In my work on websites I strive to be POSH: Plain Old Semantic HTML. I have actually been POSH avant la lettre. Good to know there’s now an acronym for what I do!
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Category Archives: web
Rails too much focused on technical details?
A new release of Ruby on Rails is imminent, and i am worried. I am worried the focus is too much on attaining nerdvana and not enough on actual productivity. Will Rails still be useful in six months?
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Commercials for radio1
Radio 1 in .nl has introduced a new slogan: “een en al nieuws” (one and all news) and there are commercials to celebrate. I think they could have chosen stronger dialog though.
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Subversion visualisation
My coworker Bartz has rendered a cool visualisation of all commits to the Omroep repository (my work for www.radio1.nl and www.zapp.nl).
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Websites that worry me
It is 2009 and still websites are launched completely vulnerable to SQL injection and CSRF. This worries me. It seems websites, even high-profile ones, are still being built by incompetent morons and hobbyists. Our case today: eerlijkebankwijzer.
Choosing a javascript framework
It has been several years since I last coded any javascript by hand. Since it’s a pain to test in different browsers and does not come with smart methods built-in, it is always easier to use an existing framework such as jQuery (current favorite), Prototype or Mootools. But which one to choose? There’s now a page to test performance of every javascript framework.
Obama's robots.txt pwnage
It seems someone with at least half a brain is in charge of whitehouse.gov since today. Their robots.txt went from 2400 lines to two…
Amazing jQuery effects
This post is basically for my future self. Check out this post with 45 jQuery effects. I am sure I am going to use a few of these in upcoming projects. (via Mike @ xhtmlized)
Nanoc + Haml + Vlad = heaven
Sorry for the acronym soup, but part of my job is research and development of new website building techniques. I have found a neat and fast way of maintaining websites in the nanoc + haml + vlad combo.
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For Dutchies: Canon van Amsterdam
I happen to live in the bestest city in the world: Amsterdam. It just so happens that there’s a series on the local TV channel that I really like, to my own surprise. It’s the Canon van Amsterdam which highlights 50 unique things about this city throughout the ages. It’s in Dutch though. Check out item #50: AMS-IX, our local –huge– internet exchange.