Archive for 23rd July 2006

Designing without Javascript

This article will cover the importance of keeping content, design, and coding elements seperate. I will then explain how you can use advanced techniques to apply Javascript to an element (such as a link) without ever changing the HTML.

Before I begin, I would like to say: I hate CSS. It’s a necessary evil, but I really hate focusing my time and energy on design issues. You see, in an ideal world, designers would design, content providers would provide content, and programmers (that’s me!) would glue it together with backend stuff.

However, this was not how the world spun, my friends. That is, until today.

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Obligatory First Post

Hello and welcome to my new blog. While it’s hard to predict exactly how this site will turn out, needless to say, I plan to focus a lot of energy into it for the long term. While I did maintain another web journal, it occured to me that the site no longer accurately represented who I am. In short, I’ve graduated from the kid journal and I’m moving on to writing more techincal, thought-out posts. I am in no denial that this journal will contain humor, bad movie reviews, or small tidbits about my daily life, but the intention is to keep this blog insightful and less about the personal, mundane aspects of my life.