Hey old-school web types: let's take for granted that CSS has become heavily gendered. It's not good that that happened, nobody's happy it's like that. But what I'd like to know today is: *when* did that happen? It wasn't like that in 1997. When did the association kick in?
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I think CSS Zen Garden csszengarden.com/ was created by male devs, so I guess this would prove that it wasn't gendered from the start.
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I believe the CSS Zen Garden was created by @mezzoblue but the book was co-written by @mholzschlag if memory serves me. Either can set my straight here. 😂🙌🏼
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You are correct. The two of them collaborated on “The Zen of CSS Design” one of many terrific books that New Riders published back in the day.
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In the wonderful "Voices That Matter" series, Peachpit Press, Nancy Aldrich-Reunzel, 2005. When asked to do a second, Dave and I said no, vehemently. Why mess with success? :D
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It was a terrific book.
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Replying to @toddlibby @frankstallone @p_syche_ @seldo @mezzoblue
I adored writing that book it was very much in a flow divided only by initial chapters and then worked together for accuracy and precise continuity a model co-authors could use. The challenge for me? The reverse engineering of every design in the book, but I learned so much!

Jan 22, 2022 · 11:50 PM UTC
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