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Nathan Bertram
Nathan Bertram is an experienced freelance web designer/developer. Nathan has always been passionate about what he does. He loves dealing with web standards, css, accessibility and php/mysql development. His bible is titled "Designing With Web Standards" by Jeffrey Zeldman.
On a personal level, Nathan Bertram is originally from South Africa finding his way to a small landlocked country, Swaziland, for three years in 1998. In 2001 Nathan found himself on the move yet again, settling down in Winnipeg. A place that he now loves and cherishes and calls home. If you are interested in finding out more about Nathan, please visit his personal autobiography project below: My Identity.
Internet Explorer 8 Beta 1
This afternoon Microsoft announced the launch of Internet Explorer 8 Beta 1 on the IE blog. As soon as I saw this I decided to take it for a test drive! My first concern when installing the beta version on my Windows machine would be that I would lose IE7 for testing. However it turns out...
Discover the PHP GD Library.
The other day a giant 800 page PHP book managed to lure me in. I started flipping around and I found a chapter on the GD Library. The GD Library is an open source code library for the dynamic creation of images by programmers. For some time now I’ve been wanting to learn all about what this...
Make your life easier and less frustrating in 2008
1. Keep your css clean & organized. Save time. For some it’s been drilled into our heads since we could barely walk and for others it’s been an uphill battle. Make an effort to get into the habit of keeping clean specific code. Start by dividing your code up into organized...
FITC Road Show - Winnipeg 2007
On Saturday, November 17th I had the pleasure of attending FITC (Flash in the Can) at the Ramada Marlborough Hotel in downtown Winnipeg. Off all the other places this conference is held (Toronto, Chicago, Hollywood & Amsterdam) it landed in Winnipeg for yet another exciting year. It’s a...
Where's the equilibrium in css height?
Recently, just as anyone who has experienced the ins and outs of css, I have been encountering my share of creative css problems. One thing I discovered while trying to solve my frustrations is that frameworks can be a cross compliant and a time saving solution. The downside is technique is that if...
Facebook or Crackbook?
An interesting video from f8 Keynote, the stats are a little scary: Mark Zuckerberg speaks to 800 developers at the San Francisco Design Center about Facebook Platform http://developers.facebook.com/videos.php
From The Web
Aug 14, 2008
Secrets of the JavaScript Ninjas
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Aug 14, 2008
iPhone Beer App
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Aug 13, 2008
Google Image Labeler
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Aug 12, 2008
The "Mojave Experiment"
Microsofts marketing attempt at fighting the talk about Windows Vista. Interesting...
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Aug 12, 2008
A List Apart: Articles: Deafness and the User Experience
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Aug 12, 2008
Canvas 3D Graph
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Aug 11, 2008
14 Ways to Learn From Creative Programmers
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Aug 07, 2008
Facelift Image Replacement
Finally an alternative to sIFR!
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