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The DiggBar is Not Evil

April 10, 2009 -

Over the last few weeks, Digg’s new “DiggBar” has been kicking up a fair amount of controversy. So far, I’ve seen a fairly even split between the people who like it and those that seem to think it’s worth blocking Digg traffic over. The more vocal group is of course those that don’t like it. [...]

Safari Beta Released for Windows

June 11, 2007 -

Today, Apple released their excellent Safari browser for Windows. I downloaded the beta as soon as the link became available this morning and have been loving the experience! It is the fastest loading browser, I have ever used, hands down.  It’s just a beta right now but the browser is fully featured and ready to [...]

Host Rage

October 24, 2006 -

I can’t stand how slowly Dreamhost’s servers respond. It takes much too long for my site to load for me. I love their servers, plans, pricing and customer service, but is it just me or does it seem like Dreamhost might be overselling each server? What are your thoughts, fellow Dreamhosticans? I’m going to go [...]

The SG Network*

September 22, 2006 -

Over the last 2 years I’ve been involved in an online community of talented designers called StyleGala (www.stylegala.com). The site has proved to be an invaluable resource to many designers who are able to access top notch design resources, get their work critiqued by their peers and provide the latest news of trends, and techniques [...]

Fighting for Web Standards – Old School

September 7, 2006 -

Well, I was browsing around my favorite websites last night and ended up getting an old archived link to a Slashdot interview with Jeffery Zeldman. The interview was certainly stacked against Mr. Zeldman with naive (by current standards) comments and even rough questions being asked of him. Being a member of the web-standards community and [...]

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