Entries by Denise Jacobs
I’ve written recently on how much I loved attending and presenting at ConvergeSE a few month back in June of this year. But what I didn’t write about is that I had the pleasure of being interviewed (yet again!), but the very wonderful and extremely talented Giovanni Difeterici of UnMatchedStyle.com on CSS, the extremely awesome [...]
I don’t know about you, but I have a very loud, insistent, and mean roommate. Sometimes he’s quiet and well-behaved, and we maintain an amicable truce. Other times – most often when I am trying to produce something brilliant – he’s raucous and destructive, yelling demoralizing epithets at me and keeping me from doing the [...]
When Lisa Lang formerly of Sitepoint.com (but now of Smashing Magazine) asked me to do a podcast screencast for DesignFestival.com, naturally I said “yes!”, as I love all of the great content that comes from Sitepoint and its related sites. With the latest movement towards Responsive Web Design, developed by Ethan Marcotte, and also based [...]
I’m into creativity these days. I’m fascinated by the creative process and all of its facets: the flow state that one falls into when working on bringing an idea out of the ether and onto the page/canvas/screen/floor/table, the sudden epiphanies that one gets in the shower or while falling asleep, the frustration that one feels [...]
I’m in love. Seriously! I’m in love with the ConvergeSE Conference that just happened in Columbia, SC last weekend. Why? It was a GREAT conference! There were fantastic presentations from Trent Walton, Chris Coyier, Christian Heilmann, and Ethan Marcotte on the nitty-gritty of CSS3 typography, CSS3 Selectors, HTML5 and Responsive Design, respectively. Leslie Jensen-Inman rocked [...]
As creatives (and often independents) in an ever-changing field, we end up doing a lot of work and having to wear quite a few hats. Here are some tips for offloading the stuff you don't like, or, "How to be Awesome in 4 Easy Steps".
Oh my goodness! I just found out that I was nominated for “Standards Champion” by the .net magazine 2010 Best of the Web Awards. What an honor! I have the honor of being grouped with the wonderful people below, almost all of whom have inspired me and my work in some way during my career [...]
I just spent an enjoyable evening laughing and having a great time with Willie Morris, Ulises Orozco of We Are Silicon Beach (with extra buddy support from Ryan Abbot for good measure). They interviewed me about my newly released book, The CSS Detective Guide, my upcoming plans for my trip to London and my excitement [...]
The campaign to get me to London so I can speak at the Future of Web Design is going really well! So far, people have donated around $750 – that’s a third of the way there in only 1 week’s time!! How cool is that? This just in: for everyone who donates $40 or more, [...]
Yesterday, I started a campaign to get support to attend The Future of Web Design next month in London so that I can do a presentation on the graceful degradation of CSS3 and launch myself onto the web conference speaking circuit. So, after only one day of tweeting and asking friends to put the word [...]
This past year has been absolutely magical with all of the wonderful professional opportunities that have appeared in my life, and things are continuing to get better and better! Here’s the latest news: I have just gotten myself scheduled to present at The Future of Web Design (FOWD) in London next month, and I am [...]
Whew! This last few months have been quite a wild ride! But the heavy lifting is over, and now I get to play at one my most favorite events in the whole wide world: South by Southwest Interactive Conference. Fortuitously, I was asked by Min Jung Kim to be on the awesome “How to Rawk [...]
Ideas take a while to marinate, simmer, and then come out fully cooked. After a lively conversation with Daniel Burka at FOWA earlier this year, I have had the idea for a presentation about the practical outcomes of following your passion (and what happens when you don’t). Based on my own experiences, I have found [...]
Gardening has been a consuming passion for me lately. I can’t wait until the evenings when I can go outside and sculpt my yard to match the vision that I have in my head (and on paper). Here is my plan: no grass AT ALL in the backyard (grass is highly overated in my opinion), [...]
South by Southwest is truly one of the most amazing 5 days that a web person can spend. You are surrounded by smart, accomplished, interesting people who are all doing great work in the field of web design, development, blogging, being an entrepeneur, social med, web standards, and more. And folks are fun, too! The [...]
I am soooo excited! My panel for South by Southwest Interactive 2009 has been approved! Overview: The presidency of Barack Obama will have far-reaching ramifications for politics, society, and even black identity in America. Websites such as BlackWeb2.0.com, the Blackbird browser, and a myriad of bloggers both target and ally themselves with the black blogosphere, [...]
I was going through my photos on my computer, and I found this one: Making breakfast, 1976 Originally uploaded by Bnita-Denise. First of all, what a muffin I was! I mean, really – check me out, working that babuschka scarf. I was fashion-forward even then. Second of all, for anyone who wonders at the origins [...]
I must admit to a love-hate relationship with business cards....
Chocolate Pudding (vegan, raw) Originally uploaded by Bnita-Denise. Okay, due to popular demand (or at least one request), I am posting the recipe for my chocolate pudding. Now, for alla y’all dairy-tolerant folks (which approximately only 25% of the world’s adult population, whether you know it or not, according to wikipedia), don’t get all uppity [...]
Whatever was the initial spark, I have spent much of the early morning trying to keep up with the flow of ideas that seem endless at this point.
Tuesday gifted me with a wonderfully impromptu sxswi lunch with people whom I had just met that morning, great Cuban food and even better conversation. Afterwards, I forwent the Jane McGonigal keynote to soak up the deliciously warm sunlight on the south side of the conference center. A passing sxsw friend joined me, and we [...]
sometimes a craving can be the start of something beautiful....
it's more than mere lust, this is true love.
Denise R. Jacobs is an Author, Speaker, Web Design Trainer, and Creativity Evangelist. Based in Miami, Florida, she is author of