Poor French Web [en]

So I’ve just spent the last few hours running around the French-speaking web to hunt down some nice design sites… or worthwhile webmaster resources (I hate reinventing the wheel, you know, so before I start writing it all myself…)

Well I tell you… it’s depressing. Five years behind at the least. But even so… Five years ago, there was David Siegel.

Most of the french-speaking professionnal web designer’s sites I have found look more like some high-school kid’s first shot at it on tripod or xoom. And then, that’s not nice of me to say that for the high-school kids.

If you know of any well-designed French-speaking site, please leave a comment to let me know! I’ll be very happy to find it…

Francophonie Online [en]

Le constat est navrant. Je viens de passer quelques heures à  courir le web francophone à  la recherche de resources de qualité pour webmasters, et de sites “web design”.

Eh ben, je ne peux pas dire que j’aie trouvé grand chose. On accuse facilement cinq ans de retard sur l’anglophonie.

Même sans comprendre l’anglais, regardez:

…et il y en a des tas d’autres!

Je vous le concède, ce sont des sites perso, des weblogs pour la plupart. Mais vous en connaissez de cette qualité en français? Si oui, je serai ravie de les voir… Laissez-moi un message ci-dessous!

HTML Tutorial [en]

What wouldn’t I do for you, you lucky brats! I stayed up wayyy past my bedtime to finish my HTML Express tutorial. To be perfectly honest, I haven’t quite finished it (the part on tables has still to be written). But I was starting to be impatient about getting it up.

Oh, and a little rant on WYSIWYG editors. Please consume with a pinch of salt.

K10K Rants + Raves [en]

Run off and read the rants + raves section at k10k. I could add a couple of “me too!” posts up there.

Bonsai Kittens [en]

Thanks to Heather, I found another interesting article in the Urban Legends Reference Pages: bonsai kittens.

Web Peeves [en]

Another couple of pet peeves. I guess I’m coming up with so many that I’ll have to concentrate them all in one place soon:

  • trading links
  • bragging about being linked to by such-and-such “celebrity”
  • incessant talking about how many “hits” or “visits” one’s site is getting and how to increase them

That’s all for now, folks!

Alive and Well [en]

For those of you who are wondering what’s happening to me these days, I am actually spending less time online and more time in my books! It’s the holidays now and there are a couple of courseworks I want to get done before they end.

So I’m alive and well (although at the moment I have this nasty cold, but I’m taking care of it, thank you!) and studying. I’ve also had a spell or two of flat-cleaning madness – yep, my flat needed it badly…

Crap Cat [en]

So, if you want an demonstration of my artistic skills, go an see my crap cat picture! I’ve already warned you time and time again I couldn’t draw… so there!

And while you’re at it, why not submit your own crap cat to shauna?

Facilitator [en]

Seems one thing I’m rather good at is assisting people in making decisions.

Can I make a living out of that?