This week I’m attending the CSS Summit 2011 conference, a two-day online conference with presentations from CSS experts from around the world. I attended the first CSS Summit two years ago, and it only gets better each year. Lea Verou packed her presentation on CSS3 gradients with example after example of what could be done… Continue reading CSS Summit 2011 Day 1: CSS3 and Gradients by Lea Verou
This week at Refresh Detroit, we had the pleasure of hosting Maria Gosur and Colleen Case for their talk about the web design process. My key takeaways: it’s an ongoing process of five phases which overlap. In design projects: Know your goals Identify deliverables for each phase Clients are your content experts Project debrief informs… Continue reading Web Design Process, More or Less: Refresh Detroit July 2011
At my local Lowe’s store, when you’re ready to make your purchase at the self-checkout, you have the option to choose either English or Spanish for your checkout language. The process is pretty straightforward. I chose Spanish on the first checkout screen, and was moving along with my purchase until this screen displayed: Look carefully.… Continue reading Lowe’s Self-Checkout: More Work Needed for Spanish Version