The Art and Science of CSS
November 25th, 2008
For another week, if you follow Sitepoint on Twitter you can download The Art and Science of CSS for free. I glanced through the first chapter or so this morning and it looks like it has some good stuff in it. The bits that I looked at covered some text-replacement methods that works even when users have images turned off (something I haven’t looked at or really given much thought to in the past). So I’m going to dig a little deeper into it. It probably won’t be earth shattering for those versed in CSS, but if you’re starting out I’d recommend checking it out.
Sitepoint is often a good resource, but the 99designs thing they’ve got going has left a bad taste in my mouth. It really is just spec work, and spec work is bad for many reasons. The work is often just unskilled type treatments, done for hundreds of dollars below market value. Any real designer should frown on the idea of selling their service for less than it’s worth, it’s insulting. Most of the designs have little conceptual thought, and lack big picture thinking. Everyone loses with 99designs, except for 99designs itself which takes a cut off of the ignorance of the other two parties involved. If you’re so desperate for $200 that you’ll give away a $800 - $1200 logo then need to rethink your career path. Seriously, look at the big picture. Corporate America - 40 hours of work a week should provide a decent living. Now, would you work for 1/4 of that? Do you really want to work 160 hours in that week (which is barely possible) to maintain the same level of living?
Tags: CSS
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