http://blog.josemota.net Thoughts on web design, open source development and human relations. Fri, 14 Nov 2008 08:18:43 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en It had to be Smashing Magazine to post this out. Whoever doesn't apply these principles already should be ashamed. It feels like it was me writing! The URL: http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2008/11/12/12-principles-for-keeping-your-code-clean/ Read it and let it be a part of you. http://blog.josemota.net/2008/11/13/smashing-magazines-12-principles-for-clean-markup/ Despite the money issues, freelancing is great! It allowed me to learn so much on my proficiency as a designer and as a developer. One of the most important skills I've mastered is web standards. Designing on top of standards is the ultimate technique for everything else, from presentation with CSS to user ... http://blog.josemota.net/2008/11/10/effective-web-design-so-many-attributes-for-what/ Yesterday I was at the mall trying to have lunch and I stood before two restaurants, both 30 feet away from me. I wanted to see the price tags for each restaurant and the result was the following. The shots was taken with a lousy Nokia XpressMusic but they totally ... http://blog.josemota.net/2008/11/02/accessibility-in-real-life/ I usually write after something big approaches me. This could be no bigger: collaboration is not considered when developing. Well, at least not lately. Here's what happened: Roger Byrne asked me to check a plugin and help him in a submission form. Roger said to me that the Javascript inside the wordpress ... http://blog.josemota.net/2008/10/28/collaboration-in-development/ Ever had one of those love/hate relationships? Meet Drupal. For those who don't know, Drupal is a CMS (Content Management System) and a CMF (Content Management Framework). What this means is you can control every piece of content you want and even create your own types of content and power them ... http://blog.josemota.net/2008/10/22/nice-to-meet-you-drupal/ Many times I wonder why there are such brilliant websites and the people behind them are such great masterminds. I'm already assuming there needs to have a bit of genius, not just creativity. I'm talking about the core of every website: content. Imagine you care about content already, but in what ... http://blog.josemota.net/2008/10/19/mastering-content/ I've been sniping Pixelmator for a time ago. Truly simple, fast, sleek and result-driven tool. Oh, you don't know what Pixelmator is? It's a photography utility program that allows you to edit photos in a pinch! And since it's based on Mac so nicely, you can access your iPhoto library ... http://blog.josemota.net/2008/10/09/pixelmator-goodbye-photoshop/ Finding that one CMS that does everything we want to is a hard task. There are so many out there and none fits my belt in perfection. Jon Norris threw me a wise thought on Twitter: "No CMS is perfect.  Just pick one and learn all of its quirks, how to ... http://blog.josemota.net/2008/10/04/wanted-the-perfect-cms-great-reward/ This is something that intrigues me pretty much: design companies / people who claim themselves the trophy for great products and yet they suck. I tag these guys as corrupt kings or napoleons of the web because they think they are the best at what they do and yet they don't ... http://blog.josemota.net/2008/09/26/corrupt-kings-an-approach-to-greedy-people-of-the-web/ Today is my 22nd birthday. Yay, you say. Actually, it was a lousy day if I must say, it rained all day, my degree ain't done yet and I have work to do. This post is more like an introspection to my progress throughout 2007/2008, regarding web design, development and self ... http://blog.josemota.net/2008/09/22/last-year-in-a-nutshell/