How do I convince…? 

A very common question in the industry with new features popping up all the time and demands for legacy support lingering. Here are some good quotes Jeremy Keith uses from friends:

If you torture data for long enough, you can get it to confess to anything.

Like having a plumber come ‘round to fix your sink, only to ask you “Is it alright if I use this particular wrench?” You’re the plumber—you decide!

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Adactio: Journal—How do I convince…?
All of this has happened before. All of this will happen again.

Enqueue Styles and Scripts per Browser in WordPress

We know that all browsers are not created equal. WordPress has some best practices about including scripts/styles in your theme/plugin, but what about those browser issues and fallbacks that you don't want included in 'modern' browsers? WordPress actually has some nice built in browser detection flags we can use to conditionally include files.

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Conditionally Enqueue Script/Styles By Browser
Currently WordPress's wp_enqueue_script() or wp_enqueue_style() does not accept extra data to add HTML conditional markup (see Ticket #16024). For example, using wp_enqueue_script(), you cannot output…

Animations in CSS

Here's a great overview article detailing css animations and keyframes. A well explained intro or a refresher for the veterans. Animation syntax is a bit different than normal CSS, but rightly so, because "normal" css styles elements statically (with some thought to states), but animations bring in a whole extra dimension! 

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CSS Animation: How it works from transitions to animations | Unmatched Style
Our mission is to provide inspiration, motivation and insight into how you design the web. CSS Animation: How it works from transitions to animations

Making Websites = Playing Chess

I like this way of thinking, it goes to show that all involved had a unique and special part to play in building successful websites. This makes me want to start saying 'check mate' every time I launch a website or finish a project.

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Web Production as Chess :: Echo Enduring Blog – A Web and Graphic Design Blog
In this fun, quirky little post, guest author Arley McBlain considers the world of web production as it relates to the classic strategy game of chess. Interesting parallels are established between the…

Theme Hook Alliance – Plus Sidebars and Menus while we're at it?

THA is about standardizing theme hooks in the wordpress community, so that plugin developers can easily hook into themes consistently. A great suggestion/movement and hopefully receives the support it deserves. Btu while we're at it, why don't we add other standards… sidebars or widget areas are in nearly all themes and each theme names them differently. Ever notice that switching themes clears all your widgets? If they were named consistently – they would remain intact. Menus seem to suffer the same flaw. Let's standardize them all in an effort to clean up our collective code and make things seamless! Follow the discussion by Doug Steward and Dougal.

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Zeldman’s Great Mobile Notes from Wroblewski

This is one of the best talks I’ve seen in a while and Luke makes so many great points. He says them in such a way and with the right setup, that once he says them are obvious. Will change the way you think about design and especially about Mobile design.

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Mobile to the Future – Jeffrey Zeldman Presents The Daily Report

Notes on Luke Wroblewski’s “Mobile To The Future” presentation today at An Event Apart Austin: First there was print, then recordings, then cinema, radio, TV, and the internet. Mobile is the seventh a…