I just found out today that if we get our company website launched by Wednesday, our company is going to send myself and the other Front-End Developers to An Event Apart Chicago, so that’s pretty awesome. Just a few links from this week:

A Small Study Of Big Blogs: Further Findings
After an article last week discussing some of the findings from a survey of the 50 most popular blogs, Smashing Magazine reveals more.
Pattern Tap
Great collection of web design patterns.
Time for a Web-Forward Movement
I definitely agree with what Kenny has to say. I feel like there was this huge push for standards a few years ago, and it has really started to slow down. We should not be satisfied! There is still so much more to do.

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- Kenny
- 8.5.2008 at 12:00 pm
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Hey Trevor,

Thanks for the link! I agree that we should not be satisfied, but even more so we should be a little peeved that some of this stuff has been in the backburner for years.

Cheers,
Kenny

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