IKEA – the home of break-ups

IKEA, one of the things that Sweden is most well-known for (except for hot blondes and shady movies produced some decades ago…), is so popular (read: at least well-visited) here in Sweden that you cannot believe.

YSlow – a nice performance plugin to Firebug

I’m sure you follow web standards, write semantic HTML and separate content (HTML) from presentation (CSS) and interaction (JavaScript). It’s all accessible and lean at the same time. So, what’s the next step. Performance, I tell you!

Explaining semantic mark-up

I have a strong interest in semantics in general, and when it comes to web developing, the benefits of properly marking up a document should not be neglected. One problem is that some people don’t understand the difference it makes, so therefore let me humbly make an attempt to explain why semantics is important.

At the end of the rainbow

A couple of days ago I was driving home from work, and I saw the most beautiful rainbow! It spanned across a fairly long distance, and I could actually see the end of it.

Frameworks are the new black

As of lately, the desire, no, correction, the compulsive need people have to implement frameworks and libraries seem to have gone way overboard.

Don’t over-specify your CSS code

When I started writing CSS, I wanted every CSS rule to be as specific as possible. This was to get an instant overview as well as making sure that the desired style was applied to exactly the element I wanted.

Who writes no subject-emails?

I guess you, as well as I, get a lot of e-mails, and when getting without any text in the subject field, especially in a business context , it makes me wonder a bit.

Whether to take risks

We all live our lives going through all kinds of stages, experiences and risks. What I wonder is if risks are worth taking, and if yes, which ones?

Which web browser do you use?

Writing such a post as this might seem like such an obvious way to get a lot of comments. And that’s just what it is!

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