When it comes down to get creative, often people think of picking up a brush and start doodling away in hope of becoming the next Picasso. Well, first of all, there will only be one Van Gogh, one Picasso, one Basquiat – and thousands more, but each one unique – so you’re best hope is [...]
Ever since I started creating webpages I came across several issues regarding Portuguese special characters. For those who are unaware, Portuguese uses lots of á à é í ó õ ã â ê and so on. Initially the only way of solving this problem was with a bit of prayer and the correct character encoding. [...]
This is an excerpt from a text by Mike Rohde from A List Apart that I strongly recommend to anyone who even considers developing any kind of work. [START EXCERPT] As a kid, I spent hours drawing and sketching ideas that popped into my head. I used drawing as a primary language for capturing thoughts, [...]
So I’ve been at Codebits IV. Sadly I could only get there yesterday after dinner so I didn’t catch most of the talks. Mut I met old and new friends, talked to Josette from O’Reilly, who I had not met since last Codebits and went around taking lots of pictures and writing news for Bit’s [...]
Back to our series on bringing your ideas to the web. So far we have focused on planning, analysis and overall thinking about it. Basically you must think, think, think and then think a bit more. In this part we will try to shift to operational issues. By now you have done all the thinking. [...]
I have worked on a couple of major media companies in Portugal and a few smaller ones. And, except for one, I have never found the Web Producer function being fully used. Further more, most companies rely on full fledged Designers or Web Developers to produce HTML. I do understand the need to cope with [...]