SXSW - CSS Problem Solving panel update

For those of you attending everyone's favorite geek-fest in Austin in March, the panel for the CSS Problem Solving panel is now Christopher Schmitt, Dave Shea, Ethan Marcotte, myself and a recent exciting addition, Tiffany Brown, web maveness and writer of her (in)famous feminism blog. She may even talk about CSS! This is an awesome group of people and I am very happy to be up there with them - I am going to deconstruct some all-CSS multi-column layouts, and then sit down and watch these talented people talk about the really difficult stuff.

Helpin' with Codin'

Been working on the new book for while now - the pitch is that I'm going to help designers understand how web sites - the real ones that are connected to databases and can let you shop, blog and do other interactive things - are actually built so that you can work effectively with programming teams or actually start learning to program yourself. So if you have input about what you want to know in this area or what is hard to make sense of, there's still time for me to drill down into areas that really matter to you. After all, this isn't for me, but you.

In the code zone

Writing code is like spinning plates - after about 20 minutes I get them all going - all those variables, arrays and what's in all the objects is laid out like a map and I can type as I think. But it just takes one interuption - a phone call or some vulture coming in my office to pick my brain, and everything comes crashing down. So I am a miserably anti-social programmer - no music, no talk radio and most of all, no people - just me, the code, and a cup of tea to sip from as I compile and review. So the rest of the time, I'm my usual friendly self but if you come in and I'm facing that screen - don't bug me, I'm codin'...