Archive for October, 2010

ADC Presents – Preview of the “Edge Prototype” tool for HTML5 | Adobe TV. Edge is touted as “A tool for doing HTML5 animations” but personally I’m guessing this is how Adobe plans to handle the whole “Flash” situation as time goes on. A number of things struck me as I watched the video: Layer [...]

I’ve spent the majority of my professional life working at an agency. While I attribute so much of my knowledge and experience to that work environment, I’ve always wanted to take things on myself, but not alone. As of November 1st, that dream will become reality.

A List Apart: Articles: The ALA 2010 Web Design Survey. This is important. Please take a few minutes now, or on your lunch to take the ALA 2010 Web Design Survey. Getting these sorts of statistics is a fantastic way to get a unique look at the landscape of our trade. It literally takes maybe [...]

Designers: How to Get Hired | Think Vitamin. This is quite literally an amazing job application. This designer not only took the time to really display her talents when searching for employment, she proved a working knowledge of the medium. I’ve gone through the hiring process a few times now, and I must admit that [...]

jQuery Mobile Alpha 1 Released | jQuery Mobile. This is super exciting. The announcement of jQuery Mobile had me pumped from reading the headline itself. I have come to know and trust jQuery not only due to its ease of use, but the people behind jQuery. The work the team has done for this first [...]

There was a time when accessibility conversations took place as much as the latest tricks with CSS or JavaScript. Has the world moved on, leaving accessibility in the dust? Realizing that I have done my fair share of neglecting accessibility best practices lately, I’m going to focus on it.

A crash course in how DOM events work – Jupiter JavaScript Consulting. Just made my way through this really great overview of DOM events. I can’t say enough how spoiled we all are by the existence of great JavaScript libraries know, love, and use every day. It’s important though, and you owe it to yourself [...]

jQuery: » jQuery 1.4.3 Released. My favorite JavaScript library has been updated again, and there is no shortage of improvement in this release. Take a look through the release notes, but some of my favorites are: JSLint validation: My JavaScript validates on save and it’s comforting knowing that jQuery now does the same CSS Module [...]

Stop Googling // RailsTips by John Nunemaker. This is serious truth. One of the worst parts about programming to me is the fact that you can copy and paste and sometimes get things to work. Once that happens the first time, you’re destroyed until you mature. You will spend exponentially more time searching for a [...]

I’ve spent some time lately revising Attachments, my WordPress plugin that lets you append assets from your Media Library to Pages, Posts, and Custom Post Types in a very simple way. The entire attachment workflow has been reworked, and I think you’ll like the updates!