11.29.08
9 Great Web Development Tools That Are Already on Your Mac
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If you're like me, when you get a new computer you can't load it up with all your favorite programs and tools fast enough. There are tons of great web development tools out there for download, but one must be careful not to overlook some of the great tools that come pre-installed on every mac. Many of these tools are a result of Apple's historical focus on the graphic design and print folk. Here are the ones that I use most regularly. Read More..
09.16.08
Launching My First Public App - Twitterless
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It has been two years (almost to the date) since I first picked up "Agile Web Development with Ruby on Rails" and I have finally released an app intended for the public that wasn't just a website for a client. It's called "Twitterless", and the idea for it came from the realization that Twitter doesn't provide an option for you to be informed when someone stops following you. When I realized this, I quickly coded up a prototype, ran the numbers, and realized it would be possible to create such an app despite the limitations of the Twitter API. Read More..
06.22.08
Super Fantastic Resizable Pattern-Friendly CSS Rounded Corners
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With all the guides on how to create those wonderfully popular web 2.0-ish rounded corner boxes out there it is easy to say it's a crowded space. Although there are tons of guides out there utilizing all manner of technology, from pure-css to javascript solutions, I had a very specific requirement that wasn't satistfied by any of them (that I know): a method of creating resizable boxes with custom designed rounded-corners that could be overlayed on a patterned background. Read More..
12.18.07
The 6 Most Irritating Web Design Trends in 2007
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Web 2.0, the second bubble, new media; call it what you will, we are smack dab in the middle of the second coming of the web. And like in any industry, there are bound to be hiccups, starts, and an unending stream of innovations pushing the technology behind it ever further along. We can look back on web trends that were as ridiculous as the old-timey videos of people's first attempt at flight were, such as under construction images, animated gifs, dancing babies, scrolling text, and flash splash screens and feel confident we've come a long way in just 15 or so years. However, a new set of trends are sure to have their own awkward place in web design history, and it's worth pointing out what a few of these trends might be. Read More..
08.07.07
New Projects - MOTM and the Lifefeed
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I've been on a bit of a hiatus from posting this past month, but I have a good enough excuse, namely a few projects I've been working on that have consumed quite a bit of my time. The Lifefeed you see on the right is one of those projects, and manoftheminute.com which is about to hit alpha and launch soon. The Lifefeed is an app I had been wanting to develop for a while, and in fact the redesign of nuttersmark.com was done in preparation for it. Read More..
