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A Little Whine With the Cheese

Generally speaking, I'm a cynic and a pessimist. Though I have occasional bouts of something resembling hopefulness, I always seem to have something to complain about.

You Get What You Pay For
18 comments
02/18/2009
The other day, an acquaintance asked me to take a look at a not–for–profit site and offer some CSS feedback. I'm always willing to offer input and suggestions, but upon taking a look at the site it was entirely unclear to me what input I could offer other than the site needed a major design overhaul. As it turns out, a design overhaul is exactly what this acquaintance meant by "CSS feedback." He asked if I could create a mock up, …
WTF Is the Big Deal? Don't Use <table> for Layout!
14 comments
11/12/2008
Yesterday, Chris Heilmann threw together Should I use tables for layout?. It gave me a nice chuckle and I shared it on Twitter. Not even 12 hours later, I stumbled across this "gem" on Twitter: Give Up and Use Tables. Yes, I do have a sense of humor and, yes, I do appreciate that CSS can be a challenge, even for seasoned professionals. But what the fuck is the big deal with learning to do one's job well using the industry …
Not a Big Fan of ExpressionEngine Right Now
06/22/2008
I'm frustrated. I am still working on getting a firm grasp on how to use ExpressionEngine. Right now, I hate it.

The Coolest Person I Know

Emily Lewis
Yeah, that would be me: .

I'm a web designer living in Albuquerque, New Mexico 87106 USA, and I'm a "standardista."

I specialize in hand-coding semantic (X)HTML and CSS, designing accessible web sites, and writing and optimizing web content.

A Blog Not Limited is my personal blog where I pontificate about web design, web standards, semantics and whatever else strikes my fancy.

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