Voices that matter to me.. on CSS
I recently bought a couple of books from Amazon.com on this hobby of mine - Web Design. Dan Cederholm’s “Bulletproof Web Design” and “Transcending CSS” by Andy Clarke, Molly E. Holzschlag, Aaron Gustafson, and Mark Boulton. And great books that they are I was caught by the by tag line of the publisher - “Voices That Matter™”. Now - I’m not quite sure how they trademark three words but it got me thinking - Who are the voices that matter to me? Who do I listen to? Who’s doing amazing and extraordinary things? Who’s talking about what we should all be paying attention to? First off I’ll start with a particular love of mine which is web development and CSS in particular.
Eric Meyer
I’m pretty certain it would be impossible to exclude Eric Meyer from any list on CSS. Any list at all, because he is probably the best, most world renowned CSS expert there is. Having practically eaten two of his many books on CSS (”Eric Meyer on CSS” and “More Eric Meyer on CSS“) I can’t recommend them enough. Presumably does not suffer from stage fright as he speaks regularly (indeed founded) a travelling web design conference called “An Event Apart“ and most recently at this event in San Francisco and Read on…
Web Standards.. and badges.. Valid this and Valid that…
I recently came across a post by Jens Meiert in which he spoke out about web professionals and specifically about how “Valid CSS and Similar Claims Are Unprofessional“. I know its an oldie but that’s how the internet works, and in this case I really can’t agree with him.
I believe from reading his further comments throughout the page that [...]
