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Why does the website for my alma mater’s newspaper show this on its homepage?

There’s no reason to shut down your site while doing an upgrade. Work on a separate set of files. When you’re done and ready to make them public, back up the existing and overwrite everything with the new design. Don’t forget to [...]

A student in Sugarland has been removed from school and placed in an alternative education center because he made a Counter Strike map based on his school. From Digital Village Dispatch:
A day after the Virginia Tech Shootings, a parent of another student called the school to say their child had played a video game which [...]

26 Mar, 2007

Kathy Sierra getting death threats?

Posted by: pat In: Communication

Some sick f**ks have way too much time on their hands. Kathy “Creating Passionate Users” Sierra has gotten some attention in all the wrong ways, namely in death threats posted on the Web.
As I type this, I am supposed to be in San Diego, delivering a workshop at the ETech conference. But I’m not. I’m [...]


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About RAMsey

Welcome to the web site for Pat Ramsey, an accessibility consultant and web designer based in Austin, Texas. A device-independent Web is my dream and I believe we can achieve that with style - an accessible Web doesn't have to be a poorly designed Web.