Anyone who knows me knows that I’m completely addicted to music. Chances are, I’ll be completely deaf by 40, but I pay little attention to that thought when I’m working on some code, headphones blaring all the way. My iTunes library is nearing 10,000 songs, and close to half of those are rated and sorted into playlists.
Not only am I addicted to music, but I’m addicted to the psychology behind music. I love deciphering music patterns, seeing what I listen to compared with my friends and those in different social circles around me. So it should be no surprise that I have a last.fm account that I actively use.
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In my last post, I mentioned how I felt a bit underwhelmed at the coding practices behind the new msnbc.com website. Judging by the majority of the response (and the ‘web elite’ response at that), I have no idea what I’m talking about. Doctypes apparently are throwaway items in standards-based web development, and using TextMate automatically makes you a web expert.
I admit that I could have been a bit more tactful with some of my previous comments, but I did compliment the design, and I am still very impressed with it. However, even after the explanations and the excuses about 10 year old code and CMS limitations, something doesn’t sit right with me. I can’t quite put my finger on it, and I don’t mean to be disrespectful, but I feel like the front-end development on the site could have been executed better.
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Yes, ladies and gentlemen: it may look glossy, but the all-new ‘web2′ msnbc.com doesn’t have a doctype declaration, among other problems.
This is what happens when Microsoft tries to make a website.
It was quite a sad reality to discover. My friend and coworker, Sean, told me about the MSNBC.com site redesign tonight on IM, and at first I was blown away - visually they can give themselves a high five. I noticed that the load-time was a bit top-heavy, but it soon turned out to be the least of this site’s problems.
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Popping in real quick to shamelessly plug Elle’s Pop Quiz - a promotional mini site for Legally Blonde (the musical version), specifically the MTV airing of the entire musical today at 1pm.
What’s the site, you say? Why it’s elleslounge.com/mtv!
Why the plug?
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Do you know Mike G? You might. If you don’t, you should, because he’s awesome.
Seriously.
I first met him at Full Sail, where he taught me how to be a badass at programming. Since then, he’s been around as a constant influence and resource for anything PHP. He’s like a programming dictionary, and you too can tap into this wisdom by visiting his blog at http://www.lovemikeg.com.
PS - Since disclosure is required, this post was paid for in shiny gold facebook bling by Mike G.
PPS - He really is cool. Even without the Facebook bling.
This blog belongs to Jade Rauenzahn, a 23-year-old web developer living in Hell's Kitchen, NYC.