Comments on: As big as the Empire State Building http://lloydi.com/blog/2007/09/27/as-big-as-the-empire-state-building-2/ Nothing to do with standards, even less to do with wombats, only vaguely a blog Fri, 13 Mar 2009 18:39:43 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: dN http://lloydi.com/blog/2007/09/27/as-big-as-the-empire-state-building-2/comment-page-1/#comment-109137 dN Thu, 11 Oct 2007 12:43:57 +0000 http://lloydi.com/blog/2007/09/27/as-big-as-the-empire-state-building-2/#comment-109137 As someone who has bought, read and recommended your book, I'd like to say thank you. As already mentioned, the book gave me an excellent grounding the web design basics. I have since went on to work full time on website development. Any chance of you doing more book? Perhaps on accessibility or other 'advanced' topics? Actually, as someone who works full time on a corporate website, much like yourself, I'd love to see a book on this type of role. Your personal insights, etc. As someone who has bought, read and recommended your book, I’d like to say thank you.

As already mentioned, the book gave me an excellent grounding the web design basics. I have since went on to work full time on website development.

Any chance of you doing more book? Perhaps on accessibility or other ‘advanced’ topics?

Actually, as someone who works full time on a corporate website, much like yourself, I’d love to see a book on this type of role. Your personal insights, etc.

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]]> By: Lloydi http://lloydi.com/blog/2007/09/27/as-big-as-the-empire-state-building-2/comment-page-1/#comment-106459 Lloydi Mon, 01 Oct 2007 12:01:48 +0000 http://lloydi.com/blog/2007/09/27/as-big-as-the-empire-state-building-2/#comment-106459 @Richard: yes, web development techniques are changing but in almost all cases they still require a strong foundation - and that's what the book should have provided. Learning JavaScript, advanced CSS, AJAX - all of that requires that you've learnt those basics, so I don't think it's a problem for a while yet. As for retiring early, I don't think so - tech writers don't do this for the money (and if they do, they need to be pumping out many successful books a year!). @Richard: yes, web development techniques are changing but in almost all cases they still require a strong foundation – and that’s what the book should have provided. Learning JavaScript, advanced CSS, AJAX – all of that requires that you’ve learnt those basics, so I don’t think it’s a problem for a while yet.

As for retiring early, I don’t think so – tech writers don’t do this for the money (and if they do, they need to be pumping out many successful books a year!).

]]> By: Richard Byarugaba http://lloydi.com/blog/2007/09/27/as-big-as-the-empire-state-building-2/comment-page-1/#comment-106451 Richard Byarugaba Mon, 01 Oct 2007 11:22:37 +0000 http://lloydi.com/blog/2007/09/27/as-big-as-the-empire-state-building-2/#comment-106451 Hi Ian? Hope u r doing great. Especially if your book is selling that much, i mean a heap as tall as the Empire State Building. You must be planning to retire young. Lucky you! Actually i liked your book and i have read it to the end. But it looks like web development is changing so fast and iam worried that after spending alot of time studying html, i will have to study other webdevelopment programs like javascript, dreamweaver or asp if iam to build beautiful and static websites. Checking the source code for powerful websites, i realise they are all using more advanced software. what do you think of my observation?? Hi Ian?
Hope u r doing great. Especially if your book is selling that much, i mean a heap as tall as the Empire State Building. You must be planning to retire young. Lucky you!
Actually i liked your book and i have read it to the end.
But it looks like web development is changing so fast and iam worried that after spending alot of time studying html, i will have to study other webdevelopment programs like javascript, dreamweaver or asp if iam to build beautiful and static websites. Checking the source code for powerful websites, i realise they are all using more advanced software.
what do you think of my observation??

]]> By: Simon Willison http://lloydi.com/blog/2007/09/27/as-big-as-the-empire-state-building-2/comment-page-1/#comment-105451 Simon Willison Thu, 27 Sep 2007 17:08:16 +0000 http://lloydi.com/blog/2007/09/27/as-big-as-the-empire-state-building-2/#comment-105451 Impressive! If you do get to Manhattan the best place to see the Empire State Building is from the "Top of the Rock" at the Rockefeller center (don't bother going up the Empire State Building itself, because you won't be able to see it!). Nat and I took this photo there: http://www.flickr.com/photos/nataliedowne/1218376931/ Impressive! If you do get to Manhattan the best place to see the Empire State Building is from the “Top of the Rock” at the Rockefeller center (don’t bother going up the Empire State Building itself, because you won’t be able to see it!). Nat and I took this photo there: http://www.flickr.com/photos/nataliedowne/1218376931/

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