Making its web debut in 2007, “Who Killed Bambi” is an all-around art-loving site. They feature contemporary art ranging from the tangible, such as visual, fashion and design, to the intangible, such as music and photography. The “they” I am referring to are the founders and operators of the site– Andrea Natale, Valentina Tanni, and Marica Zottino–a web designer, curator and graphic designer, respectively.

Despite initial appearances, it is not an appreciation for the macabre that fuels the collection on this site but instead a passion for the provocative. Violence, gore and what is considered taboo changes from generation to generation, and the founders simply want to see what makes our generation of artists tick. Sometimes there is beauty and interest in the dark and unknown, and this website gives contemporary artists who share this idea the chance to show off their talent.

I like this website because, similar to Pinterest, images and articles are set up in collage cubicles that create a veritable buffet for your eyes. With every scroll of the mouse wheel, you view new, unique and often beautiful artwork from around the globe–all without having to deal with those pesky small thumbnail, large text box setups that most other sites offer. I enjoy the ever-changing layout and the chance to see emerging artists expressing themselves in an unstifled environment.

You can view the website here, as well as very unique and quite informative bios on the founders Andrea, Valentina and Marica.

So please visit this site, give it a good look around, and if you find your thoughts provoked, let us know!

By Myranda Harnage

For beginning developers they always seem to question whether it is better to use pixels or percentages when defining widths and heights. There are certain times where it is right to use pixels and right to use percentages but when? If you have a flexible layout and you think the users might be resizing their screen then go ahead and use percentages. You see percentages will resize depending on the users screen resolution. Pixels are more of an absolute. They do not change no matter how much the user zooms in or out. I personally always use pixels and just for simplicity and speed purposes. If the user cannot read something they could easily zoom in on the text without messing up the actual layout. Though I do not usually develop liquid websites but I could see percentages playing a big part in the building process. I just do not want to wrestle with my layout to accommodate the ever expanding

sizes or font sizes. Do you use pixels more when you develop a website or percentages?



By – Alex Miller

How often do you think about people with disabilities when developing your website? Most people do not have the disabled community in mind when developing websites which could hurt them in the long run. Web technology is becoming more abundant everywhere. From smartphones to ipads to laptops anyone can access the internet and view your web page. Thanks to advances like Google Screen Reader and easier zoom features they can enjoy the World Wide Web like anybody else as long as the developer plans ahead for this that is. Layout is a big factor especially when somebody is viewing your website on a smartphone which forces them to zoom in to read content. This is a big problem that I think needs to be more widely addressed. Checking client’s websites in different versions of smart phones is a big must. Another problem is text inside images. Screen readers cannot read image text so it is suggested you hardcode the text in the images rather than photoshop it in there. Paragraph tags are also an issue that I believe is disappearing – In my opinion we do not really need them any longer for SEO?

EDIT: Here’s a cool website I’ve found that will read your website like it’s a plain text file so you can see what people with disabilities see. It will also find things like hidden links that will bring down SEO. It’s called Lynx Yellowpipe and the link is here!