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Here is a great article that offers a few different ways to inform a client that he/she is wrong. I have found this to be one of the most difficult challenges in freelance work and agree with the article by Freelance Switch. It’s not something that we generally consider to be a healthy step: it [...]

The default setting for Apple’s new Siri personal assistant app for iPhone 4S allows much of the handset’s functionality to be used even when the phone is locked. The security worry means that anyone can pick up your iPhone and dictate texts, emails, make calls and have Siri list calendar appointments, while the 4S is [...]

1.) Hotmail no longer supports image maps I tested this in every browser and did some digging to see what’s going on behind the scenes. Turns out, they are blocking the onclick event via Javascript. Rollovers for the alt, title, and href remain intact but when you click on the link from within the image [...]

Here is a great interactive info graphic by Paul Irish. It displays HTML5 and CSS3 features and which browsers currently support them. Make sure you check out the years past and see how support for these features has evolved over the last few years. Check it out here.

Want to get up to speed with CSS3? Read “CSS3 For Web Designers” by Dan Cederholm. All though it is a short read you will more than get your money’s worth with this book. Straight to the point and easy to understand you will be using these new features in no time. With this book [...]

HTML5 Boilerplate is an outstanding base HTML|CSS|JS template for a fast, cross compatible site that has a multitude of best practices set up by default. I can not tell you how many headaches this has spared me. Why it is awesome Cross-browser compatible (IE6, yeah we got that.) HTML5 ready. Use the new tags with [...]