Items tagged with best-of-jeffcroftcom

Blog entry // 08.24.2006 // 11:05 PM // 54 CommentsAccessibility follow-up

In which I follow-up my previous post on accessibility, hoping to clarify some points that were misinterpreted by some very zealous accessibility mavens.

Blog entry // 08.21.2006 // 6:46 PM Has accessibility been taken too far?

In which I rant a bit about the state of accessibility in the web world today, wondering is some of it’s more zealous champions have gone too far.

Blog entry // 05.02.2006 // 11:50 PM // 142 CommentsDjango for non-programmers

In which I outline the benefits of Django for non-programmers who want to build web apps with as little real coding as possible.

Blog entry // 04.30.2006 // 7:40 PM // 110 CommentsBoot it.

In which I pimp the new Django-powered version of jeffcroft.com, which I am really quite proud of.

Blog entry // 04.29.2006 // 7:24 PM // 11 CommentsPop quiz on the meaning of “web design”

In which I wonder aloud how accessibility and/or usability can possibly be the opposite of design — to me, they are core components of web design.

Blog entry // 03.16.2006 // 1:57 PM // 9 CommentsOn the “mobile web” and contextual relevance

In which I pimp mobile.lawrence.com, the mobile version of one of our flagship sites at World Online, for its contextually relevant featureset.

Blog entry // 02.27.2006 // 11:29 AM // 146 Comments1&1 Internet is the devil.

In which I note that 1&1 Internet, a popular inexpensive web hosting service, is utterly worthless and pathetic.

Blog entry // 02.25.2006 // 11:30 AM // 27 CommentsDjango Templates: The Power of Inheritance

In which I discuss inheritance, one of the coolest and most powerful feature of the Django template language.

Blog entry // 02.21.2006 // 9:06 PM // 10 CommentsDjango Templates: An Introduction

In which I introduce a series of posts featuring the Django template language.

Blog entry // 12.16.2005 // 1:38 PM // 26 CommentsFrom Aggieville to Larryville, part one

In which I reveal my new destination (Lawrence, KS), my new full-time job (World Online), and discuss the difficulties of leaving my great job at K-State.

Blog entry // 11.16.2005 // 2:25 PM // 44 CommentsModern Web Design in Higher Ed

In which I mull over the relative lousiness of web design courses in higher education.

Blog entry // 10.03.2005 // 5:54 PM // 42 CommentsJakob’s Ten Mistakes: Responses from a real live web designer

In which I take a closer look at Jakob Nielsen’s Ten Ten Web Design Mistakes of 2005.

Blog entry // 09.02.2005 // 3:04 PM // 21 CommentsMint: Better than Girl Scout Cookies

In which I gush over Mint, the soon-to-be-released website stat-tracking application from Shaun Inman.

Blog entry // 12.22.2004 // 6:11 PM // 8 CommentsHoliday Postcard Entries

Blog entry // 12.02.2004 // 11:54 PM // 12 CommentsHappy 10th Webiversary to Me

Blog entry // 11.30.2004 // 11:14 AM // 3 CommentsVirgin puts out for Drunk Dialers

Blog entry // 11.22.2004 // 3:14 PM // 6 CommentsOn Design vs. Usability

Blog entry // 11.22.2004 // 9:14 AM // 11 CommentsPistons fans should be suspended, too

Blog entry // 11.18.2004 // 3:42 PM // 9 CommentsGiving Thanks

Blog entry // 10.26.2004 // 8:50 AM // 6 CommentsThe one constant is baseball.