Clojure Conj is THE conference for Clojure developers, which is promoted and sponsored by Relevance.

Today was one of the more interesting days I have had, in the tech world, in a long time.  As many of you know I am a front-end developer, so finding myself at Clojure Conj was quite an experience.  I was sure that I would feel like a duck out of water, and be reminded of that fact with every interview.  Boy was I wrong.  Instead, my co-host Ben Farrell (Runtime Expectations) and our CodeBass Radio Producer, Vicky Ryder, were welcomed with open arms.  Now with that being said let me explain the title of this post. Continue reading →

Never has a W3C specification had such a rousing impact on the technology world as HTML5.  So rousing in fact that not everyone could agree when creating the specification.  So now we have the WHATWG version of the HTML5 specification.  Then you throw in all the technical religious battles about what technology HTML5 will kill, the HTML5 as a mobile strategy discussions, and you get a lot of hype and misunderstandings.  So let’s try and clarify three misunderstandings I have heard and read.

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From time to time I try to do a few CSS Katas to keep the skills sharp.  I use a simple text editor and pick some logo, or idea, to illustrate only using CSS.  I stay away from all images and try and do what I can.

For time sake I also limit my artwork to only focus on the Chrome browser. However it will work in the most recent WebKit and FireFox browsers.  I try to do this as quickly as possible, as that is the point of the Kata.

This is my latest artwork, it is a rendition of the logo found on the band Sweet Water’s Superfriends album released in 1995.  I always enjoyed the album but I also wanted to do it as a dedication to all of the people who are involved with CodeBass Radio. CBR is an awesome crew and worth checking out at www.cbrtune.in

So here it is! - Check it out but remember it only works in CHROME (actually WebKit)!

Peace to all those slugging it out in the world of CSS!  Comments and CSS Artwork sharing and requests/challenges welcomed.