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Win a Copy of Speaking in Styles! #SISContest01

jason — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 15:00:27 +0000

To celebrate the publication, I have 3 copies to give away today. Be either the first, fifth or tenth person to tweet a link to this page with the code #SISContest01, and I will send you a copy of Speaking In Styles. It's that easy. I'll check the key word #SISContest01 to find the winners. Only one tweet per person will be counted, my tweets are not counted, and the judge's decisions (mine) are final.

Designer’s Pet Peeves

jason — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 14:36:08 +0000

Webdesigner Depot just published my first article written for them, all about the ongoing struggle between designers and developers for the heart of the Web. In the article, entitled “5 Pet Peeves Designers Have With Developers (and How to Avoid Them)“, I wanted to air some of the gripes I constantly hear from those [...]

Jason Reads from SiS at SXSW 09

jason — Sun, 22 Mar 2009 17:58:46 +0000

At SXSW last week, I read Chapter 3, “The Myths of CSS”, from my forthcoming book Speaking In Styles, and then did a book signing for CSS, DHTML, & Ajax at the Barnes & Noble booth. It was an interesting session, where I talked to several nice people, and even signed copy of my book for [...]

Test Internet Explorer 6 on the Mac with Crossover

jason — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 05:04:24 +0000

One of the most frustrating issues Web designers have to deal with on the Mac is how to test their designs in Internet Explorer 6, which is still very popular and only available in Windows. One great and inexpensive solution is a program called Crossover, which allows you to run many Windows applications directly on [...]