Jan 1, 2010 Posted by Herko

My wishlist for 2010

I’m not really one for New Year’s res­o­lu­tions. I don’t smoke or drink cof­fee or alco­hol, so those vices I don’t need to cut down on or quit alto­gether. I play ten­nis at least once a week, and have a Kung Fu/Tai Chi/Qigong class every week. I take the stairs when­ever I can. And I also enjoy good food, which includes fresh veg­gies and lots of fresh fruit. Sure, there’s always room... read more

Dec 20, 2009 Posted by Herko

New site for Child Support Ghana goes live!

Finally, after many hours of work, the new web­site for the Child Sup­port Ghana NGO and Dutch Foun­da­tions is live. Child Sup­port Ghana is a non-profit orga­ni­za­tion based in the Upper West Region (UWR) cap­i­tal Wa, Ghana, West Africa, who sup­port needy chil­dren by pro­vid­ing them with a roof over their head, lov­ing care, edu­ca­tion and health­care. This orga­ni­za­tion is... read more

Nov 30, 2009 Posted by Herko

I support web standards!

Mon­day, Novem­ber 30, 2009 is the 3rd annual Blue Beanie Day. Started by Doug Vos, Blue Beanie Day is a way to show sup­port for web stan­dards and accessibility. Herko sup­port­ing Web­stan­dards Blue Beanie Day Excerpt from the 3rd Annual Blue Beanie Day Event Page: It’s easy to show your sup­port for web design done right. Beg, bor­row, or buy a Blue Beanie (or Blue Toque in Canada) and... read more

Jul 30, 2009 Posted by Herko

Long live XHTML!

Smash­ing Mag­a­zine pub­lished a comic strip writ­ten by Jeremy Keith and drawn by Brad Col­bow about W3C’s recent announce­ment to end the XHTML 2 work­group char­ter by te end of the year. There has been a huge amount of dis­cus­sion on this topic within the web­stan­dards com­mu­nity, and Jeremy Keith’s expla­na­tion of the exag­ger­ated reports of XHTML’s demise is a great way... read more

Mar 3, 2009 Posted by Herko

Misverstand Webrichtlijnen in De Volkskrant

Gis­ter ocht­end zat ik rond een uur of zeven in de trein naar Den Haag, rustig De Volk­skrant te lezen. Heer­lijk vind ik dat, zo rustig het nieuws van gis­ter (en in dit geval ook van zondag) door te nemen. Kom ik aan op pag­ina 6, staat er een vetge­drukt artikel met de kop “Gemeen­te­site moet drem­pelvrij”. Nu werk ik bij het project Webrichtli­j­nen bij ICTU, dus ik dacht gelijk... read more