I’ve been slowly but surely, don’t call me shirly, breaking down my presentation, Building a CSS Foundation, into small blog postings. In the beginning of the presentation I talk about CSS Zen Garden. This site emits a lot of nostalgia for many developers. I hold that this site is what pushed developers to really harness the power of CSS, when it was still a relative unknown.

It seemed almost fitting I should lead with this blog post on the 10 year anniversary of CSS Zen Garden. I’m going to say something that may upset a few developers, but I feel it needs to be said. The CSS Zen Garden, with all its good, has helped breed some of our worst habits.

I’ve been attending/speaking at Open West Conference, which has been a great experience so far. After my talk yesterday, I lead a group on Modular CSS during the conference’s “Birds of a Feather” time. I really enjoyed the interaction and time spent with everyone who attended. I think I’m a big fan of more interactive/collaborative talks.

Now this brings me to the topic of this post, Separating Concerns. Modular CSS has been the new hotness for the past year in the CSS community, and if you’ve read Jonathan Snook’s book, SMACSS, you would understand why. I wanted to take the time and talk through a section from my presentation “Building a CSS Foundation”.

After many years running my blog on wordpress, I have finally decided to move away. Constantly having to deal with people trying to attack my blog, for what reason is beyond me.

The plan is to have my blog up and in coming months with a new theme. I’m hoping that by using octopress I will be more inclined/excited to start blogging again. For the few, maybe none, following my blog…change is a coming!