John Gruber posted Mike Monteiro’s view on getting paid and his view of dealing with contracts. However, I think it’s worth noting that here in the Netherlands you’re less likely to need a lawyer to negotiate a contract. This is in part due to the culture and how the justice system deals with contract disputes. That’s not that you shouldn’t have a lawyer look at how you deal with contracts and conditions.
Google is dropping H.264 in favour of WebM. Google can do whatever it likes, it’s their product. Open this, open that, for the moment it’s irrelevant because whatever Google does H.264 is still the only practical choice to deploy video on the web.
I’ve switched employers and as of January 1st I’ll be based in Rotterdam. Now I can walk to work.
Some think they’re them same thing, some think that Front-end doesn’t really exist. They often think that Front-end development is the new Web Design. Clients often have no clue. Happily, it’s becoming more clear to those in the field what you would call Web Design and what you would call Front-end development.
Hello, have you met HTML5 yet? You haven’t? How’s that possible? HTML5 has already been strutting its stuff around town. With all browser vendors onboard it might as well be the only game worth playing. Get dressed folks, the show is coming to a theater near you!
If you believe Apple’s spin the iPhone 4 is the best thing since sliced bread. It’s not. They’ve added some great improvements but nothing earth shattering. They’ve obviously felt the need to go all out on the marketing spin.
Reading Ars Technica, as a webhead does on a Friday afternoon, I found a little gem of rationalisation: For some companies, IE 6’s ineptitude is a feature, not flaw
Fronteers has a conference that has been growing in stature year by year. This years lineup of speakers is just mind blowing. You may not want to miss this. In fact can you afford not to?
HTML5 is great but what really gets me excited is CSS3. Layout modules, text columns, multiple background and especially RGBa. These new features will change the way the web looks forever.
Adobe would have me, you and your granny think that Flash is Gods gift to us mere mortals, however, it’s web standards that’s rising to the occasion. Motion graphics anytime, anywhere on any device. Some say that CSS, HTML and JavaScript isn’t ready to replace Flash. They say it doesn’t matter because Flash is the number one motion graphics platform, and yet, plenty are giving web standards a go anyway. A little revolution is just what the doctor ordered.