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  • Designing With Web Standards

    I know I’m a little late on the bandwagon, but this book is excellent. The style suits me and the content is very appropriate to where I’m at in terms of web design. In fact PeterHolloway.org has just got XHTML compliant validation as part of my efforts to rebuild my sites to correct semantics and… Continue reading

  • Standards and Semantics

    I’m sure this is all very old hat to most web designers, but I’ve added the word semantic to my understanding of how web pages are put together. I’ve been quite cheerfully pursuing markup to web standards without considering the semantics of the markup. Designing using CSS isn’t only about ditching table based layouts, but… Continue reading

  • Simplebits

    I’ve been doing some work for a client’s web site Carrier Transicold that needed some iconography to liven it up. I found what I was looking for at Simple Bits. The entire site is very well presented and useful. The stock icons were reasonably priced and perfect for the job in hand. Continue reading

  • A bit of fun

    Stuart took a photo of some eggs a few days ago, the background was a little cluttered, so it has been replaced with a nice cloudy sky. It’s a little rough around the egg outline, but shows the principal. Continue reading

  • Summer at last?

    School’s back, holidays are over, and now the sun comes out! Typical British weather, but I don’t mind – it gives me half an hour alone with a book in the garden enjoying the sun before work beckons. Continue reading