What the Font…

When I first started making websites 10 or 11 years ago one of my biggest frustrations was the almost complete lack of control over how text was rendered in web browsers. The adoption of CSS helped some, allowing us to use cleaner markup and to separate the display layer from the content. CSS also gave us better control over things like line-height and letter-spacing, but it certainly hasn’t solved all of the web’s text related problems. Read More »

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Happy 2011…

Happy 2011...I’m back from a week off and lo and behold we have arrived at another new year. I thought I would ease back into things and kick off 2011 by sharing three sites on web design and development that I think are particularly helpful for those who work with small business owners. While this is far from an exhaustive list of the many great resources out there, I do think these sites deliver a great R.O.T. or Return on Time…hmm, ROI looks a lot better… Read More »

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Get the Shovels…

Times Square Station - John HuntOkay, after several rewrites I have abandoned the Tron: Legacy post. I just couldn’t get it to all come together. Yes, I’m sad too. Instead, I thought I would dive a little more deeply into the process of redesigning this site. I figure that if I tell you all in advance what I am doing and why, then you can better judge the outcome. Hell, maybe you can learn from a few of my mistakes along the way. Read More »

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