I know there are a million articles/books out there on these web principles and standards.  But it really never gets old reading about any of them.  It just evolves so rapidly it’s nice to see how other minds are thinking.  I’m a firm believer that ”simplicity” is truly the key to all things GOOD!

http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2008/08/18/7-principles-of-clean-and-optimized-css-code/