Eight7Teen's scribe Josh created some sexy bookmarks a month back that I was very impressed with. They were so sexy that he literally called them SexyBookmarks. And seeing as I'm so sexy... Anyways, Josh took the time to interview me recently and the post is now up. Check it out:
http://eight7teen.com/articles/interview-with-david-walsh
While synchronous code is easier to follow and debug, async is generally better for performance and flexibility. Why "hold up the show" when you can trigger numerous requests at once and then handle them when each is ready? Promises are becoming a big part of the JavaScript world...
I love almost every part of being a tech blogger: learning, preaching, bantering, researching. The one part about blogging that I absolutely loathe: dealing with SPAM comments. For the past two years, my blog has registered 8,000+ SPAM comments per day. PER DAY. Bloating my database...
Remember the old days of DHTML and effects that were an achievement to create but had absolutely no value? Well, a trailing mouse cursor script is sorta like that. And I'm sorta the type of guy that creates effects just because I can.
Theming has become a big part of the Web 2.0 revolution. Luckily, so too has a higher regard for semantics and CSS standards. If you build your pages using good XHTML code, changing a CSS file can make your website look completely different.
Hey David,
I really appreciate you taking the time out of your busy day to privelege me with an interview! Thanks for the compliment about the plugin as well, much love!
Great interview :)
Great interview!