So I have come a across many articles on the web about css and some of it I just wonder where people first found out they could do these things.  But the more I have worked the web the more I haven’t been surprized or even informed about something I didn’t already know.  But here are some good tips for anyone who is doing CSS to make there lives easier.
–>> Continue reading CSS doesn’t make the world go round but it does shape it.

So I am not a great coder. But I do love puzzles. I have no formal training all I know is what I have gotten from the web and in books. I am one of those rare people who can read a computer manual and run with it. I have touched a lot of different languages and have mastered none. At my job at Merrick Towle I am sort of the go-to-guy to solve problems and most of the time I don’t know the answer but I am good at looking for them, and I often come back with the problem solved. I am not super smart but I am clever and I often have the attitude that nothing seems too hard to overcome if you break it down to small enough parts. I have designed over a dozen websites, and countless kiosks and have been working in interactive professional now for 2 years.

My first Kiosk was done in Shock wave for my Senior Thesis at University of the Arts. I remember spending hours at Barnes and Noble reading the Director Bible (because I didn’t have the money to buy it and take it home.) As my portfolio I made and RPG using my art during the same year (2001). Now I am working with Flash and Learning AS3. I touch on ASP with my job and now dabble with PHP because of my own site. I love code I don’t know why but it is fun to make things come to life.

This whole section is just a brain dump. Cool things I have learned, Cool thing I have found, or bits of code I think I would love to canibalize later.

I love Tech, and I also love that so much information is all online. For the design of my site I wanted to go for a very clean design that can be modified so the different sections will have a header that will change with the section you are in considering I am going to have multiple threads some all about a single book. So I looking into Conditional Tags in WordPress and I find the Codex files from WordPress.org are very useful.

Here is what I found about the conditional tags that I will use to alter the header of this theme when it is is different sections.

Conditional Tags

Watier Publication Blog is now taking its first steps.
This is my first post for the new site for Matt Watier / Watier Publications which is under the umbrella of Watier Creative.  Watier Creative is a family colaboration with my mom being the brains in the money department, my sister being a brillant marketer & SEO expert, my father being a fantastic Storyteller, and me being pretty damn good at bringing things to life on a page. I hope you agree and you like what you will see.

What you can expect out of this blog.

• Post of Past & Current Illustrations from my night job
• Books and Publication Updates from my night job
• Design Challenges I have overcome in my day job
• New Web Designs from my day job
• Cool Links and information that is useful
• Shout outs to things that are cool and people who are great.