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Hi! I'm Michael, and I'm a freelance web designer/developer who specializes in interaction design and front-end development. I write occasionally on my blog at http://mowens.com but more often can be found tweeting at @michaelowens.
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Getting Clean With PHP

Getting Clean With PHP

Michael Owens on Sep 15th 2009 with 82 comments

Data security is important and often undervalued by designers, developers, and clients alike. Since PHP 5.2.0, data sanitization and validation has been made significantly easier with the introduction of data filtering. Today, we’re going to take a closer look at these filters, how to use them, and build a few custom functions.

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Supercharge Your CSS With PHP Under The Hood

Supercharge Your CSS with PHP Under the Hood

Michael Owens on Aug 24th 2009 with 70 comments

Cascading Style Sheets is a presentational style sheet language. In that sense, it does not have a lot of the functionality that many developers want to satisfy their programmer instincts. Today, we’re going to go over how to supercharge your CSS by putting some PHP under the hood.

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Six Ways To Improve Your Web Typography

6 Ways To Improve Your Web Typography

Michael Owens on Aug 14th 2009 with 77 comments

Typography on the web is anything but simple, and for many, it is a troubling mystery. Today, we’re going to review six ways that web designers and developers can improve the typography of the sites they create.

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