Jeff Bridgforth :: Webcraftsman

Crafting Web sites since 1999

I am a Web designer passionate about creating elegant, inspiring, and usable Web experiences that connect with an audience and fulfull business objectives.

Books

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November 14, 2006

I am really excited about attend­ing three day Web con­fer­ence here in Orlando. It is going to be great to pull back and focus on devel­op­ing my Web design and devel­op­ment skills. Tomor­row I am tak­ing 2 crash courses, CSS Mas­tery with Andy Budd and Under­stand­ing AJAX with Jeremy Keith. Andy’s book on CSS Mastery […]

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Doing the “Right Things”

October 30, 2006

I was reminded of some­thing that I read sev­eral years ago that con­tin­ues to ring in my head and guide my heart. For many peo­ple, sim­pli­fy­ing means noth­ing more than “doing less.” But sim­pli­fy­ing is not so much about doing fewer things as it is about doing the right things. …For even the “ideal” sim­ple spiritual […]

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GoogleBookSearch pdfs of out-of-copyright books

August 30, 2006

Google Books has added a new fea­ture. You can now down­load pdfs of out-of-copyright books. Not all books are avail­able yet. I look for­ward to search­ing to find what they have.

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Not quite a CSS Master

July 31, 2006

Back in May, I read Andy Budd’s book, CSS Mas­tery: Advanced Web Stan­dards Solu­tions. I wrote a review after read­ing the first two chap­ters. I think it is the most prac­ti­cal and help­ful book I have worked through on CSS. [Side­note: When I think about the book title, I think about becom­ing a CSS Mas­ter which […]

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Mastering CSS — A Book Review

May 17, 2006

Last week, I bought CSS Mas­tery by Andy Budd. I have been work­ing with CSS for page lay­out for about 3 years. The first year was mainly learn­ing through tuto­ri­als from Macro­me­dia and trial and error. I also spent time away work­ing on fund rais­ing for my min­istry role with Cam­pus Cru­sade for Christ. About […]

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I Want to Make Much of You, Jesus

April 19, 2006

On Mon­day, I started read­ing John Piper’s book, God is the Gospel. My first impres­sions is that it is chal­leng­ing, refresh­ing and I am look­ing for­ward to get­ting more into it. My prayer is that it will cause me to view the gospel with a fresh won­der and be refreshed by the good news. Here is […]

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Revolution Within — Approaches to Spiritual Lives

August 26, 2005

I am cur­rently read­ing Dwight Edward’s book, Rev­o­lu­tion Within. Dwight is a descen­dent of Jonathan Edwards. We did a Bible study this sum­mer in Hun­gary based on this book. This week, I was read­ing in chap­ter 3. He talked about focus­ing on God’s glory as the main moti­va­tion in our lives. It was a very practical […]

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User Interface Conference

April 7, 2005

I am so excited. This morn­ing I reg­is­tered to go to a User Inter­face Con­fer­ence in Boston in Octo­ber. I have heard two of the speak­ers before at another con­fer­ence. I get their weekly email tip that deals with use­abil­ity and design­ing for user expe­ri­ence. I am cur­rently read­ing books by two of the speakers […]

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Current Readings, March 24, 2005

March 24, 2005

Web Redesign 2.0 by Kelly Goto — I just got this book on Mon­day. I have enjoyed going through it so far. It is great to under­stand the process or to have an exam­ple of a process to fol­low. I bought this book because I have an idea for a redesign of GodSquad.com which is […]

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Current Readings, February 23, 2005

February 23, 2005

Hear­ing God — I just started Dal­las Willard’s book, Hear­ing God, last night. I have seen it before and I have read two other of his books that form a loose series. The book is about a con­ver­sa­tional rela­tion­ship with God. I was inter­ested in it recently after see­ing a rec­om­men­da­tion from John Elderedge, who […]

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Current Readings, February 15, 2005

February 15, 2005

I like to read. I am usu­ally read­ing sev­eral dif­fer­ent books at once. Being an intro­vert, read­ing is some­thing that refreshes me. I enjoy learn­ing and God has used a lot of help­ful books to help me grow in my rela­tion­ship to Him. Here is a sam­pling of my cur­rent read­ing. Con­tent Crit­i­cal by Gerry […]

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