Jeffrey Way at NETTUTS asked me several rapid-fire questions in this fun interview. Visit site »
Dan made us a site for Pro CSS Techniques. Sure, the book was released almost two years ago — but better late than never, right? The site Dan designed is beautiful. Ian and I couldn’t ask for a better promo for our book. Thanks, Rubin! Visit site »
I finally got the balls to put some of my code out there. This simple app allows for “e-mail this to a friend” functionality for any instance of any model in your Django database. If it sounds interesting, check it out. I’d love feedback. As you know, I’m a designer first, coder second, so I’m quite sure some of my code is not as optimal as it could be. Hopefully someone will find it useful. Visit site »
In which I let readers — particularly RSS readers — know about the new podcast “conversations” here at jeffcroft.com
In which I detail four events I’ll be speaking at this Fall.
In which I announce that Michelle and I are moving back to Kansas City - hopefully it’s only temporary.
Webmaster Jam Session, one of the best web events I’ve ever been to when I spoke there in Dallas last year, is back this year and is moving to the ATL. Woo! Sorry, Big D., but Atlanta is sooo much more appealing! Anyway, I’ve again agreed to speak this year, and I can’t wait. Hope to see you all there! Visit site »
For the past several weeks we’ve been working on a redesign of BlueFlavor.com — and now it’s live. Keith and Kevin and mostly responsible for the design. Nick and Tom did some IA work, Tom and Kevin did the front-end development, and I did the back-end development.
Of particular interest is the awesome posters we’ve commissioned as an interesting new way to showcase some of our work. The artists we’ve used so far have been freaking great, and we’re looking forward to doing more.
For the curious, BlueFlavor.com is now powered by the same Django-based CMS that powers jeffcroft.com. Visit site »
For reasons I can’t really explain, seeing the cruise ships go by my window gives me an inordinate amount of pleasure. I’ve missed them over the winter. They’re back on Pier 66, starting tomorrow. Visit site »
In which I outline a few goals for the new year.
In which I decide to avoid conversations about the tools we use at web designers, and focus more on talking about the results we end up with.
Gene at Unmatched Style recently interviewed me as part of a series of interview on that site. Check it out. Visit site »
In which I pimp my upcoming talk for Refresh Seattle, entitled The Full Stack: Reevaluating the “Layers” of Web Development.
In which I note that I’ll be doing some traveling and speaking in the coming months, in hopes that you’ll take note and we’ll get to meet one another. :)
Flavorite Tom Watson waxes nostalgic about the heyday of the personal website. I couldn’t agree more. Much of that nostalgia, along with a healthy enjoyment for so-called Web 2.0 apps of today (Flickr, etc.) is what inspired me to aggregate all my online data here at jeffcroft.com. He also mentions ChrisGlass.com, which is definitely amongst the best personal websites I’ve ever seen.
Personal websites are what got me excited about the Internet back in 1994. I hope the MySpaces, Facebooks, and Virbs of the world don’t supplant them. Visit site »