The familiar issue of diversity – particularly in terms of those speaking at industry conferences has been raised again. As a female web developer I almost feel duty bound to weigh in! It occured to me that I know why I don’t get to many events, but I’d be interested to know if my experience … Diversity thoughts
Since my first Greenbelt in 2000 the festival has come to mark the beginning of a new year. Perhaps we are all conditioned in childhood by school terms to see September as a beginning anyway, but for me Greenbelt each year marks ends and beginnings, a time to reflect on the past year with people … Greenbelt 2006
I added a favourite quote of mine to the comments of Molly’s blog post on favourite quotes and phrases. The lines I added are from my favourite musical, Sunday in the Park with George. It is a Sondheim musical – currently back in the West End – which was my inspiration to go and study … On getting older … and not changing all that much
I’ve had so many interesting discussions with people at @media, as these were prompted by the topics discussed by panels or in presentations it’s probably not surprising that I was often having the same conversation a number of times with different people! However one topic that kept coming up was how we decide which methods … Choosing your CSS techniques
Drew and I got back from media 2006 late this afternoon, and it really has been a fantastic few days. The conference for me started with a speakers dinner on Wednesday night, I've not attended SXSW, nor last year's media and so this was the first time I’d met most of the attendees ‘in real … @media 2006
HTML Utopia: Designing Without Tables Using CSS, is the second edition of Sitepoint’s second ever book, originally written by Dan Shafer. I’ve updated the book to include information and advice about the latest browsers and techniques as well as rewritten the second part to explain some of the most popular CSS layouts which can be … HTML Utopia: Designing Without Tables Using CSS, 2nd Edition
Natalie makes some excellent points in her post Women in technology and Ubuntu, “Another great barrier to entry is a partner with similar interests in the field, naturally a common occurrence due to similar social circles and shared interests, it can happen many people overlook the female partner’s geeky credentials, unintentionally perhaps but noticeable none … Geeks who happen to also be women
A client just sent me a link to the API documentation for something we will be integrating with. The pages that contain the documentation are using JavaScript to scroll the page title! What were they thinking? Ploughing through documentation is bad enough but far worse when there is a scrolling thing constantly in view. Gah! … The most irritating thing in the world?
Posting this mainly for the benefit of any other freelances who are trying to find out information about what to do regarding unpaid invoices following Highbury House going into receivership on January 20th. Rob Buckley has been doing some excellent detective work and has information about the sale of various titles as well as contact … Highbury House receivership
The lovely Bruce Lawson has tagged me with what might be the first ever meme-thingy I’ve completed. Four jobs I’ve had in my life Shop assistant (working in the high class footwear establishment that is Shoe Fayre) Dancer Silver service waitress Stage crew in London’s West End working on Jolson! and The Mousetrap I’ve gone … Four Things