A friend recently asked me to check out his website. The homepage was loading slow, and they didn’t know why. I looked and found the culprit right away—a sucky-slideshow with 7 HUGE images. I couldn’t talk them out of using the slideshow. But I did show them how to make their website faster. One of Read More…
I love to read, and one of my favorite books in the “self-improvement” section is The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom. I won’t go into too much detail, but the author states there are 4 things you should do to be a better human and have a better life. Be impeccable with your Read More…
In making sure my projects are inclusive and accessible. I’m in a constant state of learning. The folks over at Deque.com are awesome, and I highly recommend their courses. I recently ran into some accessibility issues on a show/hide feature on a project and found a good post on using ARIA.
Accessibility has always been important to me. Building an inclusive web has always seemed like the right thing to do. I’ve taken some accessibility classes in the past, and this year I’ve decided to up my accessibility game. So I am taking a course from Deque University now (I’m going for the IAAP Certification). I Read More…
I need speed, well, speedy websites anyway. My goal is to build super-fast website themes that I can base my future work on, so here’s my first attempt. It’s a lightweight, responsive static website theme. The entire website CSS is only 1.67 KB, and the JavaScript is only 485 bytes gZipped! I’ve set up a Read More…