I finally got the go-ahead to look for a replacement for me in the company I am still working for. I am leaving here on the 14th of April, and will join Yahoo on the 24th.

So, if you are:

• A very web standards and quality orientated Interaction Architect
• A good team leader
• Experienced in various development Frameworks (.NET,Spring,PHP)
• Fully up to speed on Accessibility regulations and development practices
• Experienced in conducting Usability Testing
• Interested to work in the South West of London / England

Drop me a line and your CV at the new yes.i.want.to.be.chris@googlemail.com email.

I will treat your CV with confidentiality and cannot promise anything. However, I do think I can find a better bunch of CVs here than our HR department can get through agencies :-)

I was just mildly shocked that my book is already on Amazon.com while I am still writing chapter 6 of 9!

So I guess it is time to cut down on the posting here and other things like bathing, eating and sleeping to ensure I get it ready in time to beat the next Harry Potter in the sales ranks (or something like that).

As part of my book, I am right now writing the “common uses of JavaScript” Chapter, and this morning a request by Michel Bozgounov on the CSS-d list tickled my fancy.

He wanted an easy way to show slightly larger images when clicking on very small thumbs inside a page. While his solution would force visitors to load all the images (including the large ones), I quickly put together a solution that only loads the larger images in the same list when JS is available.

• Check out Minislides – inline slide shows with DOM and CSS

This is only a beta and a freebie. The full version with explanations is part of the book and I cannot give it out (yet) as it will be part of the whole copyright and all that Jazz.

Enjoy, and hopefully you find it useful.

As much as I am annoyed with the web2.0 hype and a lot of products that are just clones of others (how many RSS readers are there?) I just had an epiphany of sorts when I was on the client site and had to do some work without my trusty laptop with Photoshop, Homesite, Word and all the other goodies.

It is pretty amazing how efficient you can work without your local software when you use what the web offers you:

• Writely allows for uploading word documents, changing them and saving them again (this has been bought by Google, so some privacy fanatical people might object to it). Works good for simple documentation, but of course it seems to break makros and change tracking
• Pixoh allows for uploading, cropping, resizing and turning pictures and saving them in an optimised fashion.
• Meebo is a browser interface for all of the Instant Messaging Networks out there and allows you to stay in touch with your work mates without installing MSN, Yahoo or AIM.
• Openomy allows you to store and share files with work mates (and stop you from abusing your personal FTP)

What I haven’t found yet is a cool online code editor that would allow me to upload JavaScript, HTML, PHP or CSS and edit in a color coded fashion. Has anybody web2.0-yfied the portable NVU yet?

Some good lists of Web2.0 apps:

• Best web 2.0 software of 2005
• More great web 2.0 software

And in case this bores you and you need the lighter side of the idea:

• Web 2.0 validator
• Beggr
• Isolatr

Allow me to be a bit narcistic for a moment – don’t worry it does not involve a podcast of me talking about web design stuff:

I just wanted to announce that I am quitting my current job on the 14th of April and from the 24th of April (2 days before my birthday) onwards I will work for Yahoo UK as a web developer.

I am quite happy to join a company that dabbles in the same market sizes I worked in the last few years but really does subscribe to ideals like web standards and User Centric Design. To illustrate my dedication to this cause it might be of interest that I took a slight paycut and will not have the fancy “Lead Developer” title any longer. I think having fun and getting satisfaction out of what you do is more important anyways.