Looking at the design of most web pages today, almost exclusively all of them include some semi-transparency of elements. However, getting the desired effect in CSS is harder than one might think.

I hope you are all having some nice time off; I just wanted to take the time to reflect on 2009 and what it was like for me.

It’s that time of year that should be spent with your loved ones no work, no obligations, just share some happiness with people who are special to you.

I put a lot of time into ensuring web interface code quality, both for code in projects I work in and in doing code audits for other web sites. One of the best ways to find undesired inline styles, inline JavaScript events and javascript: links, I believe, is my Inline Code Finder extension and now it’s available for Google Chrome as well!

Let’s face it: developing CSS that should work across various web browsers and platforms is hard, and could prove to be quite a challenge. This is where Object-Oriented CSS (OOCSS) steps in.

Based on my experience and thoughts over the years, and feedback from a number of very smart and talented people, I believe that Content Management Systems (CMS) are far from the promised savior, but rather the bane of web sites.

Tonight a friend of mine and my family passed away.

I had the pleasure of spending last week in Lisbon, Portugal, for the Codebits conference.

Next stop on my little European tour is Codebits in Lisbon, Portugal!

Usually blog posts with the words “problem, “considered harmful” and similar are just crying foul, but I would like to bring up something I actually believe is/will become a real problem: HTML5 syntax options.