At last, my site has finally returned in all its glory after an extremely annoying incident involving exceeding my monthly bandwidth usage limit just over a week ago! That means, I had far too many visitors and people downloading the latest Thunderbird flyers which my current plan simply couldn’t handle. At this stage, I’m not planning on increasing my limit as that would cost extra and I’m not expecting it to happen again; however, if this becomes a regular occurrence, I will of course consider immediately upgrading.

In the mean time, I have been quite busy working on a few little things which I’ll be blogging about over the next couple of days. This includes a really cool, object-oriented JavaScript keyboard manager designed to take all the mess out of capturing keyboard events and cross-browser compatibility for web applications, and some nifty CSS I wrote for my user style sheet.

As a little teaser, the keyboard manager is actually being written as a modification for Eric Meyer’s S5 that will (hopefully, if all goes to plan) actually be the first of several modifications to make the whole system object-oriented and to enable plugin support with a very easy Plugin API. Although it’s still very much in the design process at the moment so there are no guarantees it will work, the results I’m getting look very promising.

I have recently published my contact information for anyone that wishes to contact me. Also, before you e-mail me, please take note of the e-mail guidelines provided.

After receiving some feedback for my previous Job Log both in the comments, and from talking to people that read it, I decided to explain a little better, now that I have a clearer head, exactly what I’m looking for in a job. It is, of course, bad practice to change an entry that has already received comments so I am posting this update on the subject that explains things better

I’m looking for a job as a web developer. I want to work for a company that is as keen on standards compliant coding and accessibility of the web as I am, or at least one to whom I can demonstrate the validity of this point of view. I am dubious about the harmful .NET technology which appears to blatantly produce invalid code and seems to be directed largely towards entrenching dependence on Internet Explorer and other non-compliant Microsoft products at the expense of the rest of the world.

Searching and applying for a job is much about finding a company that needs my talents. It seems to be difficult to find a company whose site shows that they care about validation and standards compliance, so finding an employer who might be impressed by my skills in this area is big challenge.

My dilemma is that far too many decisions seem to be based on marketing or financial reasons rather than what coding is valid, and what is the right thing to do. My challenge is to demonstrate to a potential employer that an effective, valid and accessible site can be produced without compromising their financial imperatives. I want to make a difference; to improve the quality, usability, and accessibility of the web as a whole – I am not in this to make a quick buck, as many appear to be, I just want to make a reasonable living and perform a valuable service at the same time. I realise how idealistic that sounds, and I have been told on many occasions that I have a lot to learn and that I must accept reality.