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Celebrity Interview: Matt Mullenweg

Matt Mullenweg, according to Google, is the #1 most important Matt in the world, but really is just a kid born and raised in Houston, Texas. He writes code, prose, and music and has been known to take a few pictures too. Matt is the founding developer of WordPress as well as the founder of Automattic, which is the company behind WordPress.com, Akismet, and more to come. Continue reading Celebrity Interview: Matt Mullenweg »

Celebrity Interview: Rachel Andrew

Rachel Andrew is a UK web developer and Director of web development consultancy edgeofmyseat.com. When not writing code, she writes about writing code and is the co-author of several books promoting the practical usage of Web Standards alongside other everyday tools and technologies. Rachel takes a common sense, real world approach to web standards, with her writing and teaching being based on the experiences she has in her own company every day.

Recent books include HTML Utopia: Designing without Tables Using CSS (2nd edition), The CSS Anthology: 101 Essential Tips, Tricks and Hacks and Build Your Own Standards Compliant Website Using Dreamweaver 8 all published by Sitepoint. Continue reading Celebrity Interview: Rachel Andrew »

Celebrity Interview: Jesse Bennett-Chamberlain

Jesse Bennett-Chamberlain is a self-taught web developer from Ontario, Canada. He said goodbye to his day job in 2002 and started 31Three, a design business that focuses on interface development and xhtml/css standards compliant code. Continue reading Celebrity Interview: Jesse Bennett-Chamberlain »

Review: Alleycode HTML Editor

While some of the software I’ve reviewed so far could have easily been classified as HTML IDEs [Integrated Development Environments], Alleycode is strictly an HTML editor — think Notepad with a few more buttons and a clip library. While it’s certainly lightweight, fast, and free, Alleycode’s feature set pales in comparison to the many other HTML editors on the market, offering only one real, usable benefit.

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Review: HTML-Kit 1.0

While first impressions can certainly be wrong, people often don’t have the time — for whatever reason — to properly evaluate things beyond their first, critical encounters with them, and software is no exception. In fact, because we tend to judge software on its ability to help us get our work done more quickly or easily, it’s essential for the software to put its best foot forward, so to speak. Many developers don’t seem to understand this and, as a result, don’t properly show off the features that make their software stand out — much to the detriment of themselves and their potential users. Continue reading Review: HTML-Kit 1.0 »

Review: BBEdit 8

Ease of use, efficiency, and personal comfort are the primary criteria I’ve been using to rate the editors on this site. A piece of software can have all the bells and whistles in the world, but if it doesn’t help you get your work done quickly, accurately, and easily, then all those features don’t amount to much. What an ominous way to introduce this review of BBEdit, the long-standing and revered editor for the Mac!

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