“The New CSS Layout” was released when I was about to embark on the challenge of refactoring an old site to be responsive and have grid support and support for old browsers. Yikes! I wasn’t looking forward to the faff that I assumed this kind of challenge involved, so I was more than pleased to…… Continue reading My notes on Rachel Andrew’s “The New CSS Layout”
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Podcasts I like
A few months ago, while I was still on maternity leave, I asked on Twitter for podcast recommendations. My son was getting more and more mobile, and we were going out more, so watching everything there was on Netflix while he napped on me was no longer possible, and the only podcast I was following…… Continue reading Podcasts I like
Architect’s myopia
Before I get to my main point, I must mention (once again) the phenomenal quality of the hand-picked articles that are featured on the Give Me Something To Read website, the source of the piece I will be referring to in the following lines. The article “The Architect Has No Clothes”, by Michael Mehaffy and…… Continue reading Architect’s myopia
The Pastry Box Project
I wanted to call your attention to The Pastry Box Project, which started this year on 1st January, and aims at collecting thoughts from 30 individuals that are “influential in their field”, one thought per day — I can say I’m happy to have been asked to participate (and do visit my thought’s page). After…… Continue reading The Pastry Box Project
Book Review: “CSS Mastery — 2nd Edition”
I’m frequently confronted with the question of “which CSS books would you recommend?” and CSS Mastery is always at the top of the list. Here’s the audio review I did for the Boagworld podcast. The audio Listen! Transcript If you’d rather read, here’s the transcript of the review: Hi, my name is Yaili and I’ll…… Continue reading Book Review: “CSS Mastery — 2nd Edition”
90 beautiful, useful and free icon sets
Following the previous 20 Gorgeous Icon Sets That You Have To Pay For, here is a massive list of my favourite icon sets that are available for free download. One can never have enough free icons Paid premium icons are usually gorgeous, but we can never say enough to a free and beautiful icon set,…… Continue reading 90 beautiful, useful and free icon sets
20 gorgeous icon sets that you have to pay for
Who needs another list of icons, specially when they aren’t free? I would say every web designer does, specially when the icons are as gorgeous and useful as the ones on this list! About paid icon sets I have to confess: I am a bit of an icon-nut. If I had loads of money, I’d…… Continue reading 20 gorgeous icon sets that you have to pay for