Philosophy

About site design

First: sites should be usable and visible by all sorts of users on all sorts of devices: personal computers, PDAs, phones, pages. They should work whether the user prefers GUI browsers like Firefox and Opera, software that reads the pages, text-only browsers such as Lynx —anything. That means coding sites up to standard. Second: Sites should be fast to load, even over modems. Third: Make it look nifty, because most visitors do have the spiffy GUI browsers. Simple is good (but getting to simple can be complex). Fourth: There's always more to learn.

But really: zeroth: the client's needs—as long as they're feasible—trump my inclinations.

About working

Playing with web sites is fun. Lots of fun! Talking and teaching is fun. I get to have more fun if I do a good job for my clients, and that means keeping up with what they need and want.

If I can't do it, I'll help you find someone who can. Associations of people who know stuff are fun, too. And when I get a moment, I'll go learn how for next time.

About living

Share joy. Learn more. Love much.