Episode 9 – 9/3/2007
Guest: Eric Meyer, CSS Guru meyerweb.com
Background: CSS Master, Author, Teacher
Total Time: 25 minutes
What I like about doing Random Bits is the format — it’s very different from a typical interview where it’s just a question and answer session. Instead I try to have more of a conversation with the guest and let you, the audience, ease-drop in on the conversation.
This was definitely a fun interview for me! I’ve been wanting to interview Eric for awhile now but, well, I’m only a novice at CSS so I wasn’t sure I was worthy of being in his presence. 
But because I didn’t want to limit you, our audience, from diving deeper into Eric’s CSS knowledge I decided to ask Tommy Olsson, friend of Search-This and CSS guru in his own right if he would join me. That way we could represent both sides of the CSS field, that of a beginner as well as someone who is very experienced.
You will be happy to hear that this will be a two part series! So what are you waiting for? This is Eric Meyer — the CSS ninja! Start listening!
Podcast Highlights
- 00:27 – Learn some of the things Eric really enjoyed seeing implemented over the last 10 years
- 03:36 – Looking forward to CSS3
- 07:34 – They dumb things down for me
- 08:39 – We talk browsers
- 11:52 – Is IE working with the CSS community?
- 14:57 – Combating the “tables are ok” attitude
- 20:21 – Are the W3C specifications too hard to understand?
- 22:51 – Sites built in Flash *GASP*
September 4th, 2007 at 6:30 am
Is there a transcript available anywhere?
September 4th, 2007 at 7:30 am
@Patrick: sorry, no transcripts, just podcast here.
September 5th, 2007 at 8:04 am
Good Job Sara and Tommy that was an interesting listen – I can’t wait for the second part
September 5th, 2007 at 8:14 am
Thanks a bunch Tommy for joining Sara on this one, really enjoyed it. I too can’t wait for part two!
September 5th, 2007 at 11:38 am
Sorry all who tried to download and couldn’t. I fubared the link – it should work now.
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September 5th, 2007 at 12:30 pm
Great interview. Thanks for putting this up. Is part 2 coming up in a couple of weeks?
September 5th, 2007 at 12:34 pm
Patrick, I would love to have transcripts, I just don’t have the time!
Anna, part 2 will be up in 2 weeks. We try to publish a new episode every 2 weeks.
September 5th, 2007 at 2:44 pm
Great thanks for letting me know, I will be waiting for it.
September 6th, 2007 at 4:29 am
Tommy, you sound much clearer on the phone than over the cast but well-done young-man.
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