http://www.webclique.net/weblog ...drawing conclusions, one conspiracy theory at a time. Mon, 23 Jun 2008 18:29:54 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Over the past several years that I've been writing on webclique, the site has undergone two formal versions, each of which contained several iterations before a formal redesign. With version 1, I actually released a v1.25, v1.50 and a v1.75 before coming to a proper 2.0 launch. This time around, ... http://www.webclique.net/feeder/?FeederAction=clicked&feed=Articles+%28%29&seed=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.webclique.net%2Fweblog%2F2008%2F06%2F23%2Frevisions-in-my-head%2F&seed_title=Revisions+in+My%26%23160%3BHead New fire element wallet design from our side project, Dolls for Friends We were so excited when we found out that one of our illustrations had been chosen to be made into a wallet by the awesome Portland, Oregon accessory company, Tinymeat. Our excitement was compounded four-fold when we learned that ... http://www.webclique.net/feeder/?FeederAction=clicked&feed=Articles+%28%29&seed=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.webclique.net%2Fweblog%2F2008%2F06%2F19%2Felements%2F&seed_title=Breaking+it+Down+to+its%26%23160%3BElements Jason Santa Maria's wonderful redesign is a powerful example of what can be done with weblogs I just noticed Jason Santa Maria has re-designed his site after five long years. While I always thought his old site design was wonderfully unique and a great example of his talent, his new version ... http://www.webclique.net/feeder/?FeederAction=clicked&feed=Articles+%28%29&seed=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.webclique.net%2Fweblog%2F2008%2F06%2F19%2Flooking-into-the-glass%2F&seed_title=Looking+Into+the%26%23160%3BGlass I've just finished helping to assemble the newest issue of A List Apart. There are two great articles this week by two new talented authors. Here are the details: Faux Absolute Positioning by Eric Sol CSS layout is awesome, except when your layout calls for a header, a footer, and columns in ... http://www.webclique.net/feeder/?FeederAction=clicked&feed=Articles+%28%29&seed=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.webclique.net%2Fweblog%2F2008%2F06%2F17%2Fala-261-faux-absolute-positioning-and-sketching-in-code%2F&seed_title=ALA+261%3A+Faux+Absolute+Positioning+and+Sketching+in%26%23160%3BCode I recently decided to start going through some of the css tutorials on Lynda.com as a means of a refresher. While I've been working with css and xhtml for several years now, the intro series' on the well-known tutorial site appealed to me because of who they managed to corral ... http://www.webclique.net/feeder/?FeederAction=clicked&feed=Articles+%28%29&seed=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.webclique.net%2Fweblog%2F2008%2F06%2F16%2Frefresheration%2F&seed_title=Refresheration Mozilla just announced that on June 17 they will release Firefox version 3. For a big old browser nerd like me, that is great news. I've already been using the beta version for a couple weeks on one of my laptops, and I have to say that the changes are ... http://www.webclique.net/feeder/?FeederAction=clicked&feed=Articles+%28%29&seed=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.webclique.net%2Fweblog%2F2008%2F06%2F13%2Fbrowser-nerd%2F&seed_title=Browser%26%23160%3BNerd Within our profession one of the unspoken, golden rules is that forward momentum must always take place. A lack of movement, of growth, of development over just a short period of time could serve to professionally cripple us given the speed at which the design industry is changing. If our ... http://www.webclique.net/feeder/?FeederAction=clicked&feed=Articles+%28%29&seed=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.webclique.net%2Fweblog%2F2008%2F05%2F26%2Fsprinkle-water-germinate%2F&seed_title=Sprinkle%2C+Water%2C%26%23160%3BGerminate We just finished up our first website since getting the studio back into full swing. It was nice to come to the end of this project and know that 1) we provided a solid, new site design and met the needs of the brief with no problems and 2) that ... http://www.webclique.net/feeder/?FeederAction=clicked&feed=Articles+%28%29&seed=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.webclique.net%2Fweblog%2F2008%2F05%2F14%2Fclosure%2F&seed_title=Closure Our little design firm, eljl, and startup project, Dolls for Friends, have been oh so busy the last couple of months. We are in a constant state of production-moving from one project to the other, sweating deadlines and trying to keep our heads above water. I'd forgotten what it ... http://www.webclique.net/feeder/?FeederAction=clicked&feed=Articles+%28%29&seed=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.webclique.net%2Fweblog%2F2008%2F04%2F30%2Fthese-days%2F&seed_title=These%26%23160%3BDays I'm a little late on posting this, but the newest issue of ALA (257) I worked on is out. It's a great double “Ruby on Rails” issue. Here are the highlights: Creating More Using Less Effort with Ruby on Rails by Michael Slater The “why” of Ruby on Rails comes down to ... http://www.webclique.net/feeder/?FeederAction=clicked&feed=Articles+%28%29&seed=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.webclique.net%2Fweblog%2F2008%2F04%2F23%2Fala-257-the-why-and-how-of-ruby-on-rails%2F&seed_title=ALA+257%3A+The+Why+and+How+of+Ruby+on%26%23160%3BRails