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z-indexing: A Sneaky Complicator!

January 5, 2012 · by rockbot · in CSS, HTML, Web Development

Sometimes elements overlap, and this can cause some serious problems. Normally, elements are positioned in the order that they’re created in html. That’s called static positioning. But let’s say you have a navigator bar that’s unusual. And maybe you’re just…

A Few Books to Get Started

January 1, 2012 · by rockbot · in Adaptive Web Design, CSS, HTML, Responsive Design, Web Development

So, although I haven’t started reading anything on Ruby, Haml, or Sass, I *have* gotten my feet wet in some crucial topics. The first book, Responsive Web Design by Ethan Marcotte, completely changed the way I thought about the web. …

Hacking to Get Started

January 1, 2012 · by rockbot · in Compass, CSS, Haml, HTML, Ruby, Sass, Web Development

When I’m learning something new, I don’t open a book; I start off by hacking around. Books are for answers.  But how can you get answers when you don’t have any questions yet?! I find that I start asking questions…

From Roboticist to Web Developer

January 1, 2012 · by rockbot · in CSS, HTML, PHP, Ruby, Technology, Web Development

I love the way people interact with technology. I started my career out as a roboticist: armed with a mechanical engineering degree from Caltech and a passion for automated machines, I built robots big and small.  I developed algorithms, created…

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