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An Open Letter to am/pm

An Open Letter to am/pm

By aprilholle | design, general observation, social media, technology reviews, user experience

My car has been running on empty for almost two days now, I seem to notice that I do this a lot and I chalk it up to my experiences at gas stations as to a reason why I let my life be possibly hindered by running out of gas rather than to take ten

Pulp Browsers > Browser Wars

By aprilholle | XHTML/CSS, accessibility, links of the week, technology reviews, things to do

Found this little gem the other day on Twitter. For all of us who enjoy Pulp Fiction as much as we hate broswer testing, I bring you… Pulp Browsers

Links of the Week Vol. 5

By aprilholle | design, flash, links of the week, new technologies, technology reviews

A collection of user interface design patterns and trends that are becoming “standard”. A standard design gallery featuring your not so standard oriental designs. The perfect carrying case for your new Mac Air. Great article on selling customers on emotion rather than technology and process. Scientists create robots that lie to save themselves. Stickk, a

CSS Continued… Part 2:Reduce, Reuse, Recycle

By aprilholle | XHTML/CSS, technology reviews

Making the web cleaner, one project at a time… Remember the Cascade To Reduce Selector Use Try a minimalistic approach to the number of ids and selectors you create. Use the cascade to your advantage by creating child elements of your current class instead of creating a whole new class to describe what you want

Letters from Bar Camp…

By aprilholle | new idea!, new technologies, speaker reviews, technology reviews, things to do

I had a GREAT TIME at the 2008 Phoenix BarCamp today! I was a little… OK maybe more like VERY nervous about having to stand up in front of people and tell them about things that I might have some expertise in. But once I saw that everyone else was just as informal, I got

I too bought an iPhone

By aprilholle | life news, new technologies, technology reviews, user experience

As an early Christmas gift to myself I went ahead and bought an iPhone. I’ve been debating for quite a while about plunking down the change for one, but eh, there just really isn’t a better phone out there right now, and there isn’t going to be for a while. So, why not. I LOVED

Lots to Do This Week

By aprilholle | XHTML/CSS, art forms, flash, new technologies, project management, technology reviews, things to do, user experience, viral marketing

I just wanted to make sure you were invited to all the awesome web and design happenings this week in Phoenix! Tues, Dec 4th – Refresh Phoenix Refresh Phoenix meets every first Tuesday of the month to discuss current internet issues and trends. The topics range from becoming your own boss to css frameworks to

Geeky Christmas Gifts

By aprilholle | new technologies, technology reviews, things to do

Alright so what do all those geeks out there want? I’ve rounded up a sweet list of the things I have been hearing around the office… and around the web. For the Apple Geek: If they don’t already have one, I’d say the iPhone or the new Touch would be right down their alley.. For

Refresh Phoenix: Blueprint CSS

By aprilholle | XHTML/CSS, technology reviews, things to do

Come on over to Inza Coffee House tomorrow night to join me and the crew of Refresh Phoenix as we discuss Blueprint CSS. Blueprint is a CSS framework by Olav Bjorkoy, which “aims to cut down on your CSS development time.” Matt Heidemann & Matt Gist from Integrum Technologies will talk about their recent work

ASP .Net 2.0 Login Control Formatting

By aprilholle | ASP .Net, XHTML/CSS, technology reviews

There are sometimes when I truly wonder if designers and developers have it out for me. Take for instance, the ASP .Net 2.0 login control. The designer wants it to look one way, however the .Net login control call only gives you so many options for style and layout. What is a front end architect