into the exciting world of design and learning new technologies. So for any of the kids at Taylor Street Elementary reading this... I ... http://joelcory.com/blog/2009/10/29/web-design-presentation-at-taylor-street-elementary/ I never thought I'd see the day when I would upgrade past Windows XP, but it is here. Windows 7 RC is nice; it is almost bug free, fairly well organized, supports Direct X 10, and seems to support most of my hardware. Additionally, I felt no growing pains with ... http://joelcory.com/blog/2009/09/26/sleeping-with-the-enemy-i-am-running-windows-7/ Handcrafted CSS, the latest contribution of Dan Cederholm to the world of Web Design and Development is a fantastic book! To say that I'm a fan of his work is a bit of an understatement. No web designer or developer should be without these books; Bulletproof Web Design, Handcrafted CSS, ... http://joelcory.com/blog/2009/09/19/handcrafted-css-cover/ I'm not much different than most designers and developers, I loath Internet Explorer. But I understand why they are slow to embrace change, specifically standards. Microsoft is a gargantuan, lumbering, 800 pound gorilla. They can't move very fast, so they are slow and considerate of decisions they make. For example ... http://joelcory.com/blog/2009/09/19/why-css3-is-bad-for-ie/ There has been a lot of advertising lately indicating that the browser wars have resumed their assaults on our senses and reasoning skills. Just for kicks I thought I would verify the latest Acid3 scores posted in some recent press. Let's just say I can't find a 100% to match ... http://joelcory.com/blog/2009/06/23/97-does-not-100-make/ I am presently on a quest to get my gear connected. My iPhone to pump music and phone calls into my helmet, and my ChatterBox HJC-FRS so that I can communicate with other riders and my passenger. I do listen to music on long rides to break up the wind ... http://joelcory.com/blog/2009/05/16/iphone-chatterbox-cable/