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New website launch: OneWordSurveys.com
Oct 19th
Desert Web Designs is pleased to announce the launch of our latest site:
OneWordSurveys.com
The Site
OneWordSurveys.com is a site as simple as it’s concept: Simple (one word) answers to simple questions. The site poses simple questions to users, all with one word answers. Questions like “Soda or Pop?”, “Coke or Pepsi?”, “Biscuits or Muffins?”, and much, much more. The site also provides a means for users to submit their own surveys as well.
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HOLY BRAIN FART BATMAN!!
Jun 2nd
So not all of the posts can be gems. Have you ever had a “brain fart” so bad that you’re almost embarrassed to share it with people? I’ve had quite a few in my life, one of which just occurred. The other that I remember happened in 3rd grade (yes it was that bad I still remember it). For those of you who don’t know what a “brain fart” is:
A brain fart is slang for a special kind of abnormal brain activity which results in human error while performing a repetitive task. More generally, a brain fart can be any task-related forgetfulness, such as forgetting how to hold a fork. Tom Eichele, a neuroscientist at the University of Bergen in Norway, was part of an international team of researchers who identified evidence that the brain fart is detectable in brain scans up to 30 seconds before the mistake is actually made. The researchers suspect the abnormal behavior is the result of the brain attempting to save effort on a task by entering a more restful state. The scientists detailed their findings on 21 April 2008 online in the journal Proceedings of the Natural Academy of Sciences. The scientific term they gave the phenomenon is “maladaptive brain activity change.”
Web design and development books in the Tech Library
May 27th
I’ve always held to the mantra of “Never stop Learning”, especially with Internet technologies and languages. Now there is a lot of free information available on the Internet to help learn these things, but there have been countless books written on a multitude of subjects. I myself have built up quite a collection of print books and ebooks alike on a wide variety of subjects from CSS to SEO, Content Management to VB.NET.
A while back, I started writing book reviews on some of the books that I have read. This didn’t take off quite as I had expected, mainly because I didn’t write all that many reviews, although I have read plenty of my books. My goal is to eventually read and write reviews for all the books that I own, although is quite the undertaking with the number of books that I own.
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Tech Library
May 27th
This page is a list of all the books I have in my own personal ‘tech library’. This page will be updated regularly with new books added, plus links to reviews I have written of those books (if applicable – I hope to have reviews of all the books I own eventually). If you have a book review of a tech book you have written and would like it included in our library, please see our Guest Post page for more information.
Book Review: Web Standards Solutions: The Markup and Style Handbook
May 26th
Book Review for:
Web Standards Solutions: The Markup and Style Handbook
5 out of 5 Stars for Web Standards Solutions: The Markup and Style Handbook
If you’ve read through some of my other posts, or even glanced at my Categories, you’ll know I’m a huge proponent of Web Standards. I also tend to buy my books based on other user reviews, as opposed to critic reviews. I like to get my review directly from the people using the book daily. This book current has a 5 star rating with 45 out of 52 5-star reviews on amazon.com and was a no brainer for me to rank it the same, for reasons I will get into later. This book was written in 2004 and a special addition was just released as well only 2 weeks ago.
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New website launch: FreeAdviceForCharity.com
May 19th
Desert Web Designs is pleased to announce the launch of our latest site:
FreeAdviceForCharity.com
The Site
FreeAdviceForCharity.com is a a site based out of Phoenix, AZ that looks to give back to it’s visitor’s, more than most sites on the internet usually do. The basis behind FreeAdviceForCharity.com is that the sites team of professional financial advisors provide FREE financial advice to it’s visitors and ask nothing in return, aside from a request to donate to Rotary International’s PolioPlus Fund. The Mission Statement of the site is:
FreeAdviceForCharity.com is to provide the best quality advice for individuals regarding various financial needs while at the same time promoting local charities and building a stronger community.
Decrease Your Web Site Load Times Using CSS Sprites
May 15th
I was working on a website recently when I came across an issue I’ve encountered a number of times before, I’ve just never really thought about in depth until just the other night. Here is the question that I posed myself:
Which will result in better web site performance and faster speed: Larger files and fewer server requests? or Smaller files and more server requests?
I posted this question recently at LinkedIn Q&A to get some insight on the topic. I enjoyed all of the answers and was able to take something out of each, and decided to post about a particular topic that was mentioned in a couple posts.
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New website launch: AngelWithCrookedFeet.org
Jul 16th
Desert Web Designs is pleased to announce the launch of our latest site:
AngelWithCrookedFeet.org
The Site
AngelWithCrookedFeet.org is the online home to the Angel With Crooked Feet Foundation providing support, guidance, and counseling to youth and their families who are victims of sexual abuse and more. The Foundation was started by Anthony V. Sarjant Ph.D. of Show Low, Arizona and Gus Koernig of Mesa, Arizona. Together Tony and Gus authored Angel With Crooked Feet which chronicles the life of Tony, born with a club foot to a mother who didn’t want him. Through his years, Tony has suffered through time in and out of hospitals, petty crime, time in a juvenile detention center and later prison, sexual assault, the occult, marital infidelity, alcoholism, and suicide attempts.
It’s a story that proves, again and again, that God never gives up on us, even when we want to give up on ourselves. It is the story I’m telling because I know that reading about my experiences, my ordeals, my challenges, and my victories will help thousands of people, young and old, overcome the challenges in their lives.
Book Review: CSS Mastery: Advanced Web Standards Solutions
Jul 12th
Book Review for:
CSS Mastery: Advanced Web Standards Solutions
by Andy Budd with Cameron Moll & Simon Collison
5 out of 5 Stars for CSS Mastery: Advanced Web Standards Solutions
This was the first CSS book that I purchased. I was always hesitant to purchase a book on CSS because most of the resources that I’ve found have been mostly beginner’s tutorials or instruction and I felt that I had at least a “beyond beginner’s” understanding of CSS. I wouldn’t go as far as saying I’m an expert at CSS, but at least mid-level to advanced. However, this book had some previous good recommendations from amazon.com so I bit the bullet and bought it. I must say that I was NOT disappointed!
This book starts off with a very quick introduction/recap of CSS basics including good code structure and organization, validation, DOCTYPES, common selectors including IDs and classes, pseudo-classes, and the advanced selectors such as universal, child, attribute and more, and some wonderful reference on the specificity and inheritance, or the “Cascade”, the core of CSS. Although this introduction is provided, it is relatively short at about 25 pages and I would suggest a good working understanding of these basics first, as it will help understand the rest of the book easier as opposed to trying to learn CSS for the first time from this book. The following chapter is another quick 15 pages with on “Visual Formatting Model Recap” including the Box Model and Positioning, two EXTREMELY important concepts to understand CSS properly. Although it is short, it is an extremely powerful section.
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New website launch: AllOutdoorsPhotography.com
Jun 8th
Desert Web Designs is pleased to announce the launch of our latest site:
AllOutdoorsPhotography.com
The Site
AllOutdoorsPhotography.com is an online photo gallery displaying the photographs of Mesa, AZ photographer Gus Koernig. Gus’s portfolio features photographs from around the United States, including Arizona, Utah, Wyoming, Montana, North Carolina, and more, as well as Australia and New Zealand. AllOutdoorsPhotography.com focuses on capturing the beauty of the world that we live, from Mountains to Streams, Waterfalls to Seascapes, Sunrises and Sunsets to Cityscapes, these images will take your breath away. All photos on the site are available for sale with options of a print only or a beautiful museum-style mounting for easy display. All photos come hand-signed by the photographer.
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