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ePost re-align…“that’s so web2.0″

Enough already with all the rounded corners, gradients and drop shadows. No, they do not make your site better… and at some point it just makes you look more amateur.

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Web2.0: the evolved web

Ever find Web2.0 is actually beginning to piss you off? It is for me. You see; for me, Web2.0 is more about the evolved web and what new and cool user experiences are being provided out there. I’m sure...

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Property Managers, where are they?

The condo I live at has recently changed property managers. The last company (Aragon) was next to impossible to get a hold of. One time I kept track and it was 14 phone calls, 3 voice messages left, 2...

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Color of the bike shed

Color of the bikeshed I’ve experienced this so many times it’s something I come to expect when I work on any upcoming project. The bigger – and more abstract – problem related to this is quite simply...

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When you “come around”, don’t be afraid to admit it

<rant> You attain much more respect by admitting your mistakes than by ignorantly casting them aside. We've all known or worked with someone who "defends bad ideas". If you have defended a bad...

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CSS Practices

Cascading Style Sheets: they take patience and must be understood. Otherwise you can get destructive and counterproductive. Where is the example? .feature-list {} We’ve got a feature list that is used...

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Bring on the gridlock! Bring on change!

Short term pain for long term gain. I tend to believe that in order for change to occur, there needs to be a (cheaper|better|more convenient) alternative to prompt a change in user|consumer habit....

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Telus, if you are listening… you suck!

That’s right.  But you probably already knew that right? Now, while I have your attention let me explain.  I have this here cell phone which I use on your network.  I should probably mention that I...

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Email is your biggest competitor

I mean, I get hundreds of email in my normal day at my current gig. And it’s ridiculous, as most can easily be replaced if we just used an issue tracker and wiki (which we have plenty of). Not only...

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Your Health: do you listen or do you ignore?

A lot has been going on lately, and we all have less and less time to think about ourselves. Less time to listen to our bodies and less time to do anything about it. I’ll tell you a story. Not long...

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