Journal
Some ideas, advice, information and the occasional rant
30Mar
Recently a few things have made me reflect on my working life one of these being my good friend Scott Mallinson’s re-entry into the full-time working community as well as Becky Naylor’s (my boss) new blog where she’s been writing about her experiences of running Bronco.
When you speak to people about work you seem to get a large percentage driven by the salary they earn or some by how enjoyable their job is. Unfortunately you can’t measure happiness so a person’s salary can become a marker for a person’s success. When asked about my salary I’m fairly forward about what I earn, and at times am met with the response ‘I earn more than that’. I know there are people doing a similar job to me that earn more and I would be lying if I didn’t admit that a higher salary is tempting. However when I think of what I’ve got at Bronco I realise how lucky I am, and that to get the same elsewhere would be difficult.
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16Mar
A few days ago I posted a tweet remarking an issue I get a lot when testing my own/works websites in Opera. I was subsequently asked if I could share a screenshot, it’s been a bit hectic recently but I have finally got round to it. I’m not positive on the causes of the problem but I assume it is related to the way I code and build websites.
As I’ve previously stated I code websites to be content prominent rather than using a traditional top down approach. This effectively moves my header elements to the base of the code and through a mix of positioning techniques, margins and padding I move the website around to position the header back at the top of the page.
The problems itself appears to be a doubling of the space I make available for the header to be positioned into, with all elements, header included, moving down the page by this number. The issue becomes more confusing as refreshing the website can at times correct the issue, inexplicably.
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14Mar
To see a new conference launch that brings together like minded individuals in one space to learn and make contacts is something I always like to see, especially if the cost can be covered without remortgaging your house. However upon hearing about the Women on the Web conference my reaction wasn’t so positive.
After reading a tweet from Zoe Piper today I was led on a bit of a reading exercise firstly of Zoe’s post and then Dom Hodgson’s post of which Zoe referenced. Both posts centred on the Women on the Web conference and the minority of women in the web industry.
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9Mar
In the web community there are many people that have a very elitist view and see the actions of some as second-rate or blatant whoring for traffic. One such example of this is the reaction Paul Boag (of the Boagworld podcast) received recently when starting to post articles in a ‘top ten’ format.
Although I myself am not perfect when it comes to viewing the actions of others I feel Paul has no need to justify himself as these articles make online content more accessible by breaking the content down into manageable chunks under descriptive headings.
So with this in mind I thought I’d post my own top ten, but to take it into the realm of the ridiculous I thought my top ten would be of other top ten lists essentially listing 100 web related tips and tricks.
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