I was invited to present my Beyond Web Standards talk at J. Boye Philadelphia and, since I get bored with the same old slides, I redid the talk, yet again.
This latest version of the talk covered The Circle of Standards but, as a bonus, I also added on my notes about creating a style guide.
You can download the slides here. If you’d be interested in a podcast of the talk, please leave a comment!
Whether you’re advocating for Web standards, design patterns, social media, or any other cause or group of people, certain basic principles apply. I think these two resources should be considered mandatory reading for evangelists of all sorts:
Read any other good evangelism resources lately? Mention them here!
On Saturday, July 18, I gave a talk as part of the CSS Summit on CSS & Troubleshooting IE6. Many designers and developers are passionately anti-IE6, while I’m one of those folks who has a soft spot for the browser. So I laid out the case for continuing support for the browser and gave some tips on how best to do that. Most importantly, I tried to reinforce the idea of planning for and managing browser support, especially the phasing out of specific browsers. After all, if you don’t have a plan, you don’t know where you’re going.
You can download the presentation slides as well as read and comment on the use of IE6 hacks over at my personal site.
I’m often asked how one can convince their employer to adopt Web standards, and unfortunately there isn’t a short or simple answer. That, in part, is why I created the Circle of Standards (both the process and the Web site). I also give presentations on this very topic, including one I’ll be doing today at the online <head> global web conference.
My slides are available for download and if there are questions that don’t get addressed sufficiently in the session, you can post them here.
Maybe it’s the co-worker who sits next to you, or perhaps it’s your boss. It could be a new client. And, invariably, someone in your family qualifies. That’s right, they’re the not-so-tech-savvy you have to deal with. How do you get them to understand you so that you can communicate and work together effectively?
Web Worker Daily provides 10 tips for working with the computer-illiterate, ranging from the obvious (avoid jargon and be patient) to smart strategies you may not have figured out yet (introduce new technologies gradually, talk results instead of process).
Two things that aren’t mentioned in the article but deserve emphasis:
Standards Suck is a podcast show/blog by Anne van Kesteren, Marcos Caceres, and Lachlan Hunt.
So far, the topics covered include WCAG 2.0, the Selectors API, and ARIA in HTML5. However, they haven’t explained why they think that standards suck. I guess we’re supposed to gather that from the complexities of what’s discussed.
A methodology that enables the successful adoption and continued implementation of standards by addressing their management, related training and communication, and continual review. Learn more.
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Adapting to Web Standards: CSS and Ajax for Big Sites features an instructional chapter on the Circle of Standards. By Christopher Schmitt, Kimberly Blessing, et al.