Dave Shea - CSS3, IE7 and web professionals

Download the MP3¹

Summary of the interview

1. In 2002, Dave started the CSS Zen Garden² because he was getting tired of his job.
2. Wired News re-designed, which got him excited about CSS
3. Doug Bowman³ came up with image-replacement, which sparked Dave’s imagination to do CSS Zen Garden
4. In 2003 Dave Shea entered the “Skin HotBot” contest and won an iPod, but never received it because he was Canadian!
5. On the first week of CSS Zen Garden, it got covered on Metafilter and Boing Boing
6. The inspiration for the the name “CSS Zen Garden” came from the initial design of the site.
7. CSS3 won’t be out to the mass market for 10 years
8. Microsoft is releasing IE7 primarily because Firefox has lit a fire under their feet
9. CSS3 is going to be limited by support in IE7
10. Recently finished the CSS Zen Garden book
11. Wrote the whole book in 7 months
12. The book⁴ is selling really well
13. Regarding Vancouver Canada, there is a lot of freelancers, but there isn’t a united community
14. Just launched rosenfeldmedia.com
15. Wants to focus more on design and less on just coding a design comp
16. To be a web professional, you need an appreciation for good web design - not just coding
17. Recently switched to Mac
18. Uses BBEdit for coding
19. Uses Xyle Scope⁵ for debugging

URLs in this post:

1. Download the MP3: http://media.libsyn.com/media/carsonsystems/Vitamin_Interview_-_Dave_Shea.mp3
2. CSS Zen Garden: http://www.csszengarden.com
3. Doug Bowman: http://www.stopdesign.com
4. The book: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0321303474/mezzoblue-20/104-5705160-8662348
5. Xyle Scope: http://www.culturedcode.com/xyle/