Hello, Emmett.
It’s true what they say about old dogs and new tricks. I have to admit I’m not the most embracing when it comes to trying out new ways to code. However I quickly fell in love with one Emmett (aka Zen Coding) as soon as I saw their intro video on their website. Before I...
Read more…20 Mobile UI Tips For Developers
My talk from HandHeld 2012. I’ll be writing a conference review for Ubelly in the next day or so. Slide Intro Slide Let’s say your boss comes to you one day and wants you to code a new site that will work across all browsers and devices. “No Problem” you say, because you love responsive...
Read more…Associative Arrays in JavaScript are Evil
Hubby apparently had a fight with a huge bug dealing with associative arrays, so he decided to vent to you guys here Associative arrays – we all know and love them. If you don’t (know that is [if you know but don't love them, what's wrong with you, really?]), they’re pretty much arrays that allow...
Read more…The Art of Handmade Code
As I lay in bed early this morning unable to sleep, I started thinking about why I chose web development as a career. Why did I, who preferred art, books and anything crafty – all tangible items made by hands, prefer to work at a career that was so intangible as to be technically nonexistent....
Read more…Using the new WordPress Customizer and SimplePie Together
It’s been awhile since I’ve posted some code tutorials! Unfortunately the blog has taken a back seat to client projects, a (real!) book I’m writing on Advanced WordPress, and several talks for conferences this summer! However today, I had to write something cool I thought you’d guys would enjoy. Let’s pretend your client wants to...
Read more…Practical CSS3 Animations
This was the talk I gave for Reasons To Be Creative, September 4, 2012. Slides and transcript below. (slide2) How’s everyone enjoying Reasons so far? I’ve seen some really fantastic talks these past couple of days, it’s going to be hard to follow them! So for the last couple of weeks, I’ve had a bad...
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