Notes from books and other interesting things that I've read.
Our Pointless Pursuit Of Semantic Value
Allow me to paint a picture:
- You are busy creating a website.
- You have a thought, “Oh, now I have to add an element.”
- Then another thought, “I feel so guilty adding a div. Div-itis is terrible, I hear.”
- Then, “I should use something else. The aside element might be appropriate.”
- Three searches and five articles later, you’re fairly confident that aside is not semantically correct.
- You decide on article, because at least it’s not a div.
- You’ve wasted 40 minutes, with no tangible benefit to show for it.
When You Learn Something, Write About It!
- Publish what you learn.
- Why did they become successful? Because they published what they learned.
- Don’t Be Afraid To Make Mistakes: you will get better when you make mistakes and correct them.
- Comments Are Part Of The Content
- Teachers Learn By Teaching
- GitHub Gets It Right
- Blog Posts Should Be Like GitHub Repos
- The “TL;DR” Conclusion