As the newest member of the Adcuda team I thought I’d take a moment to introduce myself. Contrary to the image on the left my name is not Inigo Montoya ( it’s Tom ), and you didn’t kill my father… but it is a great quote from the movie “The Princess Bride”. A cult classic I highly recommend if you haven’t seen it yet.

So now that you know a little bit about my taste in cinematic comedies, how about what I do here at Adcuda. My specialty is front end web development and PHP. That means I bring all the web components together for the excellent sites Adcuda builds for it’s clients. HTML, XHTML, CSS, JQuery, PHP. That’s me.

What does that mean for those not familiar with internet buzzwords? It means that when you view one of our clients sites in your web browser, I’m responsible for the way things fit together and are presented. Not the design or look of the page, that would be Craig’s job. But rather the glue that holds all of the elements together. This also includes any interaction you may need to do on the site.

Let’s recap what you know about me so far. I have a keen sense of humor ( see movie reference above ), and I’m a rockstar ninja web developer.

With that knowledge in hand what can you expect from me on this blog? On a weekly basis I hope to bring you a little nugget of information that will help you understand the technologies that make websites tick. This may be in the form of simple code tutorials or highlighting plugins and technologies I come across. In fact, if their is some technology or trend you would like learn more about, leave a comment and I’ll see what I can do.

The old saying just doesn’t work… Probably never did, but now its become increasingly important to not only have a function but capture the content-blinded-public. Any company can create a “website” defined by webster dictionary as

Main Entry: Web site
Function: noun
Date: 1992
: a group of World Wide Web pages usually containing hyperlinks to each other and made available online by an individual, company, educational institution, government, or organization

but its FORM is what make people stay, converts those end users into tangible $$$ pumping customers. So the old saying Form follows Function is inaccurate, Form and Function breath simultaneously and should be tackled together. This becomes incredibly important with website design and something I keep in mind when designing and building them. For a visual tasty treat… Checkout the top image they’re both websites serving their “function” now ask yourself which one you’d trust to do business with…