Tim Bray’s keynote speech at FOWA was pretty spot on when it comes to current events in the web development field.  He hits on key subjects such as the importance of appropriate monetization, the future of cloud computing, the future impact of the open source movement,  and really just plain sensible planning for the future in this field.

Definitely a good vid.  Whether you are a lone freelancer or a part of a large agency, heed his warnings.  He’s pretty spot on.

A List Apart, for the second year in a row, is giving a survey to find out what really is the current state of affairs in the web development industry.

If you are a web developer, please go and fill out this survey! The information gathered in this survey will greatly benefit all web developers in the future.  There are some really interesting facts produced by these surveys, including information related to salaries, benefits, and working conditions.  By assessing the current trends in these areas, we can set the bar for our future salaries, benefits, and working conditions.  This is a really great initiative they are taking.

Or you can check out last years results here.

I have not forgot about you guys.  There are more updates on the way.  I have been working on some great new tutorials covering everything from sIFR to SEO.  I want these tutorials to be of the highest quality so I am taking my time.

In the meantime, Opera has put out a course curriculum focusing on web standards.  Excellent excellent excellent resource.  Thoroughly covers the ins and outs of coding web pages according to the standards set forth by the world wide web consortium (w3c). Definitely check it out whether you are a seasoned professional or just starting out.

Just a quick update.  I had upgraded to firefox 3 because its god damn amazing and everything was fine for about a day, then suddenly i lost my bookmarks.  I lost all bookmaring functionality. Needless to say i was bummed and completely helpless.  I tried a bunch of different techniques to get them back with no success.  Then at the last minute I found the appropriate fix.

http://kb.mozillazine.org/Lost_bookmarks_after_Firefox_3_upgrade

I followed the instructions for the manual deletion method and next thing you know i had my old book marks back.  Glorious.  If anyone else is still having trouble with this just leave a comment and I’ll do my best to help out.

I am changing a few things around.  Ive decided I could better serve the community by posting exclusively about my passion, web development.  I’ve stripped out all of my posts relating to my life and happens. I figure there are better outlets for that kind of information such as facebook, twitter, etc.

So what now?

Well I am going to begin posting web development tutorials, misc tips and tricks, site reviews, and beautiful inspiring web sites.  Also, If you want to get involved I am working on a contribution format in which you can subit your own tutorial, tips, tricks, reviews, or inspirational sites.  I’ll post more info on this once I have things a little more figured out.

This should be an exciting new venture and I am looking forward to taking it on.

-Furley