Skuzzy Standards
Some of the backup equipment at my office had to get replaced and upgraded recently. This should normally be a very quick and easy fix. But it took over 4 weeks. The problem: Incompatible SCSI cables/devices/drivers/etc.
Some of the backup equipment at my office had to get replaced and upgraded recently. This should normally be a very quick and easy fix. But it took over 4 weeks. The problem: Incompatible SCSI cables/devices/drivers/etc.
Dan Cederholm over at Simple Bits has had an excellent contest to win a copy of his book Web Standards Solutions: The Markup and Style Handbook. He had people link to an article on Web Standards, and here they are all nice and ordered.
Few times in my professional career have I ever been offended. It happened this week. I’ve always found it a difficult balance between showing your human side to the client, while at the same time being impervious to criticism. And I can take criticism. It makes me a better person. But the circumstances surrounding this particular situation pushed me over the edge.
It’s been expressed to me in a number of ways that making the switch to web standards is a very difficult process, and difficult for many reasons. Let me outline a few of the views I have picked up on.
OK, I realize the irony of my last post, and the fact that it has taken me this long to post again. But I promise that it is not without reason.