Ahhh, a holiday.
27 May
I always feel hungover after a holiday weekend.
Sunday was a fun day – I went and picked up a few books all by my lonesome. Had a huge stack at barnes and noble, but no chairs. Seriously B&N. get some freaking chairs. I ended up sitting on a tiny bench in the kids section listening to what had to be the most annoying gum-chewer on the planet. But, I digress.
I picked up a CSS reference book (Thanks for the reference, Daniel), which has been vital in assisting in the design of this blog. Obviously I have a lot to learn still.
I picked up Hand Job by Michael Perry – and no, get your mind out of the gutter – it’s about typography. And it’s amazing. and inspiring. I doodled all afternoon when I got home because of it. Inspiration is magical like that.
I also grabbed The Web Designer’s Idea Book. It’s full of great catagorized web page pages by color, theme, type, etc. I saw some sites I knew on entry and immediately I started wondering if one of my sites was in there…but of course there wasn’t. I mean, duh. Most of them weren’t search engine friendly, but that’s a gripe for another time.
but god bless the hangover, three day weekends are the bomb dot com.
What was the CSS reference book? I’m a former computer programmer (Perl, C, Pro*C…) but I’ve never done web design and would love to learn! Just stumbled onto your site from http://www.lisaleonardonline.com.
What was the CSS reference book? I’m a former computer programmer (Perl, C, Pro*C…) but I’ve never done web design and would love to learn! Just stumbled onto your site from http://www.lisaleonardonline.com.
Hi Alison,
The book is: CSS The Definitive Guide by Eric Meyer. Good luck
I’m not so hot at it (obviously haha) but I’ll bet you’d learn in a snap with all of your experience. I’m very much an artist in that linear thinking isn’t something my brain does without a workout.
Thanks for posting!
Hi Alison,
The book is: CSS The Definitive Guide by Eric Meyer. Good luck
I’m not so hot at it (obviously haha) but I’ll bet you’d learn in a snap with all of your experience. I’m very much an artist in that linear thinking isn’t something my brain does without a workout.
Thanks for posting!