I finished reading Andy Clarke's book 'Transcending The Fine Art of Web Design.' The book talks at length about designing your sites from the content out rather than trying to shoehorn your content into your design. The concept was interesting, but I wasn't sure how practical it would be or how much time it would really save. That was until last week.

For the past week I've been struggling to work my design into WordPress. I admit I'm not a php coder (although that's something I'll be trying to remedy this year), but it was increasingly frustrating to end up with a layout that didn't match my design vision. That's when the light went off. Wouldn't this have been easier if I had started with my content and then worked my design into it? Putting my head in my hands I mumbled "Why didn't I listen to Andy?"

So, content out design gets my nod of approval. Does this mean I've transcended CSS design?

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I had a wonderful time in Asia. Thanks for everyone who helped me learn some Japanese.

The only bad thing about it was it made me less content with Canada.

Now I want to move to Japan...arrrrgg.