Posts from July 2009

A quick update on my life

Seeing as I'm updating, here's what's going on with me lately:

  • I've written an article for php|Architect - not sure if I'm meant to say what it's about, but it should be in the August issue.
  • I left PropertyMall after four years, to move on to pastures new as a freelancer.
  • After 6 weeks of contracting, and enjoying the freedom, I had a couple of interviews at Beam.tv.
  • The upshot of which is, I'll be starting at Beam on Monday! I'm very much looking forward to it.

20th July 2009, 19:11 Read more »

XHTML not dead, despite reports

With the W3C's recent announcement that work on XHTML 2.0 is not being continued, it would be tempting to think that the HTML vs XHTML war has been 'won', and not by the side a lot of people wanted.

However, that's a misconception. XHTML is alive and well as part of HTML5, on more or less equal terms with 'plain' HTML. It's just not going to be replacing 'tag soup' any time soon unless people start using it!

I'll be taking a look at the options authors have for producing XHTML markup, but lets first look at why someone might want to use XML.

Pros and cons of XHTML

20th July 2009, 18:33 (tags: ) Read more »