TMTOWTDI

This post is part of a series I am writing for a class on New Media.
Edit: clarified in some places and added more info.
I like to be really productive when I work, and I like to know what the heck is going on. At the same time, I am not the best at remembering [...]

This post is part of a series I am writing for a class on New Media. Some technical explanations may seem unneeded or lengthy, but I am writing for the benefit of a very intelligent but less technical audience.

HTML and CSS are the presentation languages of the web. A programmer may build an application in [...]