 happy thanksgiving to all i thought i would take this opportunity to say what i am thankful for on the web i am thankful for jeffrey zeldman and eric meyer and others they really helped to spearhead the web standards movement and without them i probably wouldnt be in the field today bulletproof web design this is one of the first web development books i had ever read and it definitely helped to provide a strong foundation to build on thank god for dan cederholms brilliance twitter what i first saw as a silly little web app really has become a great networking tool i can post a question and someone is always around to answer css mastery i really took a big step forward in my ability after reading this book instead of just being a novice at css i feel like i can tackle anything now dean edwards ie7 script i cant tell you how many times i have used it while i have begun to use it less and less it saved my life when slicing early in my career wordpress it really is a flexible cms i honestly try and suggest it for every single site i am creating jquery i am in love with it i knew some javascript before but after easily learning jquery i feel much more comfortable writing javascript now so what are you thankful for 