Jason Pearce

Mom, this post is just for you.

I know I make fun of you for being my site’s biggest fan. So when I came across this story from The Onion about a 30-year-old who just learned that his mother discovered his Web site, I couldn’t help but think of you. Here’s the story and a few quotes that made me laugh out loud.

The Onion | Mom Finds Out About Blog

MINNEAPOLIS, MN—In a turn of events the 30-year-old characterized as “horrifying,” Kevin Widmar announced Tuesday that his mother Lillian has discovered his weblog.

“Really, the blog is just a record of what I think about the world and how I spend my free time,” Widmar said. “In other words, exactly the sort of information that no 30-year-old wants his mom to have access to.”

“I know Mom will instantly become the site’s most avid reader and most vocal fan,” Widmar said. “As I write it, I’ll think, ‘How would Mom feel about this?’ Even worse, I’m sure she’ll give the address to all our relatives.”

Thanks mom for being my biggest fan.

SprintPCS.com released its new re-designed Web site this weekend that meets Web Standards for XHTML and CSS. This is big news, for it’s another comercial site that has made the conversion to a more accessible Web.

There are only a few comercial sites that try to meet Web Standards. Most of the sites that do try to design to these standards are hobbiest sites like my own, or sites that are designed for Web developers (like A List Apart and SitePoint).

Every time a comercial site joins the Web Standards movement, my job gets just a little bit easier for I’m able to show our clients another example of how standards could benifit them.

The site that really got it all started was Wired, back in October 2002. Other standard-based comercial sites include…

• Adobe Studio
• ESPN
• Fast Company
• Inc.com
• PGA Open Championship
• Quark
• Sprint PCS
• Wired News

It’s limited, I know. But it is growing.