Website Optimization Measures, Part XIV

About link relationships, Twitterbot, dark mode, tags, addresses, social markup, color-scheme, and—FLoC.

Post from July 21, 2022, filed under Web Development and Art and Design.

The CSS Art Paradox

The fanciest CSS, standing on the shoulders of bloated HTML.

Post from April 28, 2022, filed under Web Development and Art and Design.

33 Additional Web Development Terms You May Not Have Heard Of

As you know, Web Development has its own, special vocabulary that easily consists of several thousand terms. Do you like to try your knowledge again, on how many of the following 33 terms you know?

Post from February 12, 2021, filed under Web Development and Art and Design.

Website Optimization Measures, Part XI

Welcome to another round-up of possible website improvements, this time going from several types of link updates to table of contents CSS upgrades to CDN integration and privacy policy checks.

Post from December 14, 2020, filed under Web Development and Art and Design.

33 Web Development Terms You May Not Have Heard Of

Web Development has its own, special vocabulary that easily consists of several thousand terms. Even if you’re an experienced developer you’re unlikely to know all of them. Still, do you like to try your knowledge? How many of the following terms do you know?

Post from June 30, 2020, filed under Web Development and Art and Design.

The 4 Pillars of Good Embed Code

Embed code is third-party code to be integrated on websites and apps, like ads or social media widgets. There have been many problems with embed code for a very long time. This post covers the essence of what makes for good embed code.

Post from April 23, 2020, filed under Web Development and Art and Design.

How Running Your Own Website Is Much Better for You Than You Think

The typical reason for why professionals don’t have their own websites is that they don’t want to make the commitment, and yet that misses how the disadvantages people see are actually advantages. Renewed thoughts on how running your own website is an asset.

Post from January 3, 2020, filed under Web Development and Art and Design.

When to Open Links in a New Tab

Always open links in the same tab unless doing so 1) could disrupt a process, 2) could risk data loss, or 3) could confuse the user.

Post from December 9, 2019, filed under Web Development and Art and Design.

The Developer’s Fallacy of Close Collaboration with Designers

Working closely with designers makes sense and is awesome, notably for mutual understanding and efficiency. And yet there are also good reasons not to work closely with designers. For developers it’s important, for otherwise foolish, to be aware.

Post from October 1, 2019, filed under Web Development and Art and Design.

199 Love Haiku (the Book)

In 2016, I wrote 1,000 short poems, haiku-style. I wrote those poems to challenge myself as a writer. I launched a website for the haiku and I shared the story. Today, I’ve published the 199 haiku that a few friends and I liked the most as a book.

Post from April 9, 2019, filed under Art and Design and Everything Else.

Print Styling, the 3 Basics

Many sites are not prepared for print, and yet our users print, and they save through print. Therefore: Have a print style sheet, and be it a negative one. Hide what’s not usable or useful. Always test, and tweak when you want better.

Post from April 5, 2019, filed under Web Development and Art and Design.

What Happened on Google+, the Web Development Archives

Following a few philosophy posts to be archived, here are past entries related to web development. Nothing more, nothing less.

Post from March 9, 2019, filed under Web Development and Art and Design.

Should Designers Code

Arguments for a “no” to a recurring question: Why we may want to give designers all freedom in the world, not to be limited in what they’re trained to do best.

Post from November 23, 2018, filed under Web Development and Art and Design.

Highlights from “Flatland” (Edwin Abbott Abbott)

“Yet I exist in the hope that these memoirs, in some manner, I know not how, may find their way to the minds of humanity in Some Dimension, and may stir up a race of rebels who shall refuse to be confined to limited Dimensionality.”

Post from November 19, 2018, filed under Philosophy and Art and Design.

Highlights from “The Elements of Style” (William Strunk Jr.)

“Consciously or unconsciously, the reader is dissatisfied with being told only what is not; he wishes to be told what is.”

Post from January 15, 2018, filed under Art and Design and Everything Else.

On Material Design

When Google introduced Material Design back in 2014, I was happy; I was happy for the team and I was happy for Google to mark another milestone on the long way of improving the aesthetics of their products. But, I was also concerned.

Post from January 11, 2018, filed under Art and Design.

On Writing 1,000 Poems

A story of venturing into an entirely different genre.

Post from December 17, 2017, filed under Art and Design and Everything Else.

10 Photos V

The next part of the x-monthly series.

Post from August 26, 2017, filed under Art and Design.

10 Photos IV

Continuing the x-monthly series, here are yet again ten of my photographic favorites.

Post from February 10, 2017, filed under Art and Design.

Apocryphal Apostrophes

Oh, typography. How have you been.

Post from January 8, 2017, filed under Web Development and Art and Design.

10 Photos III

Establishing a three-, four-, or five-monthly series, here are ten more of my photographic favorites as of late. Of my own works, sure; if it was public what one liked on EyeEm I’d happily disclose which 4.200 photos…

Post from August 8, 2016, filed under Art and Design.

10 Photos II

Some more of my EyeEm photos, published over the last few months, that have become others’ or probably my own favorites.

Post from March 25, 2016, filed under Art and Design.

It’s Not Too Late

…to contribute to good causes.

Post from February 5, 2016, filed under Art and Design.

Endless Peace

Amidst all the wars we never wanted but our governments and industries wage and participate in regardless of our will, we threaten to lose sight of our goal. That goal, surely, is peace. That goal, clearly, is durable peace. That goal, indeed, is endless peace.

Post from January 1, 2016, filed under Art and Design.

The Problem of “Fire and Forget” in Web Design

If I were to pick the main issue in web design… I couldn’t answer immediately. I don’t think there are so many, but there are a few, they are very different, they operate on different scales, and so they’re hard to compare. One, however, is “fire and forget.”

Post from September 17, 2015, filed under Web Development and Art and Design.