On the long road of web development
2018 was my year to drop time wasters and get serious about my time. My priority is my family (husband and son), but I also care deeply about a fulfilling career (web development and accessibility). Those two things don’t leave me with much time when I want them both to flourish. So, I decided to … Continue reading In 2018: I Took Back My Time
In my current journey to thoroughly study and understand web accessibility, I had a question that I needed to ask the Internet about W3C documentation: “What is the difference between normative and non-normative?” I found a great explanation on StackOverflow by Michael Kay: “Normative” means that it’s an official formal part of the specification; non-normative … Continue reading Normative vs. Non-normative
In honor of Blue Beanie Day (November 30) and in conjunction with my own preparation for IAAP’s Web Accessibility Standards certification exam, I’m committing to a second round of 100 Days of Accessibility and launched an 100DaysOfA11y website to keep me accountable. My hope during my study process is to provide you digestible snippets about … Continue reading Launching 100 Days of A11y Site
Is anyone out there still using Adobe Dreamweaver in 2018? I am. It’s my text editor of choice at work because 1) it was given to me to use, and 2) it seamlessly puts my files from my local environment to the production server. One of the features I’ve recently discovered, and love to use … Continue reading Synchronize Files in Dreamweaver
One perk about the web designer and developer life is that I’m always learning. Always. Today I learned how to… Quickly convert content to code Today I found myself pulling out the headphones, turning up the Moana soundtrack, and tediously beginning the manual process of copying content in between HTML tags. About a quarter of … Continue reading Two New Shortcuts Added to My Web Design Toolbox
Progressive web apps, also known as PWAs, are hot and happening right now. If you’ve been keeping up on web development in 2018, you’ll likely have heard about them. I’ve been learning about them most of the year through Udacity’s Mobile Web Specialist nanodegree program that I’m about to graduate from. To add icing to … Continue reading Troubleshooting: Using JSON on IIS
What I Do on the Daily According to the State of Alaska, I am classified as a Publications Specialist. To skip all boring narrative, I am a web and publications designer for the Alaska State Libraries, Archives, and Museums. To sum it up more, I design and maintain the webpages for my division. Additionally, I … Continue reading A “Day” in the Life of This Web Designer
