Mike@OgilvyLabs

My name is Mike Vosters. I work for Ogilvy & Mather's Digital Labs, which develops innovative technology solutions for brands. Here, I'll share info about tech, startups, brand opportunities, and more.

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Programming Jokes

Q. How did the programmer die in the shower?:
A. He read the shampoo bottle instructions -> Lather. Rinse. Repeat.
Q. How many programers dose it take to change a light bulb?:
A. None – It’s a hardare problem
There are only 10 kinds of people in this world:
those who know binary and those who don’t.
Programming is like sex:
One mistake and you have to support it for the rest of your life.
There are three kinds of lies:
Lies, damned lies, and "benchmarks
I just saw my life flash before my eyes : !
and all I could see was a close tag…”
Two strings walk into a bar and sit down.~
The bartender : “So what’ll it be?”
The first string : “I think I’ll have a beer quag fulk boorg jdk^CjfdLk jk3s d#f67howe%^U r89nvy~~owmc63^Dz x.xvcu”
The second string : “Please excuse my friend,” ,“He isn’t null-terminated.”

7 Solid CSS Resources

Tets+: 30 tutorial videos that walk you through html and css from the very beginning - for free.
CSS Tricks: Blog w/ designer interviews, code snippets, downloads, forums, and more. The content is pretty advanced, so it’s best suited for those already with an understanding of CSS.
Lea Verou: An incredible designer who has developed a set of CSS3 tools that showcase and help you develop patterns, gradients, animations, and more.
W3 Schools: The standard resource for just about all languages. It’s not the easiest to consume, but it has all the information you’ll ever need in text form - and will almost always appear as a top result for any questions you type into Google.
Colorzilla Gradient Generator: Tool that makes it easy to create CSS3 gradients.
Box and Shadow Generator: Tool that makes it easy to create shapes and drop shadows using CSS3.
Amazing CSS3 Animations: List of 47 cool animations using CSS3 compiled by webdesignerwall.com. It doesn’t show you how to make them, but is a great place for inspiration and to see what CSS3 is capable of.